Unique molecular properties of superoxide dismutase from teleost fish skin.
A unique Cu,Zn-SOD was found and isolated from plaice Paralichthys olivaceus skin. Surprisingly, the properties of purified fish skin SOD were very different from those of SOD from other sources reported so far. The purified SOD was composed of four same subunits of 16 kDa and the molecular weight of the native SOD was found to be around 65 kDa. The dominant amino acids of the SOD were Ser, Thr, Pro and Glu. Above 70 degrees C, thermostability of the SOD was much lower than that of bovine erythrocyte Cu,Zn-SOD.
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Marine Biochemistry Laboratory, Faculty of Agriculture, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.
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Takeuchi
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D000596:Amino Acids / Q000032:analysis; D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D002645:Chickens; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000201:enzymology; D005399:Fishes / Q000378:metabolism*; D006358:Hot Temperature; D007700:Kinetics; D008099:Liver / Q000201:enzymology; D008970:Molecular Weight; D011489:Protein Denaturation; D012867:Skin / Q000201:enzymology; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*
D000596:Amino Acids; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase