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. 1983 Nov 1;215(2):351–359. doi: 10.1042/bj2150351

Bovine lens aldehyde dehydrogenase. Purification and preliminary characterization.

H H Ting, M J Crabbe
PMCID: PMC1152403  PMID: 6651765

Abstract

Cytoplasmic aldehyde dehydrogenase from bovine lens was purified to apparent homogeneity by using ion-exchange and affinity chromatography. Sedimentation-equilibrium ultracentrifugation, gel-filtration chromatography and sodium dodecyl sulphate/polyacrylamide-gel electrophoresis show that the enzyme is a dimer of Mr 114000, with subunits of Mr 57000. The enzyme does not dissociate into monomers in the presence of Ca2+ or Mg2+. The enzyme has a pI of 5.0, an activation energy of 35.1kJ/mmol and a pK value of 8.6 with acetaldehyde as substrate. The enzyme is a prolate ellipsoid with a Stokes radius of 4nm. Progesterone, deoxycorticosterone and chlorpropamide inhibited enzyme activity, and this inhibition may play a role in cataract formation in patients maintained on systemic corticosteroids and in tablet-dependent diabetics.

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