| | Effect of pH on alcohol dehydrogenase activity: |
| | | activity (NADH/min) |
| | pH | mean | standard deviation |
| | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | Activity was measured as NADH produced per minute (measured using a spectrophotometer at 340 nm) |
| | 2 | 1.2 | 0.3 |
| | 3 | 3.5 | 1.2 | | The reaction buffer was 100 mM HEPES, 2 mM EDTA, 2 mM MgCl2, 500 mM NAD+, 500 mM ethanol |
| | 4 | 8.5 | 2.3 |
| | 5 | 12.2 | 3.2 | | For pH studies, the HEPES buffer was changed from 1-14 at 30°C |
| | 6 | 26.9 | 3.5 |
| | 7 | 51.2 | 6.3 | | For temperature studies, the pH was 7 and temperature changed from 5-70°C |
| | 8 | 35.7 | 4.6 |
| | 9 | 22.2 | 3.5 |
| | 10 | 13.3 | 2.4 | | For seqeuncing I took 1 g of mouse liver, ground the tissue with a mortar and pestle, and extracted genomic DNA using the |
| | 11 | 4.3 | 1.2 | | "Quick DNA" kit from Bio-Rad. I used PCR to amplify the amylase gene using these primers: |
| | 12 | 0.9 | 0.2 |
| | 13 | 0.5 | 0.3 | | ALD-F | 5'-ATGGCTGGCCTTGCTACGGGC-3' |
| | 14 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | ALD-R | 5'-AATCTACCATGTTTGGTTGAC-3' |
| | | | | | I then used 22 uL of "Quick PCR Reagent" (Bio-Rad) with 1 uL of genomic DNA and 1 uL of each primer (above). |
| | Effect of temperature on alcohol dehydrogenase activity: | | | | Thermocycler conditions were: 94°C for 10 min, 35 cycles of [94°C for 30 s, 55°C for 30 s, 72°C for 1 min], followed by |
| | | | | | 72°C for 10 min |
| | | activity (NADH/min) |
| | Temp °C | mean | standard deviation | | I sent the amplified product for sequencing to TCAG Laboratories and processed the sequence using the FinchTV program |
| | 5 | 3.5 | 1.0 |
| | 10 | 5.7 | 1.2 |
| | 15 | 10.5 | 1.3 | | For enzyme analyses, I extracted protein from 1 g of frozen mouse liver (with mortar and pestle) using a buffer consisting of 50 mM HEPES (pH 7.0), |
| | 20 | 50.3 | 5.2 | | 2 mM EDTA, 2 mM MgCl2. I filtered the extract through cheesecloth and then centrifuged the suspension at 13,000 rpm for 10 min at 4°C, and then collected the supernatant |
| | 25 | 100.6 | 12.5 | | (containing the enzymes) for the activity analyses. |
| | 30 | 181.0 | 20.5 |
| | 35 | 225.4 | 19.9 |
| | 40 | 180.3 | 17.9 |
| | 45 | 65.5 | 8.5 |
| | 50 | 12.2 | 3.2 |
| | 55 | 5.1 | 1.2 |
| | 60 | 1.0 | 0.2 |
| | 65 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | 70 | 0.0 | 0.0 |