Abstract
Three isoforms of dihydroxyacetone phosphate reductase in extracts from Dunaliella tertiolecta have been separated by a diethylaminoethyl cellulose column chromatography with a shallow NaCl gradient. The chloroplasts contained the two major isoforms, and the third, minor form was in the cytosol. The isoforms are unstable in the absence of glycerol and they are cold labile, but they may be partially reactivated at 35[deg]C. The first chloroplast form to elute from the DEAE cellulose column was the major form when the cells were grown on high NaCl and it has been referred to as the form for glycerol production for osmoregulation or "osmoregulator form." The second form increased in specific activity when inorganic phosphate was increased in the growth media to stimulate growth, and it has been given the designation for the form for glyceride synthesis, "glyceride form." The osmoregulator form was stimulated by NaCl added to the enzyme assay, but not by reduced Escherichia coli thioredoxin. The glyceride form had properties similar to the enzyme in leaf chloroplast, such as inhibition by NaCl and by fatty acyl-coenzyme A derivatives and some stimulation by dithiothreitol, uridine diphosphate galactose, cyti-dine diphosphate dipalmatoyl diglyceride, and reduced E. coli thioredoxin. Thus, Dunaliella chloroplasts have a salt-stimulated osmoregulatory form of dihydroxyacetone phosphate reductase, which seems to have a role in glycerol production, and an isoform, which may be involved in glyceride synthesis and which has properties similar to the enzyme in chloroplasts of higher plants.
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