DEUTERLUM-XYLOSE METABOLISM BY CELL-FREE EXTRACTS OF PENICILLIUM-CHRYSOGENUM
DEUTERLUM-XYLOSE METABOLISM BY CELL-FREE EXTRACTS OF PENICILLIUM-CHRYSOGENUM
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DOI:
10.1016/0006-3002(59)90395-6
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发表时间:
1959-01-01
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KNIGHT, SG
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作者:
CHIANG, C;KNIGHT, SG
The initial steps of D-xylose metabolism by a cell-free extract of Penicillium chrysogenum involve the reduction of xylose to xylitol by reduced triphosphopyridine nucleotide (TPNH), followed by diphosphopyridine nucleotide (DPN)-linked oxidation of xylitol to xylulose. The enzymically formed products, xylitol and xylulose, have been isolated and identified. The enzyme which catalyzes the reduction of xylose to xylitol and is tentatively named D-xylose reductase, was purified 20-fold over the crude extract; it is an inducible enzyme and relatively specific to D-xylose. The Ks for D-xylose is 0.09 [image] and for TPNH, 2.2-10-5 [image]. The enzyme had approximately maximum activity at pH 7.2. Fluoride at 0.05[image] and zinc at 0.001[image] were strong inhibitors. The inhibition by p-chloromercuri-benzoic acid could be restored by glutathione or cysteine. There was no effect by arsenite, cyanide, iodoacetic acid and Versene at 0.01[image], as well as magnesium, calcium, manganese, and dipicolinic acid at 0.001[image].