STUDIES ON MONOAMINE OXIDASE. XVIII. ENZYMIC PROPERTIES OF PLACENTAL MONOAMINE OXIDASE
Open Access
- 1 January 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier BV in The Japanese Journal of Pharmacology
- Vol. 26 (4), 493-500
- https://doi.org/10.1254/jjp.26.493
Abstract
Enzymic properties of partially purified monoamine oxidase (MAO) from human placenta were studied with tyramine, serotonin and benzylamine as substrates. The highest activity was obtained with serotonin, and almost no activity was observed with benzylamine. These results are similar to those obtained with rat placental MAO, but different from those with rabbit placental MAO. The Km values for serotonin and tyramine were 0.21 mM and 0.23 mM, respectively, and the pH optimum was 8.1 with either substrate. The thermal inactivation curves of this enzyme with the 2 substrates were identical. The pI [-log[inhibitor]] curves for inhibition of MAO activity by harmine, pargyline and iproniazid were similar, and almost the same pI5O values [Value of pI at which enzyme activity is 1/2 the initial value] for the respective inhibitors were obtained with the 2 substrates. MAO in human placenta differs from that in other organs, e.g. liver, brain and plasma, from the standpoint of the substrate specificity and the inhibitor sensitivity. The possibility that human placenta contains a single form of MAO is discussed on the basis of the present results.This publication has 20 references indexed in Scilit:
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