The inhibition of the activity of xanthine oxidase by vanadate was strikingly similar to vanadate inhibition of another molybdoprotein nitrate reductase. Although the main catalytic activity of both enzymes was inhibited, the partial NADH oxidase activity associated with these enzymes was stimulated several fold. It appears that the metal ion binds at multiple site in both enzymes. In the absen...

Topical administration of 0.5% vanadate lowers intraocular pressure in monkey and rabbit eyes. This appears to be a consequence of a reduction in the rate of aqueous humor secretion, probably resulting from the inhibition of ciliary epithelium membrane. NaK ATPase. The ubiquitous vanadate and its interactions with catecholamines and ascorbate may play a role in regulating the sodium pump of the...

Room temperature random lasing action is demonstrated for the first time in a low concentrated neodymium doped vanadate crystal powder. Laser threshold and emission efficiency are comparable to the ones obtained in stoichiometric borate crystal powders. The present investigation provides a complete picture of the random lasing characteristics of Nd-doped vanadate powder both in the spectral and...

Burkholderia pseudomallei is a soil-dwelling bacterium endemic to Southeast Asia and Northern Australia. Burkholderia is responsible for melioidosis, a serious infection of the skin. The enzyme 2,3-bisphosphoglycerate-dependent phosphoglycerate mutase (PGAM) catalyzes the interconversion of 3-phosphoglycerate and 2-phosphoglycerate, a key step in the glycolytic pathway. As such it is an extensi...

The calcium free sarcoplasmic reticulum calcium transport ATPase incorporates in the presence of magnesium ions approx. 8 nmol monovanadate per mg protein, indicating the formation of a complex containing one vanadate residue per enzyme molecule. On ligand-removal or dilution, the saturated enzyme complex displays biphasic decay kinetics, while the unsaturated complex slowly dissociates monopha...

Vanadate increases the initial phosphatidylinositolphosphate formation rate as well as the steady state level of the above lipid phosphate when phosphatidylinositol associated with the isolated Ca2+ transport ATPase is phosphorylated either by the membrane bound endogeneously present phosphatidylinositol-kinase or by exogeneously added lipid kinase. Employing an ultrasonicated mixture of pure p...