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Isolation and purification of two human liver UDP- glucuronosyltransferases

YM Irshaid and TR Tephly

Two UDP-glucuronosyltransferases (EC 2.4.1.17) were purified from human liver microsomes. Human liver microsomes were solubilized with Emulgen 911 and the UDP-glucuronosyltransferases were separated and purified by chromatofocusing and UDP-hexanolamine Sepharose 4B affinity chromatography. One isoenzyme eluted with an apparent pl of 7.4, displayed a subunit molecular weight of 53,000 after sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE), and catalyzed the glucuronidation of p-nitrophenol, 4-methylumbelliferone, alpha- naphthylamine, and estriol, but not that of 4-aminobiphenyl. A second isoenzyme eluted with an apparent pl of 6.2, displayed a subunit molecular weight of 54,000 after SDS-PAGE, and catalyzed the glucuronidation of p-nitrophenol, 4-methylumbelliferone, alpha- naphthylamine, and 4-aminobiphenyl, but not that of estriol. Neither of the purified human liver UDP-glucuronosyltransferases employed estrone, beta-estradiol, testosterone, androsterone, or 5 alpha-androstane-3 alpha,17 beta-diol as substrate. These enzymes displayed apparent Km values in the same order of magnitude for a given substrate. In general, high concentrations of phosphatidylcholine were required for reconstitution of maximal glucuronidation activity. This report documents the existence of multiple UDP-glucuronosyltransferases in human liver.

Volume 31, Issue 1, pp. 27-34, 01/01/1987
Copyright © 1987 by American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics




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