title: Kinetic evidence for interaction between aldolase and D-glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase.
abstract: The possibility of interaction between purified rabbit muscle aldolase and D-glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase was studied by rapid kinetic methods, by analyzing the kinetics of the consecutive reaction catalyzed by the coupled enzyme system. The Km of the intermediary product, glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate, produced by aldolase was determined in the coupled reaction for glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase. Its value corresponds to that of the aldehyde (active) form of glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate, although in the given conditions the aldehyde leads to diol interconversion is faster than the enzymic reaction catalyzed by glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase. We suggest that above a certain concentration of the enzymes the glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate produced by aldolase gets direct access to glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase without participating in the aldehyde leads to diol interconversion which otherwise would occur if the substrate were to mix with the bulk medium.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005634:Fructose-Bisphosphate Aldolase / Q000378:metabolism; D005987:Glyceraldehyde-3-Phosphate Dehydrogenases / Q000378:metabolism; D007700:Kinetics; D008433:Mathematics; D009132:Muscles / Q000201:enzymology; D009243:NAD; D011817:Rabbits
chemical_list: D009243:NAD; D005987:Glyceraldehyde-3-Phosphate Dehydrogenases; D005634:Fructose-Bisphosphate Aldolase