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Purification and properties of L-alanine dehydrogenase of the phototrophic bacterium Rhodobacter capsulatus E1F1
Author(s) -
Francisco J. Caballero,
Jacobo Cárdenas,
Francisco Castillo
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
journal of bacteriology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.652
H-Index - 246
eISSN - 1067-8832
pISSN - 0021-9193
DOI - 10.1128/jb.171.6.3205-3210.1989
Subject(s) - rhodobacter , biology , biochemistry , alanine , rhodospirillaceae , dehydrogenase , rhodospirillales , nad+ kinase , lactate dehydrogenase , enzyme , amino acid , gene , mutant
In the phototrophic nonsulfur bacterium Rhodobacter capsulatus E1F1, L-alanine dehydrogenase aminating activity functions as an alternative route for ammonia assimilation when glutamine synthetase is inactivated. L-Alanine dehydrogenase deaminating activity participates in the supply of organic carbon to cells growing on L-alanine as the sole carbon source. L-Alanine dehydrogenase is induced in cells growing on pyruvate plus nitrate, pyruvate plus ammonia, or L-alanine under both light-anaerobic and dark-heterotrophic conditions. The enzyme has been purified to electrophoretic and immunological homogeneity by using affinity chromatography with Red-120 agarose. The native enzyme was an oligomeric protein of 246 kilodaltons (kDa) which consisted of six identical subunits of 42 kDa each, had a Stokes' radius of 5.8 nm, an s20.w of 10.1 S, a D20,w of 4.25 x 10(-11) m2 s-1, and a frictional quotient of 1.35. The aminating activity was absolutely specific for NADPH, whereas deaminating activity was strictly NAD dependent, with apparent Kms of 0.25 (NADPH), 0.15 (NAD+), 1.25 (L-alanine), 0.13 (pyruvate), and 16 (ammonium) mM. The enzyme was inhibited in vitro by pyruvate or L-alanine and had two sulfhydryl groups per subunit which were essential for both aminating and deaminating activities.

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