Purification and characterization of homoserine dehydrogenase from spinach leaves

Autor: S, Pavagi, S, Kochhar, V K, Kochhar, P V, Sane
Rok vydání: 1995
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Zdroj: Biochemistry and molecular biology international. 36(3)
ISSN: 1039-9712
Popis: Homoserine dehydrogenase (HSDH) has been purified to homogeneity from spinach leaves using ammonium sulphate fractionation followed by ion exchange chromatography, gel filtration and FPLC techniques. The purified enzyme has a relative molecular mass of 220,000 and subunit molecular mass of 55,000 and probably occurs as a tetramer. The enzyme was found to be sensitive to threonine and also exhibited aspartate kinase (AK) activity, which was also sensitive to threonine suggesting that it is a bifunctional protein. The enzyme protein also gave a positive cross reaction with antibodies raised against purified AK isoenzymes. Both HSDH and AK activities were stimulated by calcium and calmodulin.
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