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Table 1 Specific and per g enzyme activities in brown trout liver

From: Measurement of peroxisomal enzyme activities in the liver of brown trout (Salmo trutta), using spectrophotometric methods

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)

  1. 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.