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  • Title: Metal ion requirement of bifunctional UDP-N-acetylglucosamine 2-epimerase/N-acetylmannosamine kinase from rat liver.
    Author: Hinderlich S, Sonnenschein A, Reutter W.
    Journal: Biometals; 1998 Sep; 11(3):253-8. PubMed ID: 9850569.
    Abstract:
    The metal ion requirement for both enzymatic activities of the bifunctional UDP-N-acetylglucosamine 2-epimerase/N-acetylmannosamine kinase (E.C. 5.1.3.14/2.7.1.60), the key enzyme of N-acetylneuraminic acid biosynthesis in rat liver, was investigated. UDP-N-acetylglucosamine 2-epimerase was active in imidazole/HCl buffer in the complete absence of any metal ion. 200 mM Na+, K+, Rb+ and Cs+ activated enzyme activity up to five-fold, whereas lower concentrations of these monovalent metal ions showed only a small effect on UDP-N-acetylglucosamine 2-epimerase activity. In sodium phosphate buffer the enzyme activity was increased by 0.5 mM Mg2+, Sr2+, Ba2+ and Mn2+, while in the presence of 200 mM NaCl UDP-N-acetylglucosamine 2-epimerase activity showed a stronger activation by these divalent metal ions. In imidazole/HCl buffer, UDP-N-acetylglucosamine 2-epimerase activity was partially inhibited by 0.5 mM Be2+, Mg2+, Ba2+, Mn2+, Sn2+ and Fe2+, and completely inhibited by 0.5 mM Zn2+ and Cd2+. Divalent metal ions were essential for N-acetylmannosamine kinase activity, the most effective being Mg2+, followed by Mn2+ and Co2+. The optimal concentration of these metal ions was 3 mM. Less effective were Ni2+ and Cd2+, whereas Ca2+, Ba2+, Cu2+, Fe2+ and Zn2+ showed no effect on enzyme activity.
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