title: [Separation of hydrophobic NAD(P)H dehydrogenase subcomplexes from cyanobacterium Synechocystis PCC6803].
abstract: Many efforts have been paid to the separation of an integrated NA(D)PH dehydrogenase (NDH) complex. Several hydrophilic subcomplexes of NDH have been purified from the cyanobacterium Synechocystis PCC6803. However, no hydrophobic NDH subcomplex has ever been separated from cyanobacteria yet. In this paper, two NDH subcomplexes were separated from n-dodecyl beta-D-maltoside(DM)-treated whole cell extracts of Synechocystis PCC6803 by anion exchange chromatography and gel filtration. Both subcomplexes contained the hydrophobic subunit NdhA, suggesting that they were hydrophobic NDH subcomplexes. Of the two subcomplexes, only one subcomplex contained NdhH. These subcomplexes showed NADPH-nitroblue tetrazolium (NBT) oxidoreductase activity and could specifically oxidize NADPH when several quinone analogues were used as electron acceptors, such as ferricyanide, 2,5-dibromo-3-methyl-6-isopropyl-p-benzoquinone (DBMIB), 2,6-dichlorophenol indophenol (DCPIP), duroquinone, ubiquinone-0 (UQ-0), etc.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics, Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200032, China.
authors.forename: Yong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Deng
authors.forename: Ji-Yu
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Ye
authors.forename: Hua-Ling
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Mi
authors.forename: Yun-Gang
authors.initials: YG
authors.lastname: Shen
mesh_terms: D000458:Cyanobacteria / Q000201:enzymology*; D008970:Molecular Weight; D009249:NADP / Q000378:metabolism; D009252:NADPH Dehydrogenase / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction
chemical_list: D009249:NADP; D009252:NADPH Dehydrogenase