title: Catalytic properties of recombinant 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A synthase-1 from Blattella germanica.
abstract: Blattella germanica is the first organism in which two cytosolic HMG-CoA synthase genes have been described: HMGS-1 (Martínez-González et al., 1993b) and HMGS-2 (Buesa et al., 1994). The HMGS-1 gene showed special features, which led us to characterize the kinetic properties of the enzyme it encodes. Here we report the expression of recombinant HMGS-1, the protocol of enzyme purification, and the measurement of kinetic parameters. The K(m) for acetyl-CoA is 15.2 microM and the Ki for the other substrate, acetoacetyl-CoA, is 1.26 microM, both similar to that of yeast, ox, and chicken liver enzymes; the Vmax of HMGS-1 measured in this paper is 66 mU, which is the lowest Vmax of the HMG-CoA synthases reported to date.
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Bioquímica, Facultad de Farmacia, Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cabañó
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Buesa
authors.forename: F G
authors.initials: FG
authors.lastname: Hegardt
authors.forename: P F
authors.initials: PF
authors.lastname: Marrero
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002384:Catalysis; D003058:Cockroaches / Q000201:enzymology*; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000378:metabolism; D015870:Gene Expression; D005822:Genetic Vectors; D006904:Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Synthase / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D007700:Kinetics; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D006904:Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Synthase