title: Effects of cadmium and zinc ions on purified lamb kidney cortex glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase activity.
abstract: Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G-6-PD) is the first enzyme in the pentose phosphate pathway. Cadmium is a toxic heavy metal that inhibits several enzymes. Zinc is an essential metal but overdoses of zinc have toxic effects on enzyme activities. In this study G-6-PD from lamb kidney cortex was competitively inhibited by zinc both with respect to glucose-6-phosphate (G-6-P) and NADP+ with Ki values of 1.066 +/- 0.106 and 0.111 +/- 0.007 mM respectively whereas cadmium was a non-competitive inhibitor with respect to both G-6-P and NADP+ Ki values of 2.028 +/- 0.175 and 2.044 +/- 0.289 mM respectively.
authors.affiliation: Hacettepe University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Biochemistry, 06100 Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Berivan
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Tandogan
authors.forename: Nuray N
authors.initials: NN
authors.lastname: Ulusu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002104:Cadmium / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005954:Glucosephosphate Dehydrogenase / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D007672:Kidney Cortex / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology*; D007700:Kinetics; D012756:Sheep; D015032:Zinc / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D002104:Cadmium; D005954:Glucosephosphate Dehydrogenase; D015032:Zinc