title: Purification and characterization of a thermostable pyruvate kinase from the actinomycete Microbispora thermodiastatica.
abstract: The pyruvate kinase of Microbispora thermodiastatica was purified to homogeneity and some properties of the enzyme were characterized. The molecular weight of the enzyme by gel filtration is 277,000. The subunit molecular weight is 55,000 by SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, and only one N-terminal amino acid sequence was obtained. It had a pH optimum around pH 4.5 to 7.0 and was stable over the range of pH 4.0-8.0. The enzyme is thermostable and no activity was lost after heat treatment at 55 degrees C for 60 min. AMP activated this enzyme and the saturation curve of the enzyme for PEP changed from sigmoidal type to hyperbolic type in the presence of AMP.
authors.affiliation: Research and Development Division, Kikkoman Corporation, Chiba, Japan.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Arai
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Murakami
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nakajima
mesh_terms: D000192:Actinomycetales / Q000737:chemistry / Q000201:enzymology*; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D002614:Chelating Agents / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D004492:Edetic Acid / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D008670:Metals / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011770:Pyruvate Kinase / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D013696:Temperature
chemical_list: D002614:Chelating Agents; D008670:Metals; D004492:Edetic Acid; D011770:Pyruvate Kinase