PURIFICATION OF NAD MALIC ENZYME FROM POTATO AND INVESTIGATION OF SOME PHYSICAL AND KINETIC-PROPERTIES
PURIFICATION OF NAD MALIC ENZYME FROM POTATO AND INVESTIGATION OF SOME PHYSICAL AND KINETIC-PROPERTIES
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DOI:
10.1016/0003-9861(81)90297-6
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发表时间:
1981-01-01
影响因子:
3.9
通讯作者:
WEDDING, RT
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作者:
GROVER, SD;CANELLAS, PF;WEDDING, RT
A procedure is described for purification of NAD malic enzyme (EC 1.1.1.39) to near homogeneity from potato tuber mitochondria. The purified enzyme is active with either NAD or NADP, and functions with either Mg2+ or Mn2+. Vapp [apparent velocity] is greatest when the enzyme is assayed with Mg2+ and NAD. When Mn2+ replaces Mg2+ the Vapp of the NAD-linked reaction decreases but the Km values for all substrates drop substantially. When NADP is used in place of NAD, the Vapp of the Mg2+-linked reaction decreases and the Km values for most substrates increase. The pH optimum of the enzyme depends on the metal ion and cofactor used and varies between 6.4 and 6.8. At pH 6.8, with saturating levels of Mg2+ and NAD, the turnover number of the enzyme is 37,000 min-1. The shape of the pH profile indicates the involvement of 2 to 3 protons in the activation of the enzyme only 1 proton is involved in the inactivation process. The MW of the enzyme in the presence of 5 mM dithiothreitol and 2 mM MgCl2 is 490,000 as determined by gel filtration. A lower MW form of the enzyme predominates in gel filtration at lower levels of dithiothreitol and in native gel electrophoresis. Sodium dodecyl sulfate gel electrophoresis of the enzyme reveals 2 main bands with MW of 61,000 and 58,00, suggesting that the subunit stoichiometry of the high-MW form may be .alpha.4.beta.4. Since the possibility that the smaller subunit may be a proteolytic artifact, the enzyme may prove to be an octamer of identical subunits.