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. 1994 Mar 15;298(Pt 3):593–598. doi: 10.1042/bj2980593

Purification and some properties of an IMP-specific 5'-nucleotidase from yeast.

R Itoh 1
PMCID: PMC1137900  PMID: 8141771

Abstract

An IMP-hydrolysing enzyme was purified to homogeneity from yeast extract. It was a soluble protein with an apparent molecular mass of 220 kDa, with a subunit molecular mass of 55 kDa. It was highly specific for IMP, and there was virtually no detectable activity with the other purine and pyrimidine nucleotides tested, including AMP and dIMP. The enzyme had a pH optimum of 6.0-6.5. Its activity was absolutely dependent on bivalent metal salts: Mg2+ was most potent, followed by Co2+ and Mn2+. The velocity/substrate-concentration plot of the enzyme was slightly sigmoidal (h = 1.7) and the s0.5 was 0.4 mM. ATP stimulated the enzyme by decreasing both h and s0.5. Diadenosine tetraphosphate stimulated the enzyme as effectively as ATP. Although the properties of the enzyme are similar to those of the IMP/GMP 5'-nucleotidase identified in various animals [Itoh (1993) Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 105B, 13-19], the substrate specificity of the former was much more strict than the latter.

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