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Asian Journal of Biochemistry

Year: 2015 | Volume: 10 | Issue: 3 | Page No.: 117-124
DOI: 10.3923/ajb.2015.117.124
Effect of Mn2+ on Glutathione-S-Transferase Activity of Human Ejaculated Spermatozoa
Kuldeep Kaushik, Pawan Kumar Mittal and Natwar Raj Kalla

Abstract: This study was undertaken to monitor the effect of 0.1 mM Mn2+ on the glutathione s-transferase activity (GST) in nicotine treated and untreated spermatozoa samples and to calculate the Michalis-Menten kinetic parameter of the reaction. Semen samples were collected from healthy volunteer donors after semen analysis, sample was subjected for preparation of 10,000 g supernatant. The enzymatic activity has been performed using 1-chloro, 2-4 dinitrobenzene (CDNB) as a substrate. The 0.1 mM Mn2+ supplementation was found to decrease the GST activities significantly (p<0.001). CDNB-GSH conjugate formation were almost significantly (p<0.05) lowered down with the addition of 0.1 mM Mn2+ to nicotine treated samples. The substrate affinity constant (km) of the reaction was found to be 44.44 FM. It remained unchanged throughout the Vmax which was considerably lowered upon Mn2+ addition to the spermatozoal samples. The data was transformed to Lineweaver-Burk 1/v vs 1/[S] plot which indicate the behavior of this enzyme was non-competitive in nature.

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Kuldeep Kaushik, Pawan Kumar Mittal and Natwar Raj Kalla, 2015. Effect of Mn2+ on Glutathione-S-Transferase Activity of Human Ejaculated Spermatozoa. Asian Journal of Biochemistry, 10: 117-124.

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