title: Purification and general characterization of FAD synthetase from rat liver.
abstract: Flavin adenine dinucleotide synthetase (ATP:FMN adenylyltransferase, EC 2.7.7.2) has been enriched more extensively than previously from fresh rat liver. For this, 10% homogenates in sucrose-phosphate buffer were treated with 0.1% Tween-20 prior to high-speed centrifugation to obtain soluble proteins. Those precipitated by 40% saturation with ammonium sulfate were subjected to stepwise addition of calcium phosphate gel to remove pyrophosphatase, and the remaining synthetase was further enriched by passage through a tricalcium phosphate column. An apparent yield of greater than 70% and purification over 70-fold was achieved from the high-speed supernatant fraction. The synthetase activity in solution at 4 degrees was largely lost within a week unless protected by thiols which could partly restore inactivated enzyme. The pH optimum for synthetase activity is near 7.7 when assayed with suitable concentrations of FMN, ATP, and Mg2+. Purified enzyme could be separated into lower (140,000) and higher (325,000) molecular weight components when subjected to molecular sieving on a Sephadex G-200 column.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D007700:Kinetics; D008099:Liver / Q000201:enzymology*; D008970:Molecular Weight; D009713:Nucleotidyltransferases / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats
chemical_list: D009713:Nucleotidyltransferases; C020143:FMN adenylyltransferase