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. 1970 May;102(2):438–447. doi: 10.1128/jb.102.2.438-447.1970

Pyridine Nucleotide Transhydrogenase from Azotobacter vinelandii

Albert E Chung a,1
PMCID: PMC247569  PMID: 4392895

Abstract

A method is described for the partial purification of pyridine nucleotide transhydrogenase from Azotobacter vinelandii (ATCC 9104) cells. The most highly purified preparation catalyzes the reduction of 300 μmoles of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+) per min per mg of protein under the assay conditions employed. The enzyme catalyzes the reduction of NAD+, deamino-NAD+, and thio-NAD+ with reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH) as hydrogen donor, and the reduction of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADP+) and thio-NAD+ with reduced NAD (NADH) as hydrogen donor. The reduction of acetylpyridine AD+, pyridinealdehyde AD+, acetylpyridine deamino AD+, and pyridinealdehydedeamino AD+ with NADPH as hydrogen donor was not catalyzed. The enzyme catalyzes the transfer of hydrogen more readily from NADPH than from NADH with different hydrogen acceptors. The transfer of hydrogen from NADH to NADP+ and thio-NAD+ was markedly stimulated by 2′-adenosine monophosphate (2′-AMP) and inhibited by adenosine diphosphate (ADP), adenosine triphosphate (ATP), and phosphate ions. The transfer of hydrogen from NADPH to NAD+ was only slightly affected by phosphate ions and 2′-AMP, except at very high concentrations of the latter reagent. In addition, the transfer of hydrogen from NADPH to thio-NAD+ was only slightly influenced by 2′-AMP, ADP, ATP, and other nucleotides. The kinetics of the transhydrogenase reactions which utilized thio-NAD+ as hydrogen acceptor and NADH or NADPH as hydrogen donor were studied in some detail. The results suggest that there are distinct binding sites for NADH and NAD+ and perhaps a third regulator site for NADP+ or 2′-AMP. The heats of activation for the transhydrogenase reactions were determined. The properties of this enzyme are compared with those of other partially purified transhydrogenases with respect to the regulatory functions of 2′-AMP and other nucleotides on the direction of flow of hydrogen between NAD+ and NADP+.

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