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  • Title: Pyruvate degradation via pyruvate formate-lyase (EC 2.3.1.54) and the enzymes of formate fermentation in the green alga Chlorogonium elongatum.
    Author: Kreuzberg K.
    Journal: Planta; 1985 Jan; 163(1):60-7. PubMed ID: 24249269.
    Abstract:
    Formate was formed in extracts of Chlorogonium elongatum via direct cleavage of pyruvate by a pyruvate formate-lyase (PFL, EC 2.3.1.54). The conversion of PFL to the catalytically active form required S-adenosylmethionine, ferric (2+), photoreduced deazariboflavin as reductant, pyruvate as allosteric effector and strict anaerobic conditions. At the optimum pH (pH 8.0), PFL catalyzed formate formation, pyruvate synthesis and the isotope exchange from [(14)C]formate into pyruvate with rates of 30.0, 1.5 and 1.2 nmol min(-1) mg(-1) protein, respectively. Treatment of the active enzyme with O2 irreversibly inactivated PFL activity (half-time 2 min). In addition to PFL, the activities of phosphotransacetylase (EC 2.3.1.8), acetate kinase (EC 2.7.2.1), aldehyde dehydrogenase (CoA acetylating, EC 1.2.1.10) and alcohol dehydrogenase (EC 1.1.1.1) were also detected in extracts of C. elongatum. The occurrence of these enzymes indicates pyruvate degradation via a formate-fermentation pathway during anaerobiosis of algal cells in the dark.
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