Cold-lability of prolyl-tRNA synthetase from higher plants |
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Authors: | Roger D Norris Leslie Fowden |
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Institution: | Department of Botany and Microbiology, University College, London UK;Rothamsted Experimental Station, Harpenden, Hertfordshire AL5 2JQ UK |
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Abstract: | Pro-tRNA synthetase from D. regia and P. aureus lost enzymic activity more rapidly at 0° than at room temperature. The enzyme from a number of higher plants that produce azetidine-2-carboxylic acid (A2C) was more rapidly inactivated in the cold than the enzyme from plants which do not contain A2C. The rate of cold inactivation was dependent on temperature and on the concentration of glycerol, protein and sulphydryl-reducing reagents. Substrates of Pro-tRNA synthetase also stabilized the enzyme against cold inactivation. Enzyme which had been completely inactivated by storage in the cold, could be reactivated by warming in the presence of a sulphydryl-reducing reagent. The rate of reactivation was dependent on temperature, pH and the concentration of sulphydryl-reducing reagent. Kinetic analysis indicated the existence of more than one molecular form of the enzyme. It is suggested that the cold-lability of Pro-tRNA synthetase may be due to dissociation of the active enzyme molecule into inactive subunits. |
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Keywords: | cold-lability substrate protection enzyme reactivation subunit structure imino acid analogues |
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