| Literature DB >> 22467201 |
Nadia Z Shaban1, Mamdouh S Masoud, Mai A Mawlawi, Doaa Awad, Omayma M Sadek.
Abstract
The effects of some pyrimidine compounds (PCs) including barbituric acid (BA) 5,5-diethyl barbituric acid (DEBA), 2-thiobarbituric acid (TBA), violuric acid (VA), 2-thiouracil (TU), and 6-amino-2-thiouracil (ATU) on the activity of rat brain monoamine oxidase-B (MAO-B) were investigated. The results revealed that MAO-B was activated by BA, DEBA, TBA, TU, and ATU, and the activation was structural, concentration, and time dependent. However, MAO-B was inhibited by VA in a noncompetitive and irreversible manner with an enzyme-inhibitor dissociation constant (K (i) value) of 32 nM and IC(50) equals to 19 nM. All the studied PCs changed both the optimum pH and temperature of MAO-B.Entities:
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Year: 2012 PMID: 22467201 DOI: 10.1007/s13105-012-0160-4
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Physiol Biochem ISSN: 1138-7548 Impact factor: 4.158