title: Glutamate dehydrogenase of Halobacterium salinarum: evidence that the gene sequence currently assigned to the NADP+-dependent enzyme is in fact that of the NAD+-dependent glutamate dehydrogenase.
abstract: A GDH gene from Halobacterium salinarum has been cloned and sequenced and the publication assigns the sequence to the NADP+-glutamate dehydrogenase of this organism. We have expressed this gene in Escherichia coli and find that it encodes an NAD+-dependent glutamate dehydrogenase without activity towards NADP+. Further, peptide sequence from the two corresponding proteins supports the view that the deposited sequence is indeed that of the NAD+-dependent glutamate dehydrogenase. Sequence from the NAD+-dependent protein matches the published gene sequence, whereas sequence from the NADP+ glutamate dehydrogenase does not.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Conway Institute of Biomolecular and Biomedical Research, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
authors.forename: Bronagh M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Hayden
authors.forename: María-José
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Bonete
authors.forename: Paul E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: Arthur J G
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Moir
authors.forename: Paul C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Engel
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D005969:Glutamate Dehydrogenase / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D019617:Halobacterium salinarum / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009243:NAD / Q000378:metabolism*; D009249:NADP / Q000378:metabolism*; D017510:Protein Folding; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D012995:Solubility; D013379:Substrate Specificity
chemical_list: D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D009243:NAD; D009249:NADP; D005969:Glutamate Dehydrogenase