title: Aromatic alcohol oxidase and aldehyde oxidase activities in the digestive gland of three species of terrestrial gastropod (Helix aspersa, Arion ater, Limax flavus).
abstract: 1. Digestive gland homogenates of three species of terrestrial gastropod mollusc were used to prepare sources of soluble aldehyde oxidase and solubilized aromatic alcohol oxidase activities. 2. The snail (Helix aspersa) had two aldox isoenzymes each able to utilize salicylaldehyde whereas two slug species had a single apparent activity inhibitable by salicylaldehyde. 3. Aromatic alcohol oxidase activities of the three gastropods differed somewhat in their relative abilities to oxidize various methoxy-benzyl and amino-benzyl alcohols but, unlike fungal aromatic alcohol oxidase, were all able to utilize crotonyl alcohol as substrate.
authors: School of Applied Sciences, University of Wolverhampton, U.K.
authors: A T
authors: AT
authors: Large
authors: M J
authors: MJ
authors: Connock
mesh_terms: D000429:Alcohol Oxidoreductases / Q000032:analysis*; D042931:Aldehyde Oxidase; D000445:Aldehyde Oxidoreductases / Q000032:analysis*; D000818:Animals; D004064:Digestive System / Q000201:enzymology; D006372:Helix, Snails / Q000201:enzymology*; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000032:analysis*; D051379:Mice; D008974:Mollusca / Q000201:enzymology; D010802:Phylogeny; D013045:Species Specificity; D013379:Substrate Specificity
chemical_list: D007527:Isoenzymes; D000429:Alcohol Oxidoreductases; C019643:alcohol oxidase; D000445:Aldehyde Oxidoreductases; D042931:Aldehyde Oxidase