title: Interconversion of the molecular forms of biliverdin reductase from rat liver.
abstract: Rat liver biliverdin reductase exists in two molecular forms. The major molecular form 1 has a high reduction rate for biliverdin IX alpha, while the minor molecular from 2 has high reduction rates for both biliverdins IX alpha and IX beta. The major molecular form 1 was gradually transformed into a second major form (form 3) by treatment of the rats with CoCl2. Form 1 reduces biliverdin IX alpha at two and a half times the rate of biliverdin IX beta while form 3 reduces both isomers at about the same rate. This transformation involves a de novo mRNA and protein synthesis since it could be prevented by cycloheximide and actinomycin D. Molecular form 3 can be transformed back into molecular form 1 by an in vitro treatment with reduced thioredoxin. Phenylhydrazine treatment also induced the transformation of molecular form 1 into molecular form 3 in rat liver. Biliverdin reductase from rat spleen and kidney exists only in molecular form 1 and is not transformed into molecular form 3 by either CoCl2 or phenylhydrazine treatments.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000378:metabolism*; D007668:Kidney / Q000201:enzymology; D007700:Kinetics; D008099:Liver / Q000201:enzymology*; D009928:Organ Specificity; D010088:Oxidoreductases / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D044925:Oxidoreductases Acting on CH-CH Group Donors; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013154:Spleen / Q000201:enzymology; D013379:Substrate Specificity
chemical_list: D007527:Isoenzymes; D010088:Oxidoreductases; D044925:Oxidoreductases Acting on CH-CH Group Donors; C019789:biliverdin reductase