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. 1992 Sep 15;286(Pt 3):729–735.

Binding characteristics of Mn2+, Co2+ and Mg2+ ions with several D-xylose isomerases.

P B Van Bastelaere 1, M Callens 1, W A Vangrysperre 1, H L Kersters-Hilderson 1
PMCID: PMC1132964  PMID: 1417732

Abstract

D-Xylose isomerases are metal-ion (Mn2+, Co2+, Mg2+)-requiring tetrameric enzymes. Both the stoichiometry and the binding constants have been determined by titrating the metal-ion-free enzymes from five organisms (Actinomycetaceae and more divergent bacteria) with the respective metal ions using the enzyme activity as indicator of active complex-formation. The following characteristics have been observed for each specific isomerase: (i) two essential metal ion sites (one structural and one catalytic) exist per subunit; (ii) the metal ion binding at one site does not affect the binding at the other site; (iii) of the four possible configurations E, aE, Eb and aEb, only the double-occupied enzyme is active; (iv) the metal ion activation is a time-dependent process; (v) the dissociation constants for both the structural and catalytic sites may be identical or may differ by one or higher orders of magnitude; (vi) metal ion binding is stronger in the order Mn2+ greater than Co2+ much greater than Mg2+; (vii) pronounced increases in Km values concomitant with decreasing equivalents of metal ion added are only observed in the presence of Mg2+ ions.

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