Thermal stability and biochemical properties of isocitrate dehydrogenase from the thermoacidophilic archaeon <Emphasis Type="Italic">Thermoplasma acidophilum</Emphasis> |
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Authors: | Runar Stokke Nils-Kåre Birkeland Ida Helene Steen |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Biology, University of Bergen, Jahnebakken 5, P.O. Box 7800, 5020 Bergen, Norway |
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Abstract: | Isocitrate dehydrogenase IDH; EC 1.1.1.42] from the thermoacidophilic archaeon Thermoplasma acidophilum (TaIDH) showed high thermal stability with an apparent melting temperature, T
m, of 82.2 and 84.5°C at pH 7.5 and 5.8, respectively. Based on structural alignment of TaIDH with IDH from Aeropyrum pernix (ApIDH) and Archaeoglobus
fulgidus (AfIDH) residues forming an aromatic cluster in the clasp-domain thought to strengthen the dimer interface in ApIDH and AfIDH were identified in the former enzyme. Moreover, TaIDH had a shortened N-terminus that may protect the enzyme from thermal denaturation. The enzyme activity of TaIDH was highest at 70°C. The pH-activity profile was bell-shaped with an optimum shifted to a lower pH compared to AfIDH. The activity of TaIDH was influenced by changes in pH with a three-fold reduction in activity when the pH was shifted from the pH-optimum at
7.5 to pH 5.8. However, the specific activity at pH 5.8 was still high when compared with AfIDH. The reduction in activity at pH 5.8 was not due to instability of the enzyme as the T
m of TaIDH was higher at pH 5.8 than at 7.5 and the enzyme retained 91% of its activity after incubation at 1 h at pH 5 and 60°C.
The difference in the pH-profile of TaIDH in comparison with AfIDH may thus be related to the pK
as of their catalytic residues involved in the initial proton abstraction and the final proton donation during the catalysis
of oxidative decarboxylation of isocitrate to 2-oxoglutarate and reduced coenzyme. |
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Keywords: | Isocitrate dehydrogenase Thermoplasma acidophilum Thermal stability Thermoactivity Acidophilic |
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