Aspartokinase I-homoserine dehydrogenase I of Escherichia coli K12 λ. Subunit molecular weight and nicotinamide-adenine dinucleotide phosphate binding

Biochemistry ◽  
1972 ◽  
Vol 11 (7) ◽  
pp. 1278-1282 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard B. Clark ◽  
James W. Ogilvie
Parasitology ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 140 (7) ◽  
pp. 897-906 ◽  
Author(s):  
ANITA VERMA ◽  
MANISH K. SUTHAR ◽  
PAWAN K. DOHAREY ◽  
SMITA GUPTA ◽  
SUNITA YADAV ◽  
...  

SUMMARYGlucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD), a regulatory enzyme of the pentose phosphate pathway from Brugia malayi, was cloned, expressed and biochemically characterized. The Km values for glucose-6-phosphate and nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADP) were 0·25 and 0·014 mm respectively. The rBmG6PD exhibited an optimum pH of 8·5 and temperature, 40 °C. Adenosine 5′ [γ-thio] triphosphate (ATP-γ-S), adenosine 5′ [β,γ-imido] triphosphate (ATP-β,γ-NH), adenosine 5′ [β-thio] diphosphate (ADP-β-S), Na+, K+, Li+ and Cu++ ions were found to be strong inhibitors of rBmG6PD. The rBmG6PD, a tetramer with subunit molecular weight of 75 kDa contains 0·02 mol of SH group per mol of monomer. Blocking the SH group with SH-inhibitors, led to activation of rBmG6PD activity by N-ethylmaleimide. CD analysis indicated that rBmG6PD is composed of 37% α-helices and 26% β-sheets. The unfolding equilibrium of rBmG6PD with GdmCl/urea showed the triphasic unfolding pattern along with the highly stable intermediate obtained by GdmCl.


1973 ◽  
Vol 132 (2) ◽  
pp. 215-221 ◽  
Author(s):  
Colin H. Self ◽  
Malcolm G. Parker ◽  
P. David J. Weitzman

Of the two NADP-linked isocitrate dehydrogenases in Acinetobacter lwoffi the higher-molecular-weight form, isoenzyme-II, is reversibly stimulated sixfold by low concentrations of glyoxylate or pyruvate. Kinetic results indicate that this stimulation of activity involves both an increase in Vmax. and a decrease in the apparent Km values for substrates, most markedly that for NADP+. Other changes brought about by glyoxylate or pyruvate include a shift in the pH optimum for activity and an increased stability to inactivation by heat or urea. Mixtures of glyoxylate plus oxaloacetate, known to inhibit isocitrate dehydrogenases from other organisms, produce inhibition of both A. lowffi isoenzymes, and do not reflect the stimulatory specificity of glyoxylate for isoenzyme-II. Isoenzyme-II is also stimulated by AMP and ADP, but the activation by glyoxylate or pyruvate is shown to be quite independent of the adenylate activation. Differential desensitization of the enzyme by urea to the two types of activator further supports the view that the enzyme possesses two distinct allosteric regulatory sites. The metabolic significance of the activations is discussed.


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