Freezing of dCMP aminohydrolase in the activated conformation by glutaraldehyde. |
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Authors: | R Nucci C A Rala C Vaccaro S Sepe E Scarano M Rossi |
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Institution: | International Institute of Genetics and Biophysics Naples Italy |
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Abstract: | dCMP aminohydrolase, which is an allosteric enzyme, was reacted with glutaraldehyde in the presence of the allosteric activator deoxycytidine-5′-triphosphate and of the competitive inhibitor deoxyadenosine-5′-monophosphate. The isolated modified enzyme is no longer sensitive to the effect of the allosteric ligands and shows kinetics typical of the activated enzyme. Gel electrophoresis demonstrated that glutaraldehyde, under our experimental conditions, does not produce intermolecular cross-links but fixes 80% of the enzyme in a stable hexameric form by intramolecular cross-links.The kinetic and molecular data are explained assuming that glutaraldehyde freezes the enzyme in the activated conformation. |
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