STUDIES ON ACTIVE SITE OF ENZYME RIBULOSE-DIPHOSPHATE CARBOXYLASE
STUDIES ON ACTIVE SITE OF ENZYME RIBULOSE-DIPHOSPHATE CARBOXYLASE
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DOI:
10.1016/0005-2744(67)90166-0
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发表时间:
1967-01-01
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通讯作者:
METHENITOU, H
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AKOYUNOGLOU, G;ARGYROUD.JH;METHENITOU, H
Ribulosediphosphate carboxylase (3-phospho-D-glycerate carboxy-lyase (dimerizing), EC 4.1.1.39, formerly known as carboxydismutase), the enzyme catalyzing the CO2 fixation reaction in photosynthesis, forms a complex with CO2 that can be isolated by passage through an ion-exchange column. By using diazomethane to stabilize the C14O2- enzyme complex, digestion with trypsin (EC 3.4.4.4) to hydrolyze it, and ion-exchange column chromatography to separate the resulting peptides, it has been possible to obtain a highly radioactive peptide. Moreover, the isolated radioactive peptide is slightly colored, which raises the question as to the nature and function of the chromophore. The radioactive peptide can be further hydrolyzed by pepsin (EC 3.4.4.1) or carboxypeptidase (EC 3.4.2.1). Separation of the pepsin hydrolysate by ion-exchange column chromatography gave only one radioactive fraction, which was also colored. The ultraviolet absorption spectrum of this fraction depends greatly on the pH of the solution. Resolution of the carboxypeptidase hydrolysate by paper chromatography gave one radioactive spot and 14 ninhydrin-positive spots. Experiments with C14-iabeleds -aminolevulinic acid showed that after separation of the tryptic peptides of ribulosediphosphate carboxylase, radioactivity was present in the colored peptide.