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Variation in activity of the main histidine catabolic enzymes (histidase, urocanase, and aminotransferase) has been surveyed using inbred strains of mice (C57BL, DBA, Peru, SM, and SWR). Some variation was found in the activity of all enzymes, but only in the case of cytosolic histidine aminotransferase was it greater than twofold (SM 3.3-fold greater than C57BL). The divergent strains for the activity of this enzyme were crossed and the F 1 's were backcrossed; the segregation analysis indicated a single locus with additively acting alleles (designated Hat-1: a allele SM, b allele C57BL). Cytosolic histidine aminotransferase differed in heat stability between SM and C57BL, indicating that Hat-1 is a structural locus. The conflict in the biochemical literature (Morris et al., 1973; Noguchi et al., 1976a, b) over the number and subcellular distribution of the histidine aminotransferase isozymes is partly resolved by the acquisition of a variant at the Hat-1 locus. Hat-1 affects the cytosolic form but not the mitochondrial form of the enzyme. Purification and analysis of the isozymes of histidine aminotransferase from livers of C57BL and SM mice will further clarify the situation.
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Bulfield, G. Genetic variation in the activity of the histidine catabolic enzymes between inbred strains of mice: A structural locus for a cytosol histidine aminotransferase isozyme (Hat-1) . Biochem Genet 16, 1233–1241 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00484543
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