title: Formate dehydrogenase in a reversed micelle system: regulation of catalytic activity and oligomeric composition of the enzyme.
abstract: Formate dehydrogenases from the methylotrophic bacteria Pseudomonas sp. 101 and Mycobacterium vaccae N10 were studied in a system of Aerosol OT reversed micelles in octane. Three peaks of the catalytic activity were found on the plot of activity versus surfactant hydration degree (the size of the micellar inner cavity) which corresponded to functions of the enzyme in various oligomeric forms: monomeric, dimeric, and octameric. Kinetic data were confirmed by results of sedimentation analysis. The enzyme was chemically modified by a bifunctional reagent (dimethyl suberimidate) to obtain a catalytically active non-dissociating dimeric molecule of formate dehydrogenase. In the case of the covalently-linked non-dissociating dimeric enzyme, the peak which corresponded to the monomeric form of the enzyme was found to disappear from the catalytic activity curve.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Enzymology, School of Chemistry, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia.
authors.forename: N L
authors.initials: NL
authors.lastname: Klyachko
authors.forename: S V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Vakula
authors.forename: V N
authors.initials: VN
authors.lastname: Gladyshev
authors.forename: V I
authors.initials: VI
authors.lastname: Tishkov
authors.forename: A V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Levashov
mesh_terms: D001704:Biopolymers; D002384:Catalysis; D005560:Formate Dehydrogenases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D007700:Kinetics; D008823:Micelles; D008970:Molecular Weight; D009161:Mycobacterium / Q000201:enzymology; D011549:Pseudomonas / Q000201:enzymology
chemical_list: D001704:Biopolymers; D008823:Micelles; D005560:Formate Dehydrogenases