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The activity of malic enzyme fromEscherichia coli was unaffected by the monovalent cations Na+ or Li+ at 10 mM. At 100 mM, Li+ or Na+ inhibited the enzyme activity by 88% and 83%, respectively. However, the enzyme activity was stimulated by 40–80-fold with 10 mM K+, Rb+, Cs+, or NH +4 . Less stimulation was observed with 100 mM of these stimulating cations. The stimulatory effect was lost after the enzyme was dialyzed against Tris-Cl buffer, but was regained after incubating the dialyzed enzyme with dithiothreitol. The regenerated enzyme was inactivated by 5,5′-dithiobis(2-nitrobenzoic acid). The resulting inactive thionitrobenzoyl enzyme could be regenerated to the active thiol-enzyme by eithiothreitol or converted to the inactive thiocyanoylated enzyme by KCN. The thiocyanoylated enzyme was insensitive to K+ stimulation, which suggested the essentiality of the sulfhydryl groups of theE. coli malic enzyme.
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Chang, GG., Satterlee, J. & Hsu, R.Y. Essential sulfhydryl group of malic enzyme fromEscherichia coli. J Protein Chem 12, 7–10 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01024907
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