Mn2+ was shown to catalyze a nonenzymatic oxidation of NADPH in the presence of superoxide anion by means of an isotopic assay for measurement of the oxidation of NADPH to NADP+. Human polymorphonuclear leukocyte granule NADPH oxidase activity was evaluated in the absence of Mn2+ and was found to be higher in granules from phagocytizing cells than in granules from resting cells. The drug phorbo...

NADPH nitrate reductase activity in higher plants has been attributed to the presence of NAD(P)H bispecific nitrate reductases and to the presence of phosphatases capable of hydrolyzing NADPH to NADH. To determine which of these conditions exist in barley (Hordeum vulgare L. cv. Steptoe), we characterized the NADH and NADPH nitrate reductase activities in crude and affinity-chromatography-purif...

Many catalases have the shared property of containing bound NADPH and being susceptible to inactivation by their own substrate, H2O2. The presence of additional (unbound) NADPH effectively prevents bovine liver and human erythrocytic catalase from becoming compound II, the reversibly inactivated state of catalase, and NADP+ is known to be generated in the process. The function of the bound NADP...

NADPH regeneration capacity is attracting growing research attention due to its important role in resisting oxidative stress. Besides, NADPH availability has been regarded as a limiting factor in production of industrially valuable compounds. The central carbon metabolism carries the carbon skeleton flux supporting the operation of NADPH-regenerating enzyme and offers flexibility in coping with...

Fetal frontal cortex from 18-d-old embryonic rat brain was transplanted into cavities of juvenile host motor/sensory cortex. Two to seven months later, sections were reacted for NADPH-diaphorase (NADPH-d) enzyme histochemistry. NADPH-d-positive neurons survived in 11 of 13 grafts. All but one of the transplants had reduced numbers of these neurons, although in 3 transplants the reductions were ...

Using the fixation insensitive NADPH-diaphorase reaction as a histochemical marker for the enzyme nitric oxide synthase (NOS), we investigated the possible sites of putatively NOS-related NADPH-diaphorase in the brain and retrocerebral complex of the cockroach, Diploptera punctata. In the cerebral ganglion, NADPH-diaphorase expression was localized in antennal lobes, optic lobes, mushroom bodie...

At least two hydroxypyruvate reductases (HPRs), differing in specificity for NAD(P)H and (presumably) utilizing glyoxylate as a secondary substrate, were identified by fractionation of crude maize leaf extracts with ammonium sulfate. The NADH-preferring enzyme, which most probably represented peroxisomal HPR, was precipitated by 30 to 45% saturated ammonium sulfate, while most of the NADPH-depe...

The mechanism of regulation of NADPH-ferredoxin reductase was studied in cell-free lysates of Clostridium kluyveri. The following activities, which are assumed to be linked to the enzyme, were investigated: ferredoxin reduction by NADPH, NADPf reduction by reduced ferredoxin, transhydrogenation from NADPH to NAD+, and methyl viologen reduction by NADPH. Ferredoxin reduction by NADPH is controll...