title: Purification, properties, and kinetics of D-ribulokinase from Aerobacter aerogenes.
abstract: The enzyme D-ribulokinase from Aerobacter aerogenes was purified to near homogeneity. The molecular weight, as determined by Sephacryl gel chromatography, is 116,000. The subunit molecular weight, determined by sodium dodecyl sulfate-gel electrophoresis, is 59,000, suggesting that D-ribulokinase is a dimer of identical subunits. Initial rate kinetic studies, involving substrate analogs and products, were carried out. These investigations support a kinetic mechanism of the Random Bi Bi type. Isotope partitioning, utilizing D-[3H]ribulose, indicates that the mechanism is steady state Random Bi Bi.
mesh_terms: D004754:Enterobacter / Q000201:enzymology*; D004755:Enterobacteriaceae / Q000201:enzymology*; D007700:Kinetics; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D008970:Molecular Weight; D010429:Pentoses; D010770:Phosphotransferases / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D017853:Phosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor)
chemical_list: D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D010429:Pentoses; D010770:Phosphotransferases; D017853:Phosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor); C022551:D-ribulokinase