title: Purification and crystallization of rat liver NAD(P)H:(quinone-acceptor) oxidoreductase by cibacron blue affinity chromatography: identification of a new and potent inhibitor.
abstract: Cytosolic NAD(P)H:(quinone-acceptor) oxidoreductase (EC 1.6.99.2) is a widely distributed, FAD-containing enzyme that catalyzes the obligatory two-electron reduction of quinones. Cibacron Blue is an inhibitor of this enzyme comparable in potency to dicoumarol. Pure quinone reductase was obtained from the livers of Sudan II (1-[2,4-dimethylphenylazo]-2-naphthol)-treated rats in a single step by Cibacron Blue-agarose chromatography. Cibacron Blue is a competitive inhibitor with respect to NADH (Ki = 170 nM) and is a noncompetitive inhibitor with respect to menadione (Ki = 540 nM). Addition of Cibacron Blue to quinone reductase resulted in a decrease and red shift of the enzyme-bound FAD peak at 450 nm. The titration of the absorbance changes for both FAD and Cibacron Blue could be fitted to curves describing an equilibrium binding equation with a KD of 300 nM and one binding site per enzyme subunit. Furthermore, the Cibacron Blue difference spectrum that resulted from binding to quinone reductase was abolished by dicoumarol. Significant amino acid homology between quinone reductase and the nucleotide binding regions of enzymes that bind to Cibacron Blue was found. These data indicate that Cibacron Blue is a useful ligand for the purification of quinone reductase and a new probe for its NAD(P)H binding site. Conditions for crystallizing rat liver quinone reductase are also described.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205.
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Prochaska
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001665:Binding Sites; D002846:Chromatography, Affinity; D003460:Crystallization; D005182:Flavin-Adenine Dinucleotide / Q000378:metabolism; D007700:Kinetics; D008099:Liver / Q000201:enzymology*; D009243:NAD / Q000378:metabolism; D011808:Quinone Reductases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D051381:Rats; D014227:Triazines / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014812:Vitamin K / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D014227:Triazines; D009243:NAD; D014812:Vitamin K; D005182:Flavin-Adenine Dinucleotide; C012842:Cibacron Blue F 3GA; C041831:NADH dehydrogenase (quinone); D011808:Quinone Reductases