title: Purification and characterization of the nuclear cytidine 5'-monophosphate N-acetylneuraminic acid synthetase from rat liver.
abstract: N-Acetylneuraminic acid cytidylyltransferase (EC 2.7.7.43) (CAMP-NeuAc synthetase) from rat liver catalyzes the formation of cytidine monophosphate N-acetylneuraminic acid from CTP and NeuAc. We have purified this enzyme to apparent homogeneity (241-fold) using gel filtration on Sephacryl S-200 and two types of affinity chromatographies (Reactive Brown-10 Agarose and Blue Sepharose CL-6B columns). The pure enzyme, whose amino acid composition and NH2-terminal amino acid sequence are also established, migrates as a single protein band on non-denaturing polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. The molecular mass of the native enzyme, estimated by gel filtration, was 116 +/- 2 kDa whereas its Mr in sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis was 58 +/- 1 kDa. CMP-NeuAc synthetase requires Mg2+ for catalysis although this ion can be replaced by Mn2+, Ca2+, or Co2+. The optimal pH was 8.0 in the presence of 10 mM Mg2+ and 5 mM dithiothreitol. The apparent Km for CTP and NeuAc are 1.5 and 1.3 mM, respectively. The enzyme also converts N-glycolylneuraminic acid to its corresponding CMP-sialic acid (Km, 2.6 mM), whereas CMP-NeuAc, high CTP concentrations, and other nucleotides (CDP, CMP, ATP, UTP, GTP, and TTP) inhibited the enzyme to different extents.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Universidad de León, Spain.
authors.forename: L B
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Rodríguez-Aparicio
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Luengo
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: González-Clemente
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Reglero
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000596:Amino Acids / Q000032:analysis; D000818:Animals; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000201:enzymology*; D002850:Chromatography, Gel; D004795:Enzyme Stability; D007700:Kinetics; D008099:Liver / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D000216:N-Acylneuraminate Cytidylyltransferase / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013379:Substrate Specificity
chemical_list: D000596:Amino Acids; D000216:N-Acylneuraminate Cytidylyltransferase