title: Properties and function of malate enzyme from Pseudomonas putida.
abstract: Malate enzyme (L-malate: NADP+ oxidoreductase (oxalacetate-decarboxylating, EC 1.1.1.40)) has been purified from Pseudomonas putida to 99 per cent homogeneity by heat, ammonium suphate fractionation, gel filtration and anion exchange chromatography. Sodium dodecylsulphate-(SDS)-polyacrylamide disc gel electrophoresis analysis showed an approximate tetrameric subunit with a molecular weight of 52,000. The purified enzyme showed a pH optimum between 8.0 and 8.5 (for Tris-HCl buffer) and required bivalent cations for catalysis; monovalent ions like K+ and NH4+ acted as very effective activators. The temperature-activity relationship for the malate enzyme from 35-80 degrees C showed broken Arrhenius plots with an inflexion at 65 degrees C. The enzyme halflife was 30s at 85 degrees C. The enzyme showed hyperbolic kinetics for both substrates with apparent Km values of 4.0 X 10(-4) M and 2.3 X 10(-5) M for L-malate and NADP+ respectively. From the study of the effects of some compounds on the enzyme, the physiological significance of those produced by fumarate, succinate and oxalacetate can be emphasized.
mesh_terms: D002413:Cations, Divalent; D004355:Drug Stability; D006358:Hot Temperature; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D007700:Kinetics; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D008291:Malate Dehydrogenase / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D008970:Molecular Weight; D011549:Pseudomonas / Q000201:enzymology*
chemical_list: D002413:Cations, Divalent; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D008291:Malate Dehydrogenase