title: Isolation and properties of glycerol-3-phosphate oxidoreductase from human placenta.
abstract: Glycerol-3-phosphate oxidoreductase (sn-glycerol 3-phosphate: NAD+ 2-oxidoreductase, EC 1.1.1.8) from human placenta has been purified by chromatography on 2,4,6-trinitrobenzenehexamethylenediamine-Sepharose, DEAE-Sephadex A-50 and 5'-AMP-Sepharose 4B approximately 15800-fold with an overall yield of about 19%. The final purified material displayed a specific activity of about 88 mumol NADH min-1 mg protein-1 and a single protein band on polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis in the presence of sodium dodecyl sulphate. The native molecular mass, determined by Ultrogel AcA 44 filtration, was 62000 +/- 2000 whereas the subunit molecular mass, established on polyacrylamide gel in the presence of 0.1% sodium dodecyl sulphate, was 38000 +/- 500. The isoelectric point of the enzyme protein, determined by column isoelectric focusing, was found to be 5.29 +/- 0.09. The pH optimum of the placental enzyme was in the range 7.4-8.1 for dihydroxyacetone phosphate reduction and 8.7-9.2 for sn-glycerol 3-phosphate oxidation. The apparent Michaelis constants (Km) for dihydroxyacetone phosphate, NADH, sn-glycerol 3-phosphate and NAD+ were 26 microM, 5 microM, 143 microM and 36 microM respectively. The activity ratio of cytoplasmic glycerol-3-phosphate oxidoreductase to mitochondrial glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase in human placental tissue was 1:2. The consumption of oxygen by human placental mitochondria incubated with the purified glycerol-3-phosphate oxidoreductase, NADH and dihydroxyacetone phosphate was similar to that observed in the presence of sn-glycerol 3-phosphate. The possible physiological role of glycerol-3-phosphate oxidoreductase in placental metabolism is discussed.
mesh_terms: D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D005260:Female; D005993:Glycerolphosphate Dehydrogenase / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D007525:Isoelectric Focusing; D007526:Isoelectric Point; D007700:Kinetics; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000201:enzymology; D008970:Molecular Weight; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D010101:Oxygen Consumption; D010920:Placenta / Q000201:enzymology*; D011247:Pregnancy
chemical_list: D005993:Glycerolphosphate Dehydrogenase; C036140:L-alpha-glycerol-phosphate oxidase