title: Effects of magnesium and calcium on mitochondrial and cytosolic liver aldehyde dehydrogenases.
abstract: The effects of Mg2+ and Ca2+ ions on the activities of mitochondrial and cytosolic aldehyde dehydrogenases isolated from horse, rat, and beef livers were investigated in 0.1 M sodium phosphate, pH 7.5, at 25 degrees C. As with the Mg2+-enhancement of the horse liver mitochondrial enzyme [17], Mg2+-activation was observed for the mitochondrial enzymes from rat and beef. The cytosolic enzymes from horse, rat, and beef livers were inhibited in the presence of Mg2+ ions. The effects of Ca2+ ions on the activity were essentially the same as those observed in the presence of Mg2+ ions; the mitochondrial isozymes were activated while the cytosolic isozymes were inhibited. The fact that only the activity of mitochondrial forms of mammalian liver aldehyde dehydrogenase was enhanced by Ca2+ or Mg2+ ions may be related to the in vivo regulation of aldehyde metabolism, a presumed mitochondrial event.
mesh_terms: D000444:Aldehyde Dehydrogenase; D000445:Aldehyde Oxidoreductases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002417:Cattle; D003600:Cytosol / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000201:enzymology; D004789:Enzyme Activation / Q000187:drug effects; D006736:Horses; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000378:metabolism; D007700:Kinetics; D008099:Liver / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology; D008274:Magnesium / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008930:Mitochondria, Liver / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000201:enzymology; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains
chemical_list: D007527:Isoenzymes; D000445:Aldehyde Oxidoreductases; D000444:Aldehyde Dehydrogenase; D008274:Magnesium; D002118:Calcium