title: Production of delta-aminolevulinic acid: characterization of murine liver 4,5-dioxovaleric acid: L-alanine aminotransferase.
abstract: 1. We report on the kinetic properties of murine liver 4,5-dioxovaleric acid:L-alanine aminotransferase (DOVA transaminase). 2. The transamination of 4,5-dioxovaleric acid (DOVA) led to the production of delta-aminolevulinic acid. 3. L-Alanine was the preferred amino group donor among the common 20 amino acids. 4. The optimum pH of the reaction was 7-8. 5. A Km of 220 microM for DOVA and a Km of 970 microM for L-alanine were obtained. 6. The reaction was inhibited by each of the following: glyoxylate, beta-chloroalanine, methylglyoxal, delta-aminolevulinate, pyruvate, heme, and gabaculine. 7. None of several xenobiotic inducers of microsomal mixed function oxidases tested had a significant effect on DOVA transaminase activity in studies performed with murine primary hepatocyte cultures.
authors.affiliation: Department of Zoology, University of Maryland, College Park 20742.
authors.forename: C E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: McKinney
authors.forename: I Z
authors.initials: IZ
authors.lastname: Ades
mesh_terms: D000622:Aminolevulinic Acid / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D002458:Cell Fractionation; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D007700:Kinetics; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D008930:Mitochondria, Liver / Q000201:enzymology*; D013379:Substrate Specificity; D000637:Transaminases / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D000622:Aminolevulinic Acid; D000637:Transaminases; C019687:aminolevulinate aminotransferase