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  • Title: Partial purification and characterization of L-lactate dehydrogenase isozymes from sweet potato roots.
    Author: Oba K, Murakami S, Uritani I.
    Journal: J Biochem; 1977 May; 81(5):1193-201. PubMed ID: 19425.
    Abstract:
    Lactate dehydrogenase [L-lactate: NAD oxidoreductase, EC 1.1.1.27] was isolated from sweet potato root tissues. Two species of the enzyme (isozymes I and II) were separated by DE-52 cellulose column chromatography from healthy, cut, and black-rot diseased tissues. Isozymes I and II were purified from healthy and diseased tissues, respectively. Reduction of pyruvate by NADH with either isozyme I or II was inhibited by pyruvate at high concentrations, by NAD+ and by several mononucleotides. Isozyme I was inhibited by a lower concentration of adenine nucleotide than isozyme II, and Km for pyruvate was increased markedly at acidic pH in the case of isozyme I, but only slightly in the case of isozyme II. The molecular weights of both isozymes were determined to be 150,000 and they were found to be charge isomers by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. The enzyme activity increased in response to infection by black-rot fungus but decreased in response to cutting.
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