title: Identification of reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate-dependent aldehyde reductase in a Rhodotorula strain.
abstract: Reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH)-aldehyde reductase was isolated in 24% yield and 66-fold purification from a dl-glyceraldehyde-grown Rhodotorula species. This enzyme was specific for NADPH, and d-, l-, or dl-glyceraldehyde were equally good substrates. Other substrates had activities as follows: methylglyoxal, 50%; fructose, 33%; d- and l-arabinose, 12%; d-xylose, 8%; d-glucose, 5%; d-erythrose and d-threose, 0 to 5%. The product from the reduction of dl-glyceraldehyde was glycerol, as shown by high voltage electrophoresis, paper chromatography, and direct enzymatic analysis. Kinetic studies gave K(m) values of 0.89 mm and 0.013 mm for dl-glyceraldehyde and NADPH, respectively. An optimal pH range of 6.3 to 6.7 was found for maximal activity. Reduction of NADP(+) by glycerol was not demonstrable. This Rhodotorula NADPH-aldehyde reductase activity was compared to similar enzymes from other sources.
mesh_terms: D000447:Aldehydes / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D012831:Bombyx / Q000201:enzymology; D002854:Chromatography, Paper; D004586:Electrophoresis; D005985:Glyceraldehyde / Q000378:metabolism; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D007700:Kinetics; D008099:Liver / Q000201:enzymology; D003904:Mitosporic Fungi / Q000201:enzymology*; D009132:Muscles / Q000201:enzymology; D009249:NADP; D010088:Oxidoreductases / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D011506:Proteins / Q000032:analysis; D051381:Rats; D015003:Yeasts / Q000201:enzymology
chemical_list: D000447:Aldehydes; D011506:Proteins; D005985:Glyceraldehyde; D009249:NADP; D010088:Oxidoreductases