title: Purification of a new dihydrolipoamide dehydrogenase from Escherichia coli.
abstract: I purified a new dihydrolipoamide dehydrogenase from a lpd mutant of Escherichia coli deficient in the lipoamide dehydrogenase (EC 1.6.4.3) common to the pyruvate dehydrogenase (EC 1.2.4.1) and 2-oxoglutarate dehydrogenase complexes. The occurrence of the new lipoamide dehydrogenase in lpd mutants, including a lpd deletion mutant and the immunological properties of the enzyme, showed that it is different from the lpd gene product. The new dihydrolipoamide dehydrogenase had a molecular weight of 46,000, as determined by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. It was expressed in low amounts. It catalyzed the NAD+-dependent reduction of dihydrolipoamide with a maximal activity of 20 mumol/min per mg of protein and exhibited a hyperbolic dependence of catalytic activity on the concentration of both dihydrolipoamide and NAD+. The possible implication of the new dihydrolipoamide in the function of 2-oxo acid dehydrogenase complexes is discussed, as is its relation to binding protein-dependent transport.
authors.affiliation: Institut Jacques Monod, Paris, France.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Richarme
mesh_terms: D002501:Centrifugation, Zonal; D002846:Chromatography, Affinity; D002848:Chromatography, DEAE-Cellulose; D002850:Chromatography, Gel; D008058:Dihydrolipoamide Dehydrogenase / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics; D015151:Immunoblotting; D007700:Kinetics; D008970:Molecular Weight; D009154:Mutation
chemical_list: D008058:Dihydrolipoamide Dehydrogenase