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. 1976 Sep;58(3):283–287. doi: 10.1104/pp.58.3.283

An NADP-dependent Glutamate Dehydrogenase in Chloroplasts from the Marine Green Alga Caulerpa simpliciuscula1

Kenwyn R Gayler a, Wayne R Morgan a
PMCID: PMC542231  PMID: 16659663

Abstract

NADP-dependent glutamate dehydrogenase was partially purified from extracts of the marine siphonous green alga Caulerpa simpliciuscula. The enzyme had an apparent Km NH4+ of 0.4 to 0.7 mm and was highly specific for NADPH, α-ketoglutarate, and ammonium ions.

The bulk of the NADP-glutamate dehydrogenase was isolated with the chloroplast fraction in cell-free preparations of this alga and was released from these “chloroplast fractions” as a soluble enzyme on gentle lysis of chloroplast membranes.

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