Purification and properties of DL-lactate dehydrogenase from Leuconostoc mesenteroides |
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Authors: | R C Garland |
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Institution: | Graduate Department of Biochemistry, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts 02154 U.S.A. |
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Abstract: | A dl-lactate dehydrogenase from the bacterium, Leuconostoc mesenteroides, has been purified and characterized with respect to amino acid composition, molecular weight, and kinetic properties. The turnover number of the enzyme was 1.7 × 105 moles DPNH/mole enzyme/min for the most active of three preparations. On the basis of a sedimentation constant of 3.52 S and a diffusion constant of 5.0 × 10?7 cm2/ ml, the molecular weight of the enzyme was determined to be approximately 64,000. Similar values were derived from sedimentation equilibrium data. The enzyme exhibits typical Michaelis-Menten kinetics except when lactate is the variable substrate. In this case, double reciprocal plots of activity versus substrate concentration are curved upward, suggesting that lactate either activates or stabilizes a more active form of the enzyme. |
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