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. 1991 Jun;96(2):444–452. doi: 10.1104/pp.96.2.444

Isolation and Characterization of Dihydrodipicolinate Synthase from Maize 1

David A Frisch 1, Burle G Gengenbach 1, Andrew M Tommey 1, Janita M Sellner 1, David A Somers 1, Dorothea E Myers 1
PMCID: PMC1080790  PMID: 16668206

Abstract

Dihydrodipicolinate synthase (EC 4.2.1.52), the first enzyme specific to lysine biosynthesis in plants, was purified from maize (Zea mays L.) cell suspension cultures and leaves. The subunit molecular weight of maize dihydrodipicolinate synthase was estimated to be 38,000 based on SDS-PAGE. The condensation of l-aspartate semialdehyde and pyruvate by highly purified dihydrodipicolinate synthase exhibited kinetics characteristic of a Ping Pong Bi Bi ordered reaction in which pyruvate binds first to the enzyme. Substrate inhibition evident at higher concentrations of l-aspartate semialdehyde was partially alleviated by increasing concentrations of pyruvate. Pyruvate binding exhibited cooperativity with an apparent number of 2 and 1.86 millimolar concentration required for 50% of maximal activity. The Km for aspartate semialdehyde was estimated to be 0.6 millimolar concentration. Lysine was an allosteric cooperative inhibitor of dihydrodipicolinate synthase with an estimated Hill number of 4 and 23 micromolar concentration required for 50% inhibition. The physical and kinetic data are consistent with a homotetramer model for the native enzyme.

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