Skip Navigation

This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to My Personal Archive
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrowRequest Permissions
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Suzuki, K.
Right arrow Articles by Itoh, M.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow Articles by Suzuki, K.
Right arrow Articles by Itoh, M.
Agricola
Right arrow Articles by Suzuki, K.
Right arrow Articles by Itoh, M.
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us  
What's this?

Plant and Cell Physiology, 1986, Vol. 27, No. 7 1269-1275
© 1986

Article

Inhibition of Hydroxyquinol Auto-Oxidation by a Cell Extract of Trichosporon cutaneum

Katsunori Suzuki1 and Masao Itoh2

Department of Agricultural Chemistry, Faculty of Agriculture Nagoya University, Nagoya 464, Japan

A cell extract from acetate-grown Trichosporon cutaneum WY2-2 inhibited auto-oxidation of phenolics, especially that of hydroxyquinol. It prevented auto-oxidation of hydroxyquinol without direct interaction with hydroxyquinol. Bovine erythrocyte superoxide dismutase had similar characteristics as the cell extract, and the elution patterns of superoxide dismutase activity and of the inhibitory activity to hydroxyquinol auto-oxidation from a Sephadex G-150 column coincided. These results indicate that the inhibitory activity in the cell extract is mainly due to superoxide dismutase. High activity of superoxide dismutase (20–30 unit/mg protein) and its isozyme profiles suggest an intimate relation between the regulation of superoxide dismutase and catabolism of phenolics via hydroxyquinol.

1Present address: Biological Institute, Faculty of Science, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464, Japan.

2Present address: Shin Nihon Chemical Co. Ltd., 19-10, Showa-cho, Anjoh, Aichi 446, Japan.

(Received November 15, 1985; Accepted July 3, 1986)
Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us    What's this?




Disclaimer: Please note that abstracts for content published before 1996 were created through digital scanning and may therefore not exactly replicate the text of the original print issues. All efforts have been made to ensure accuracy, but the Publisher will not be held responsible for any remaining inaccuracies. If you require any further clarification, please contact our Customer Services Department.