title: A novel archaebacterial NAD+-dependent alcohol dehydrogenase. Purification and properties.
abstract: An NAD+-dependent alcohol dehydrogenase (alcohol: NAD+ oxidoreductase, EC 1.1.1.1) was detected in cellular extracts of the extreme thermophilic archaebacterium Sulfolobus solfataricus. The enzyme was purified to homogeneity and shown to be a dimer with a native molecular mass of 71 kDa by sucrose gradient centrifugation and SDS electrophoresis. The enzyme has a broad substrate specificity that includes linear and branched primary alcohols, linear and cyclic secondary alcohols, linear and cyclic ketones and anisaldehyde. The enzyme has an extraordinary thermophilicity and a remarkable thermostability, and appears to have some properties and a structure different from those previously described for thermophilic alcohol dehydrogenases.
mesh_terms: D000426:Alcohol Dehydrogenase / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism; D001105:Archaea / Q000201:enzymology*; D001419:Bacteria / Q000201:enzymology*; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D007700:Kinetics; D008970:Molecular Weight; D013379:Substrate Specificity
chemical_list: D000426:Alcohol Dehydrogenase