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Aluminum showed a pH-dependent inhibitory effect on NADP-isocitrate dehydrogenase from porcine heart. Aluminum ions (Al3+) acted as a partial competitive inhibitor of the enzyme with respect to the substratethreo-Ds-isocitrate and inhibited the enzyme non-competitively with respect to NADP at pH 6.85. Fractional velocity plot analysis showed theK i of the enzyme for aluminum ions to be 0.88μm. When pH was elevated to 8.0, aluminum ions, which occur as a form of the Al(OH)4 − anion, acted as partial uncompetitive and non-competitive inhibitors of the enzyme with respect to the substrates isocitrate and NADP, respectively. TheK′ i of the enzyme was determined to be 5.64 μm at pH 8.0 by fractional velocity plot analysis. The inhibition of NADP-isocitrate dehydrogenase by two forms of aluminum ions may explain aluminum toxicity in various tissues and organs.
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Yoshino, M., Murakami, K. Aluminum: a pH-dependent inhibitor of NADP-isocitrate dehydrogenase from porcine heart. Biometals 5, 217–221 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01061221
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