Partial purification of prostaglandin synthetase from silkmoth Bombyx mori L

Prostaglandin synthetase has been isolated and purified from the post mitochondrial supernatant of the testis of male silkmoth Bombyx mori L. A 3-fold purification was achieved compared to that of post mitochondrial supernatant. The partially purified enzyme converted arachidonic acid to PGE 2 in vi...

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Published inInsect biochemistry Vol. 14; no. 6; pp. 725 - 728
Main Authors Bhagya Lakshmi, S.K., Ramaiah, T.R.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford Elsevier B.V 1984
New York, NY Pergamon Press
Subjects
Biochemistry. Physiology. Immunology
Biological and medical sciences
Bombyx mori
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Insecta
Invertebrates
Physiology. Development
prostaglandin synthase
Prostaglandin synthetase
silkmoth Bombyx mori L
Adipose tissue
Enzyme
Arthropoda
Insecta
Bombycidae
Lepidoptera
Biosynthesis
Bombyx mori
Invertebrata
Arachidonic acid
Testicle
Prostaglandin synthase
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Summary:Prostaglandin synthetase has been isolated and purified from the post mitochondrial supernatant of the testis of male silkmoth Bombyx mori L. A 3-fold purification was achieved compared to that of post mitochondrial supernatant. The partially purified enzyme converted arachidonic acid to PGE 2 in vitro in the presence of haemin and hydroquinone.
ISSN:0020-1790
DOI:10.1016/0020-1790(84)90053-2