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. 1985 Nov 1;231(3):695–703. doi: 10.1042/bj2310695

Characterization of three kinetically distinct forms of glutamate decarboxylase from pig brain.

D C Spink, T G Porter, S J Wu, D L Martin
PMCID: PMC1152805  PMID: 4074332

Abstract

Pig brain contains three forms of glutamate decarboxylase with pI values of 5.3, 5.5 and 5.8, referred to as the alpha-, beta- and gamma-forms respectively. These forms were purified and kinetically characterized. The major synaptic form of glutamate decarboxylase (the beta-form) migrated as a single band on electrophoresis in sodium dodecyl sulphate/polyacrylamide gels with an apparent Mr of 60 000. Sodium dodecyl sulphate/polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis followed by immunoblotting with an affinity-purified antibody to the enzyme indicated a subunit Mr of 60 000 for the alpha- and gamma-forms as well. An extensive kinetic analysis, aided by an integrated equation that describes the inactivation and re-activation cycle of the enzyme, revealed that the three forms of the enzyme differ markedly in kinetic properties. The Km values for L-glutamate were 0.17, 0.45 and 1.24 mM respectively for the alpha-, beta- and gamma-forms. The Ki for 4-aminobutyrate, the first-order rate constants for inactivation by L-glutamate and 4-aminobutyrate, the rate constant for re-activation of the apoenzyme by pyridoxal 5'-phosphate and the dissociation constant for pyridoxal 5'-phosphate also differed in a similar way among the three forms; the values were in the order alpha-form less than beta-form less than gamma-form.

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