Stereospecificity of C4 nicotinamide hydrogen transfer of the NADP-dependent glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase |
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Authors: | L M Levy G F Betts |
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Affiliation: | School of Biological Sciences, Queen Mary College, London, U.K. |
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Abstract: | The stereospecificity of the reaction catalysed by the spinach chloroplast enzyme NADP-dependent glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (D-glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate: NADP+ oxidoreductase (phosphorylating), EC 1.2.1.13) with respect to the C4 nicotinamide hydrogen transfer was investigated. NADPH deuterated at the C4 HA position was synthesized using aldehyde dehydrogenase. 1H-NMR spectroscopy was used to examine the NADP+ product of the GPDH reaction for the presence or absence of the C4 deuterium atom. Chloroplast NADP-dependent glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase retains the deuterium at the C4 HA position (removing the hydrogen atom), and is therefore a B (pro-S) specific dehydrogenase. |
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