J. Biochem, 1990, Vol. 108, No. 2 327-333
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Purification and Properties of 4-Hydroxy-4-Methyl-2-Oxoglutarate Aldolase from Pseudomonas ochraceae Grown on Phthalate
Department of Chemistry, Faculty of General Education, Gifu University Gifu, Gifu 501-11
4-Hydroxy-4-methyl-2-oxoglutarate aldolase [4-hydroxy-4-methyl-2-oxoglutarate pyruvate-lyase: EC 4.1.3.17 [EC] ] has been purified to homogeneity (about 770-fold purification, yield 11.4%) from Pseudomonas ochraceae grown on phthalate. The enzyme has a molecular weight of 160,000 (gel filtration on Bio-Gel A-1.5m), a subunit molecular weight of 26,000 (SDS-PAGE) and an isoelectric point of 5.0 (isoelectric focusing). The enzyme requires divalent metal ions such as Mg2+, Mn2+, Co2+, Zn2+, and Cd2+ for activity. The enzyme actively cleaves 4-carboxy-4-hydroxy-2-oxoadipate, a physiological substrate of the enzyme, to give pyruvate and oxaloacetate, but shows much lower affinity for 4-hydroxy-4-methyl-2-oxoglutarate. 4-Hydroxy-2-oxoglutarate is cleaved at a low rate to pyruvate and glyoxylate. The l-isomers of the substrates are preferentially cleaved rather than the d-isomers as determined polarimetrically. The enzyme reactions are reversible: the equilibrium constants (pH 8.0, 25°C) for the HMG and HG cleavage reactions are about 0.07 and 0.03 M, respectively, whereas no equilibrium is observed with CHA due to oxaloacetate ß-decarboxylase activity associated with the enzyme. The enzyme activity is hardly affected by thiols and thiol reagents. The non-enzymatic cleavage reaction caused by various metal ions has also been studied to examine the mechanistic similarity to the enzymatic reaction.
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