Proline dehydrogenase and pyrroline-5-carboxylate reductase from pumpkin cotyledons |
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Authors: | Alemar B. Rena Walter E. Splittstoesser |
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Affiliation: | Department of Horticulture, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801, U.S.A. |
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Abstract: | Activity of proline dehydrogenase and pyrroline-5-carboxylate reductase was greatest after 5 and 7 days germination in green and etiolated cotyledons respectively of pumpkin (Cucurbita moschata Poir. cv. Dickinson Field). The ratio of pyrroline-5-carboxylate reductase to proline dehydrogenase activity was constant throughout germination. Both enzymes were purified 30-fold but the ratio pyrroline-5-carboxylate reductase—proline dehydrogenase activity was constant throughout purification. However, this ratio decreased with storage, especially in purified preparations. Both enzymes were stable at high temperature and the ratio pyrroline-5-carboxylate reductase—proline dehydrogenase remained unchanged on heating. Proline dehydrogenase and pyrroline-5-carboxylate reductase were inhibited by sodium bisulfite and cysteine. ATP, ADP and NADP caused inhibition of both enzymes. Proline dehydrogenase utilized NAD but not NADP. Pyrroline-5-carboxylate reductase had a 2.5-fold greater activity with NADH than NADPH. Most of the data presented suggest that proline dehydrogenase and pyrroline-5-carboxylate reductase activities occur on the same protein molecule. |
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Keywords: | Cucurbitaceae pumpkin pyrroline-5-carboxylate reductase proline dehydrogenase proline. |
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