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J. Biol. Chem., Vol. 266, Issue 18, 11544-11550, Jun, 1991

Activity of membranous dopamine beta-monooxygenase within chromaffin granule ghosts. Interaction with ascorbate

BG Huyghe and JP Klinman
University of California, Department of Chemistry, Berkeley 94720.

The role of intra- and extravesicular ascorbate has been investigated in dopamine beta-monooxygenase (D beta M) turnover using adrenal medulla chromaffin granule ghosts. Resealing of vesicle ghosts with high levels of intravesicular ascorbate leads to viable vesicles, as evidenced from the high rates of the ATP-dependent accumulation of tyramine, Vmax = 14 +/- 1 nmol/min.mg and Km = 20 +/- 6 microM. However, the D beta M-catalyzed conversion of tyramine to octopamine occurs slowly, Vmax = 0.50 +/- 0.13 nmol/min.mg and Km = 29 +/- 18 mM. When ascorbate is present instead in the external buffer, the D beta M rate increases 3.6-fold for a final Vmax = 1.8 +/- 0.2 and Km = 1.2 +/- 0.3 mM. This relatively high rate of enzyme turnover is retained in ghosts resealed with a large excess of ascorbate oxidase, ruling out contamination by intravesicular ascorbate as the source of enzyme activity. The synergistic effect of intravesicular ascorbate was examined under conditions of 2 mM external ascorbate, showing that the enzymatic rate increases 2.7-fold, from 1.2 (0 internal ascorbate) to 3.2 +/- 0.4 nmol/min.mg (saturating internal ascorbate). This result confirms that high levels of internal ascorbate are not damaging to intravesicular D beta M. These studies demonstrate very clearly that external ascorbate is the preferred reductant for the membranous form of D beta M in chromaffin granule ghosts.
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