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. 1984 Jul;75(3):521–526. doi: 10.1104/pp.75.3.521

Glucose 6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase Isozymes of Maize Leaves 1

Some Comparative Properties

Vincenzo Valenti 1,2, Maria A Stanghellini 1,2, Paolo Pupillo 1,2
PMCID: PMC1066947  PMID: 16663658

Abstract

Two different forms of glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase (EC 1.1.1.49) have been purified from etiolated and green leaves, respectively, of 6-day maize (Zea mays L. cv Fronica) seedlings. The procedure includes an ammonium sulfate step, an ion exchange chromatography, and a second gel filtration in Sephadex G-200 in the presence of NADP+ to take advantage of the corresponding molecular weight increase of the enzyme. The isozyme from etiolated leaves is more stable and has been purified up to 200-fold. Subunit molecular weight, measured by sodium dodecyl sulfate-gel electrophoresis, is 54,000. The active protein, under most conditions, has a molecular weight 114,000, which doubles to molecular weight 209,000 in the presence of NADP+. The association behavior of enzyme from green leaves is similar, and the molecular weight of the catalytically active protein is also similar to the form of etiolated leaves.

Glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase of dark-grown maize leaves isoelectric point (pI) 4.3 is replaced by a form with pI 4.9 during greening. The isozymes show some differences in their kinetic properties, Km of NADP+ being 2.5-fold higher for pI 4.3 form. Free ATP (Km = 0.64 millimolar) and ADP (Km = 1.13 millimolar) act as competitive inhibitors with respect to NADP+ in pI 4.3 isozyme, and both behave as less effective inhibitors with pI 4.9 isozyme. Magnesium ions abolish the inhibition.

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