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Two isoenzymes of chorismate mutase (EC 5.4.99.5) were isolated and partially purified from leaves of diploid (2n=24) Nicotiana silvestris Speg. et Comes and from isogenic cells in a suspension culture originally established from haploid tissue. An isoenzyme denoted CM-1 (M r=52,000) accounted for the major fraction of total activity recovered from suspension-cultured cells, while isoenzyme CM-2 (M r=65,000) represented the major fraction of activity recovered from green leaf tissue. The ratio of isoenzyme levels from these two sources differed more than 20-fold. The subcellular location of isoenzyme CM-1 is known to be in the chloroplasts of green leaves or in proplastids of cultured cells, while isoenzyme CM-2 is located in the cytosol. Both isoenzymes were stable during partial purification, possessed broad pH optima for catalysis between 6.0 and 8.0, and were active without denaturation at temperatures at least as high as 45° C. Thiol reagents were unnecessary for either stability or activity of both isoenzymes. The affinity of isoenzyme CM-2 for substrate (K m=0.24 mM) was almost an order of magnitude better than that of CM-1. The kinetic behavior of isoenzyme CM-1 was influenced by pH, while that of isoenzyme CM-2 was not. At pH 7.2, hyperbolic substrate-saturation curves (K m=1.7 mM) were obtained for isoenzyme CM-1. At pH 6.1, however, isoenzyme CM-1 displayed relatively weak positive cooperativity, Hill plots yielding an n value of 1.2 At pH 6.1 the half-saturation ([S]0.5) value was 2.5 mM.
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Abbreviations
- DEAE:
-
diethylaminoethyl
- M r :
-
molecular weight
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Goers, S.K., Jensen, R.A. Separation and characterization of two chorismate-mutase isoenzymes from Nicotiana silvestris . Planta 162, 109–116 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00410206
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