UDP-glucosyltransferase activity of housefly microsomal fraction
- 1 March 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Portland Press Ltd. in Biochemical Journal
- Vol. 177 (3) , 809-812
- https://doi.org/10.1042/bj1770809
Abstract
Housefly [Musca domestica] UDP-glucosyltransferase activity towards p-nitrophenol was demonstrated in a system in vitro. The activity is localized in the microsomal fraction, requires UDP-glucose, is slightly stimulated by Mg2+ and is activated optimally over a wide range of detergent concentration. Phenobarbital increases the enzyme(s) activity about 3-fold with p-nitrophenol as substrate, which differs from the corresponding mammalian glucuronyltransferase.This publication has 7 references indexed in Scilit:
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