title: Isocitrate dehydrogenases from Haloferax volcanii and Sulfolobus solfataricus: enzyme purification, characterisation and N-terminal sequence.
abstract: The isocitrate dehydrogenases from the extremely halophilic Archaeon, Haloferax volcanii, and from the hyperthermophilic Archaeon, Sulfolobus solfataricus, have been purified to electrophoretic homogeneity. The purified enzymes have been characterised with respect to their cofactor specificities, subunit compositions and their salt and thermal stabilities. N-terminal amino acid sequences have been determined for both enzymes, and multiple alignments with sequences of bacterial and eukaryotic isocitrate dehydrogenases show that the archaeal enzymes most closely resemble the NADP-linked dimeric isocitrate dehydrogenases from the Bacteria.
authors.affiliation: División de Bioquímica, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Alicante, Spain.
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Camacho
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Bonete
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Danson
authors.forename: D W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Hough
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D002384:Catalysis / Q000187:drug effects; D004795:Enzyme Stability; D006216:Halobacteriaceae / Q000201:enzymology*; D006358:Hot Temperature; D007521:Isocitrate Dehydrogenase / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism*; D007700:Kinetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D008970:Molecular Weight; D011189:Potassium Chloride / Q000494:pharmacology; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017421:Sequence Analysis; D016944:Sulfolobus / Q000201:enzymology*
chemical_list: D011189:Potassium Chloride; D007521:Isocitrate Dehydrogenase