title: Role of the essential thiol groups of yeast alcohol dehydrogenase.
abstract: 1. Yeast alcohol dehydrogenase inactivated by reaction with iodoacetamide retains 85% of the original NADH-binding capacity as measured under conditions of saturating coenzyme concentration. 2. The dissociation constant of the enzyme-NADH complex is unaffected by inactivation of the enzyme with iodoacetamide, and the affinity of the enzyme for NAD(+) and pyridine-3-aldehyde-adenine dinucleotide (PAAD(+)) appears to be similarly unaffected. 3. Enzyme inactivated with iodoacetamide has lost the ability to form normal ternary complexes of the type enzyme-NADH-acetamide and enzyme-PAAD(+)-hydroxylamine that are characteristic of the native enzyme.
mesh_terms: D000225:Adenine; D000429:Alcohol Oxidoreductases; D000447:Aldehydes; D002850:Chromatography, Gel; D006898:Hydroxylamines; D007461:Iodoacetates; D008970:Molecular Weight; D009243:NAD; D011725:Pyridines; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000201:enzymology*; D013438:Sulfhydryl Compounds
chemical_list: D000447:Aldehydes; D006898:Hydroxylamines; D007461:Iodoacetates; D011725:Pyridines; D013438:Sulfhydryl Compounds; D009243:NAD; D000429:Alcohol Oxidoreductases; D000225:Adenine