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Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase was purified to homogeneity from testes and kidneys of the inbred strain of mice (DBA/2J) by a simple two-step affinity column procedure. This involved the sequential application of 8-(6-aminohexyl)-amino-AMP-and -2′, 5′-ADP-Sepharose columns and biospecific elution with NADP+ in both steps. The molecular and biochemical properties of the purified enzyme were studied in detail. These include the molecular weight determination, amino acid composition, steady-state kinetics, inactivation by high temperature, urea and iodoacetate, and immunology. The purified enzyme from mouse kidneys or testes was shown to be a tetramer with a molecular weight of 220,000. The enzyme is highly specific for glucose-6-phosphate, exhibits almost no activity with NAD+ as a coenzyme and is little inhibited by AMP or ATP. Michaelis constants for glucose-6-phosphate and NADP+ were determined to be 50 μm and 10 μm respectively. NADPH is a competitive inhibitor of NADP+ and has a Ki of 18 µm. Rabbit antisera against glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase were raised. The antisera also cross-react with the same enzyme from human and guinea pig.
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Lee, CY., Yuan, J.H., Mouer, D. et al. Purification and characterization of mouse glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase. Mol Cell Biochem 24, 67–73 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00314887
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