(1) Present address: Fen-Edebiyat Fakultesi, Moleküler Biyoloji ve Genetik Bölümü, Istanbul Teknik Universitesi, Istanbul, Turkey;(2) Department of Biochemistry, School of Medical Sciences, University Walk, Bristol, BS8 1TD, UK
Abstract:
A single residue of the NAD(H)-dependent lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) from Bacillus stearothermophilus has been changed in order to decrease substrate inhibition. The conserved aspartic acid residue at position 52 was replaced by glutamate using site-directed mutagenesis. The effect on substrate inhibition was measured. In the glutamate-52 mutant substrate inhibition is decreased twofold.