Purifications and characterizations of a ferredoxin and its related 2-oxoacid:ferredoxin oxidoreductase from the hyperthermophilic archaeon, Sulfolobus solfataricus P1
| Autor: | Chul-Bae Yoo, Young-Jun Park, Soo Young Choi, Hee-Bong Lee |
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| Rok vydání: | 2006 |
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Pyruvate Synthase
Archaeal Proteins ved/biology.organism_classification_rank.species Molecular Sequence Data Biochemistry Cofactor Substrate Specificity Oxidoreductase Enzyme kinetics Amino Acid Sequence Molecular Biology Ferredoxin chemistry.chemical_classification biology Molecular mass Sequence Homology Amino Acid ved/biology Sulfolobus solfataricus Temperature Substrate (chemistry) Ferredoxin-thioredoxin reductase General Medicine Hydrogen-Ion Concentration Molecular Weight chemistry biology.protein Ferredoxins |
| Zdroj: | Journal of biochemistry and molecular biology. 39(1) |
| ISSN: | 1225-8687 |
| Popis: | The coenzyme A-acylating 2-oxoacid:ferredoxin oxidoreductase and ferredoxin (an effective electron acceptor) were purified from the hyperthermophilic archaeon, Sulfolobus solfataricus P1 (DSM1616). The purified ferredoxin is a monomeric protein with an apparent molecular mass of approximately 11 kDa by SDS-PAGE and of 11,180+/-50 Da by MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry. Ferredoxin was identified to be a dicluster, [3Fe-4S][4Fe-4S], type ferredoxin by spectrophotometric and EPR studies, and appeared to be zinc-containing based on the shared homology of its N-terminal sequence with those of known zinc-containing ferredoxins. On the other hand, the purified 2-oxoacid: ferredoxin oxidoreductase was found to be a heterodimeric enzyme consisting of 69 kDa alpha and 34 kDa beta subunits by SDS-PAGE and MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry. The purified enzyme showed a specific activity of 52.6 units/mg for the reduction of cytochrome c with 2-oxoglutarate as substrate at 55 degrees C, pH 7.0. Maximum activity was observed at 70 degrees C and the optimum pH for enzymatic activity was 7.0 -8.0. The enzyme displays broad substrate specificity toward 2-oxoacids, such as pyruvate, 2-oxobutyrate, and 2-oxoglutarate. Among the 2-oxoacids tested (pyruvate, 2-oxobutyrate, and 2-oxoglutarate), 2-oxoglutarate was found to be the best substrate with Km and kcat values of 163 microM and 452 min(-1), respectively. These results provide useful information for structural studies on these two proteins and for studies on the mechanism of electron transfer between the two. |
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