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The effect of (aminooxy)acetate, an inhibitor of aminotransferases, on the sulfate formation froml-cysteine andl-cysteinesulfinate in rat liver mitochondria was studied. Incubation of 10 mMl-cysteine with rat liver mitochondria at 37°C in the presence of 10 mM 2-oxoglutarate and 10 mM glutathione resulted in the formation of 4.60 and 1.52µmol of sulfate and thiosulfate, respectively, per 60 min per mitochondria obtained from 1 g of liver. Under the same conditions sulfate formation froml-cysteinesulfinate was 24.96µmol, but thiosulfate was not formed. The addition of (aminooxy)acetate at 2 mM or more completely inhibited the sulfate and thiosulfate formation froml-cysteine and the sulfate formation froml-cysteinesulfinate. These findings support our previous conclusion that cysteine transamination and 3-mercaptopyruvate pathway (MP pathway) are involved in the sulfate formation froml-cysteine in rat liver mitochondria (Ubuka et al., 1992).
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Teraoka, T., Ohta, J., Abe, T. et al. Inhibition of sulfate-forming activity in rat liver mitochondria by (aminooxy)acetate. Amino Acids 5, 245–251 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00805987
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