Thermal stability of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinases from Escherichia coli,Trypanosoma brucei,and Saccharomyces cerevisiae |
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Authors: | Ravanal M Cristina Goldie Hughes Cardemil Emilio |
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Institution: | (1) Departamento de Ciencias Químicas, Facultad de Química y Biología, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Casilla 40, Santiago, Chile;(2) Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada |
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Abstract: | The quaternary structure of ATP-dependent phosphoenolpyruvate (PEP) carboxykinases is variable. Thus, the carboxykinases from Escherichia coli, Trypanosoma brucei, and Saccharomyces cerevisiae are monomer, homodimer, and homotetramer, respectively. In this work, we studied the effect of temperature on the stability of the enzyme activity of these three carboxykinases, and have found that it follows the order monomer > dimer > tetramer. The inactivation processes are first order with respect to active enzyme. The presence of substrates leads to an increase in the thermal stability of all three PEP carboxykinases. The protection effect of the substrates on the thermal inactivation of these enzymes suggests similarities in the substrate-bound form of these proteins. We propose that the higher structural complexity of some PEP carboxykinases could be related to the acquisition of properties of relevance in vivo. |
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Keywords: | Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase Escherichia coli Trypanosoma brucei Saccharomyces cerevisiae thermal stability |
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