Table 1

Specific and per g enzyme activities in brown trout liver

Enzymes
Activity per g of liver
s-1 g-1 liver (*)
or nmol min-1 g-1 liver
Specific activity
s-1 mg-1 protein (*) or
nmol min-1 mg-1 protein



A
B
D
E
F

Peroxisomal markers






Catalase (*)
95.9 (0.4)
1.3 (0.2)
2.0 (0.3)
3.5 (0.3)
0.4 (0.3)
0.6 (0.2)
Urate oxidase
790.4 (0.6)
10.3 (0.6)
13.0 (0.7)
22.6 (0.6)
4.7 (0.8)
8.8 (0.8)
D-aminoacid oxidase
471.0 (0.6)
6.0 (0.4)
8.9 (0.5)
14.4 (0.1)
1.4 (0.4)
3.5 (0.4)
Fatty acyl-CoA oxidase
73.3 (0.5)
1.0 (0.4)
0.4 (0.5)
1.5 (0.3)
0.3 (0.8)
1.0 (0.5)
Glycolate oxidase
60.2 (0.5)
0.8 (0.3)
0.8 (0.4)
2.3 (0.4)
0.5 (0.5)
0.7 (0.4)
Mitochondrial marker






Succinate dehydrogenase
310.7 (0.5)
3.6 (0.3)
29.1 (0.5)
27.8 (0.5)
1.4 (0.7)
0.2 (0.6)
Lysosomal marker






Aryl sulphatase
275.0 (0.2)
3.2 (0.4)
10.4 (0.5)
10.6 (0.5)
2.4 (0.4)
1.4 (0.4)
Microsomal marker






NADPH cytochrome c reductase
2520 (0.4)
32.5 (0.3)
29.2 (0.4)
41.8 (0.3)
99.0 (0.5)
11.5 (0.3)


Protein per g of liver
(mg g-1 liver)
Total protein per fraction
(mg)

77.8 (0.2)
225.6 (0.2)
26.4 (0.5)
22.3 (0.3)
25.4 (0.6)
128.4 (0.2)

Activities per g of liver and specific activities were measured at 37°C in liver homogenates and cell fractions. Protein per mg of liver and in cell fractions is also given. A – liver homogenates; B – crude mitochondrial/lysosomal fraction; D – crude peroxisomal fraction; E – crude microsomal fraction; F – cytosolic fraction. Presented data are a mean from 6 fishes and the coefficient of variation is given in brackets. (*) – Catalase activity is expressed by the first-order rate constant (s-1) and all other enzyme activities are express in nmol min-1, per mg of protein or per g of liver.

Rocha et al. BMC Biochemistry 2003 4:2   doi:10.1186/1471-2091-4-2