ISSN:
1432-072X
Keywords:
Alcaligenes eutrophus H 16
;
Anthranilate synthase
;
Aromatic amino acid biosynthesis
;
regulation of
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Biology
Notes:
Abstract Properties and regulation of anthranilate synthase from Alcaligenes eutrophus H 16 were investigated. Anthranilate synthase was partially purified from crude extracts by affinity chromatography on tryptophan-substituted Sepharose, and was used for kinetic measurements. During the purification procedure the enzyme was stabilized by 50 mM l-glutamine or during chromatography on DEAE-cellulose and Sephadex G-200 with 30% glycerol, respectively. The glutamine dependent activity of anthranilate synthase was examined; it showed little change between pH 8.4 and pH 9.1. The Arrhenius plot was broken and the activation energy, δH, calculated therefrom amounted to 8.9 kcal/mole up to 30°C and 5.5 kcal/mole at higher temperatures. The molecular weight determined by gelfiltration on Sephadex G-200 and by sucrose density gradient centrifugation resulted in 158000 and 126000, respectively. The K m -values for the two substrates chorismate and glutamine were found to be 5 μM and 560 μM, respectively. Anthranilate synthase was strongly inhibited by l-tryptophan; the only amino acid that affected enzyme activity. Homotropic interactions for chorismate (Hill coefficient n=1.4) were obtained in the presence of l-tryptophan. 50% inhibition were caused by 10 μM l-tryptophan at 100 μM chorismate. The inhibition with respect to l-glutamine was noncompetitive. Anthranilate synthase was not associated to phosphoribosyl transferase and easily separable from the latter by different chromatographic methods.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00446831
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