title: A functional five-enzyme complex of chloroplasts involved in the Calvin cycle.
abstract: A complex of five different enzymes: ribose-phosphate isomerase, phosphoribulokinase, ribulose-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase, phosphoglycerate kinase and glyceraldehyde-phosphate dehydrogenase, has been purified from spinach chloroplasts. These enzymes catalyse five consecutive reactions of the Calvin cycle, of which the two reactions catalysed by phosphoribulokinase and ribulose-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase are unique to this cycle. The five-enzyme complex has been purified by successive chromatographies on DEAE-Trisacryl, Sephadex G-200 and hydroxyapatite. The homogeneity of the complex has been tested by analytical centrifugation and electrophoresis. Depending on the technique used to estimate its molecular mass, the value obtained varies between 520 kDa and 536 kDa. In addition to the five enzymes mentioned above, the complex contains a 65-kDa polypeptide. The quaternary structure of these enzymes in the complex appears to be different from what has been described for the individual enzymes in the 'noncomplexed state'. The five-enzyme complex is functional as glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate is formed from ribose 5-phosphate. Preliminary experiments suggest that channelling of reaction intermediates occurs within the complex.
authors.affiliation: Centre de Biochimie, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Marseille, France.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Gontero
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Cárdenas
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ricard
mesh_terms: D019747:Aldose-Ketose Isomerases; D000818:Animals; D002238:Carbohydrate Epimerases / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000378:metabolism; D002736:Chloroplasts / Q000201:enzymology*; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D005986:Glyceraldehyde 3-Phosphate / Q000096:biosynthesis; D005987:Glyceraldehyde-3-Phosphate Dehydrogenases / Q000302:isolation & purification; D009097:Multienzyme Complexes / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D010735:Phosphoglycerate Kinase / Q000302:isolation & purification; D010770:Phosphotransferases / Q000302:isolation & purification; D017853:Phosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor); D010944:Plants / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000378:metabolism; D011817:Rabbits; D012273:Ribulose-Bisphosphate Carboxylase / Q000302:isolation & purification
chemical_list: D009097:Multienzyme Complexes; D005986:Glyceraldehyde 3-Phosphate; D002245:Carbon Dioxide; D005987:Glyceraldehyde-3-Phosphate Dehydrogenases; D010770:Phosphotransferases; D017853:Phosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor); C022390:phosphoribulokinase; D010735:Phosphoglycerate Kinase; D012273:Ribulose-Bisphosphate Carboxylase; D002238:Carbohydrate Epimerases; D019747:Aldose-Ketose Isomerases; C022548:ribosephosphate isomerase