Malic enzyme: its purification and characterization fromMucor circinelloides and occurrence in other oleaginous fungi |
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Authors: | J Savitha J P Wynn C Ratledge |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Applied Biology, University of Hull, Hull HU6 7RX, UK;(2) Department of Microbiology, Bangalore University, 560056 Bangalore, India |
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Abstract: | Malic enzyme was purified 43-fold from Mucor circinelloides. The enzyme was dependent on Mg2+ or Mn2+ for activity, was not active with Dmalate and had a pH optimum at 7.8. The apparent Km values for malate and NADP+ were 488 ΜM and 41 Μm respectively. The Mr of the native enzyme was 160 kDa. Five metabolic analogues of malate: oxaloacetate, tartronic acid, 1-methylenecyclopropane
trans-2,3-dicarboxyIic acid, malonic acid and glutaric acid, were found to inhibit malic enzyme activity at 10 mM. Four oleaginous
fungi, Mucor circinelloides, Mortierella alpina, Mortierella elongata and Pythium ultimum, were also examined, all possessed
a soluble malic enzyme, two also possessed a microsomal malic enzyme. |
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Keywords: | Fungi malic enzyme Mucor oleaginicity |
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