Notice of Retraction: Preliminary purification of salsolinol synthase from rat brain

Xuechai Chen, Abida Arshad, Xiaoyin Lin, Yi Chen, Jing Shen, Yongqian Zhang, Yulin Deng*

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Abstract

Several studies suggest that l-methyl-6, 7-dihydroxy-l, 2, 3, 4 - tetrahydroisoquinoline (Salsolinol, Sal) is toxic to dopaminergic neurons, and it is one of the most discussed tetrahydroisoquinolines whose chemical structure is the same with MPTP, it may cause PD. Studies show that salsolinol is biosynthesized by a novel enzyme named salsolinol synthase in human brain. Salsolinol synthase is one kind of enzyme catalyzes the condensation of dopamine and acetaldehyde. It was preliminary purified from rat brains first time in this paper. The purification procedure involved ultracentrifugation, DEAE anion exchange chromatography and gel filtration chromatography. HPLC-ECD was used for enzyme activity detection during purification. Salsolinol synthase was purified 2753.1 fold from the crude enzyme extract.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication5th International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedical Engineering, iCBBE 2011
PublisherIEEE Computer Society
ISBN (Print)9781424450893
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2011

Publication series

Name5th International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedical Engineering, iCBBE 2011

Keywords

  • Gel filtration
  • Ion-exchange
  • Purification
  • Salsolinol synthase

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