title: Purification and characterization of dog liver glucokinase.
abstract: Glucokinase from dog liver has been purified to homogeneity by a procedure involving DEAE-cellulose chromatography, ammonium sulfate fractionation, gel filtration chromatography, and affinity chromatography on glucosamine-Sepharose. The purified enzyme was characterized with respect to stability, molecular weight, amino acid composition, SH groups, and physicochemical and kinetic properties. A molecular weight of 49,000 and 47,000 was estimated by sodium dodecylsulfate gel electrophoresis and gel filtration in non-denaturing conditions, respectively, indicating a monomeric structure for the enzyme. Glucokinase exhibits a sigmoidal saturation function for glucose with a Hill coefficient of 1.5 and a half-saturation value of 4mM at pH 7.5.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002845:Chromatography; D004285:Dogs; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D005941:Glucokinase / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D006593:Hexokinase / Q000378:metabolism*; D007700:Kinetics; D008099:Liver / Q000201:enzymology*; D008297:Male; D008970:Molecular Weight
chemical_list: D006593:Hexokinase; D005941:Glucokinase