Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 1994-07-15

Inhibition of rat liver arginase by an intermediate in NO biosynthesis, NG-hydroxy-L-arginine: implications for the regulation of nitric oxide biosynthesis by arginase.

F Daghigh, J M Fukuto, D E Ash

Index: Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 202 , 174, (1994)

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Abstract

NG-hydroxy-L-arginine, an intermediate in the biosynthesis of nitric oxide (NO), has been found to be a uniquely potent competitive inhibitor of rat liver arginase. Among previously reported inhibitors of arginase and the eight arginine analogs tested herein, only NG-hydroxy-L-arginine was found to be strongly inhibitory. Significantly, the Ki (42 microM) for inhibition of rat liver arginase by NG-hydroxy-L-arginine was found to be 20-40-fold lower than the KM (1-1.7 mM) for its natural substrate, L-arginine. Since NG-hydroxy-L-arginine is the only known intermediate in the biosynthesis of NO from L-arginine, this finding may have significant implications for the regulation of NO levels in tissues or cells, such as liver or macrophages, which synthesize both NO and contain arginase.

Related Compounds

  • h-arg(oh)-oh acoh

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