Environmental Toxicology And Pharmacology, cilt.34, sa.3, ss.888-894, 2012 (SCI-Expanded)
The glutathione S-transferases (EC 2.5.1.18) were purified and characterized from turkey liver for the first time. The enzyme was purified 252.7-fold with a yield of 45%, with a specific activity of 164.31 U/mg from turkey liver. The purity of the enzyme was determined by SDS-PAGE and showed two bands nearly 26 kDa and 24 kDa on the gel. The native molecular mass of the enzyme was found to be approximately 53 kDa by Sephadex G-100 gel filtration chromatography. Optimal pH, stable pH, optimal temperature, optimum ionic strength, K-m and V-max values for GSH and CDNB were also determined for the enzyme as 7.3, 8.5, 50 degrees C, 600 mM, 0.154 mM, 0.380 mM, 1.803 EU/ml, and 2.125 EU/ml, respectively. Additionally, inhibitory effects of metal ions (Cu2+, Hg2+, Fe2+, Zn2+, Ag+, Mg2+, Ni2+, and Mn2+) were examined the enzyme's activity in vitro by performing Lineweaver-Burk graphs and plotting activity% vs., respectively. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.