THE OXIDATION OF CYSTAMINE AND HOMOCYSTAMINE BY MAMMALIAN ENZYMES
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- 1 December 1957
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in British Journal of Pharmacology and Chemotherapy
- Vol. 12 (4), 513-516
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1476-5381.1957.tb00174.x
Abstract
The oxidative deamination of cystamine and homocystamine by mammalian oxidases has been studied. The histaminase of pig kidney oxidizes homocystamine much more slowly than cystamine. The amine oxidase of mammalian liver (guinea-pig, rabbit) oxidizes homocystamine more rapidly than cystamine. Both amines are oxidized by plasma (or serum) of ruminants (ox, sheep, goat) and of the horse. In the enzymatic oxidation of homocystamine both amino-groups are removed; there is no evidence that a ring compound analogous to cystaldimine is accumulating.Keywords
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