title: Cytoplasmic 5'(3')-nucleotidase from human placenta.
abstract: The 5'(3')-nucleotidase earlier partially purified from rat liver by Fritzson and Smith [1971) Biochim. Biophys. Acta 235, 128-141) was purified 15,000-fold to apparent homogeneity from human placenta. The soluble enzyme is a homodimer with a native molecular mass of 44-45 kDa. It has a pH optimum between 6.0 and 6.5 and is absolutely dependent on Mg2+ ions. The enzyme dephosphorylates certain 2'-, 3'-, and 5'-nucleotides. Km values for 2'- and 3'-nucleotides are around 0.3 mM with no preference for either ribo- or deoxyribonucleotides. 5'-Deoxyribonucleotides are 10-fold better substrates than the corresponding ribonucleotides, with dIMP greater than dUMP greater than dGMP greater than dTMP. dAMP is a poor substrate, dCMP is essentially insert. In all cases the Km values are in the millimolar range. Of the different forms of nucleotidases characterized in animal cells, the 5'(3')-nucleotidase is unique in its preference for 5'-deoxyribonucleotides. In intact cells, a portion of de novo synthesized deoxyribonucleotides is degraded as part of a homeostatic mechanism regulating the size of deoxyribonucleotide pools. This requires the participation of one or several 5'-nucleotidases. The 5'(3')-nucleotidase may be one such enzyme.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry I, Medical Nobel Institute, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Höglund
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Reichard
mesh_terms: D015720:5'-Nucleotidase; D002850:Chromatography, Gel; D002852:Chromatography, Ion Exchange; D003593:Cytoplasm / Q000201:enzymology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007700:Kinetics; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D008970:Molecular Weight; D009708:Nucleotidases / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism; D010920:Placenta / Q000201:enzymology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D013379:Substrate Specificity
chemical_list: D046911:Macromolecular Substances; C063766:5'(3')-nucleotidase; D009708:Nucleotidases; D015720:5'-Nucleotidase