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  • Title: The enantiomeric error frequency of aspartate aminotransferase.
    Author: Kochhar S, Christen P.
    Journal: Eur J Biochem; 1988 Aug 01; 175(2):433-8. PubMed ID: 2900141.
    Abstract:
    The enantiomeric error frequency of aspartate aminotransferase (mitochondrial isoenzyme from chicken) was assessed by adding the enzyme in high concentration (0.89 mM) to a mixture of L-glutamate and 2-oxoglutarate (12 and 1.2 mM, respectively, at pH 7.5 and 25 degrees C). The substrates continuously undergo the transamination cycle under these conditions. Thereby, L-glutamate is progressively racemized, a 1:1 ratio of two enantiomers being reached within 240 h. The enantiomeric error frequency, i.e. the ratio of the rate of D-glutamate production and the rate of the transamination reaction with glutamate and 2-oxoglutarate as substrates, is 1.5 x 10(-7). D-Glutamate is also converted to a 1:1 racemic mixture. The racemizing activity of a mixture of free pyridoxal 5'-phosphate and pyridoxamine 5'-phosphate is about two orders of magnitude lower than that of aspartate aminotransferase. The error frequency of the enzyme in the case of the C4 substrate pair aspartate and oxalacetate is 3.4 x 10(-8), i.e. 4 times lower than that with the C5 substrate pair.
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