Electron microscopic studies on liver 5-aminolaevulinate synthase. 1984

B A Pirola, and F Mayer, and I A Borthwick, and G Srivastava, and B K May, and W H Elliott

The structure of chick embryo liver 5-aminolaevulinate synthase has been examined by electron microscopic studies using negative staining. From the different projections of the enzyme particles observed in electron micrographs, a model for the enzyme molecule has been proposed. In this model, an enzyme molecule consists of two curved and identical subunits associated in opposite polarities. From the dimensions of an enzyme molecule subunit measured from electron micrographs, the relative molecular mass of each subunit is estimated to be 70 000.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008099 Liver A large lobed glandular organ in the abdomen of vertebrates that is responsible for detoxification, metabolism, synthesis and storage of various substances. Livers
D008854 Microscopy, Electron Microscopy using an electron beam, instead of light, to visualize the sample, thereby allowing much greater magnification. The interactions of ELECTRONS with specimens are used to provide information about the fine structure of that specimen. In TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY the reactions of the electrons that are transmitted through the specimen are imaged. In SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY an electron beam falls at a non-normal angle on the specimen and the image is derived from the reactions occurring above the plane of the specimen. Electron Microscopy
D008961 Models, Structural A representation, generally small in scale, to show the structure, construction, or appearance of something. (From Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2d ed) Model, Structural,Structural Model,Structural Models
D002642 Chick Embryo The developmental entity of a fertilized chicken egg (ZYGOTE). The developmental process begins about 24 h before the egg is laid at the BLASTODISC, a small whitish spot on the surface of the EGG YOLK. After 21 days of incubation, the embryo is fully developed before hatching. Embryo, Chick,Chick Embryos,Embryos, Chick
D000624 5-Aminolevulinate Synthetase An enzyme of the transferase class that catalyzes condensation of the succinyl group from succinyl coenzyme A with glycine to form delta-aminolevulinate. It is a pyridoxyal phosphate protein and the reaction occurs in mitochondria as the first step of the heme biosynthetic pathway. The enzyme is a key regulatory enzyme in heme biosynthesis. In liver feedback is inhibited by heme. EC 2.3.1.37. Aminolevulinic Acid Synthetase,delta-Aminolevulinate Synthase,5-Aminolevulinate Synthase,delta-Aminolevulinic Acid Synthetase,5 Aminolevulinate Synthase,5 Aminolevulinate Synthetase,Acid Synthetase, Aminolevulinic,Acid Synthetase, delta-Aminolevulinic,Synthase, 5-Aminolevulinate,Synthase, delta-Aminolevulinate,Synthetase, 5-Aminolevulinate,Synthetase, Aminolevulinic Acid,Synthetase, delta-Aminolevulinic Acid,delta Aminolevulinate Synthase,delta Aminolevulinic Acid Synthetase
D000818 Animals Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA. Animal,Metazoa,Animalia

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