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  • Title: Purification and properties of the flavoenzyme D-lactate dehydrogenase from Megasphaera elsdenii.
    Author: Olson ST, Massey V.
    Journal: Biochemistry; 1979 Oct 16; 18(21):4714-24. PubMed ID: 497162.
    Abstract:
    A pyridine nucleotide independent D-lactate dehydrogenase has been purified to apparent homogeneity from the anaerobic bacterium Megasphaera elsdenii. The enzyme has a molecular weight of 105 000 by sedimentation equilibrium analysis with a subunit molecular weight of 55 000 by sodium dodecyl sulfate gel electrophoresis and is thus probably a dimer of identical subunits. It contains approximately 1 mol of FAD and 1 g-atom of Zn2+ per mol of protein subunit, and the flavin exhibits a fluorescence 1.7 times that of free FAD. An earlier purification [Brockman, H. L., & Wood, W. A. (1975 J. Bacteriol. 124, 1454--1461] results in substantial loss of the enzyme's zinc, which is required for catalytic activity. The new purification yields greater than 5 times the amount of enzyme previously isolated. The enzyme is specific for D-lactate, and no inhibition is observed with L-lactate. Surprisingly, the enzyme has a significant oxidase activity, which depends on the ionic strength. Vmax values of 190 and 530 min-1 were obtained at a gamma/2 of 0.224 and 0.442, respectively. Except for this atypically high oxygen reactivity, D-lactate dehydrogenase resembles other flavoenzyme dehydrogenases in that the flavin does not react with sulfite, the tryptophan content is low, and a neutral blue semiquinone is formed upon photochemical reduction. The enzyme flavin is reduced either by dithionite, by oxalate plus catalytic 5-deazaflavin in the presence of light, or by D-lactate. Two electrons per flavin were consumed in a dithionite titration, implyine with varying ratios of D-lactate and pyruvate, an Em7 of -0.219 +/- 0.007 V at 20 degrees C was calculated for the flavin. The enzyme requires dithiothreitol for stability. Rapid inactivation results when the enzyme is incubated with a substoichiometric level of Cu2+. This inactivation can be reversed by dithiothreitol. It is proposed that the enzyme possesses a pair of cysteine residues capable of facile disulfide formation.
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