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  • Title: Purification and kinetic characterization of 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase from Schizosaccharomyces pombe.
    Author: Tsai CS, Chen Q.
    Journal: Biochem Cell Biol; 1998; 76(4):637-44. PubMed ID: 10099784.
    Abstract:
    6-Phosphogluconate dehydrogenase is the pivotal enzyme that links the gluconate route and the oxidative phase of the pentose phosphate pathway in Schizosaccharomyces pombe. The enzyme differs from the known 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenases of other sources in that the Schizosaccharomyces enzyme is tetrameric having a subunit mass of 38 kDa, that it requires NADP+ obligatorily for activity, and that it can be activated by divalent metal ions such as Co2+ and Mn2+. Steady-state kinetic studies were undertaken. Initial rate and product inhibition results suggest that 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase from Schizosaccharomyces pombe catalyzes NADP(+)-linked oxidative decarboxylation of 6-phosphogluconate by an equilibrium random mechanism with two independent binding sites, namely one site for the nicotinamide coenzyme, NADP+/NADPH, and another site for 6-phosphogluconate-D-ribulose-5-phosphate and for CO2. Studies of pH dependence implicated a basic residue with a pK value of 7.4 in the binding of 6-phosphogluconate and an acidic residue with a pK value of 6.7 in the cation-mediated interaction of NADP+ with the enzyme.
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