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. 1977 Aug;60(2):295–299. doi: 10.1104/pp.60.2.295

Chloroplast Phosphofructokinase

II. Partial Purification, Kinetic and Regulatory Properties 1

Grahame J Kelly a,2, Erwin Latzko a,2
PMCID: PMC542599  PMID: 16660079

Abstract

Chloroplast phosphofructokinase from spinach (Spinacia oleracea L.) was purified approximately 40-fold by a combination of fractionations with ammonium sulfate and acetone followed by chromatography on DEAE-Sephadex A-50. Positive cooperative kinetics was observed for the interaction between the enzyme and the substrate fructose 6-phosphate. The optimum pH shifted from 7.7 toward 7.0 as the fructose 6-phosphate concentration was taken below 0.5 mm. The second substrate was MgATP2− (Michaelis constant 30 μm). Free ATP inhibited the enzyme. Chloroplast phosphofructokinase was sensitive to inhibition by low concentration of phosphoenolpyruvate and glycolate 2-phosphate (especially at higher pH); these compounds inhibited in a positively cooperative fashion. Inhibitions by glycerate 2-phosphate (and probably glycerate 3-phosphate), citrate, and inorganic phosphate were also recorded; however, inorganic phosphate effectively relieved the inhibitions by phosphoenolpyruvate and glycolate 2-phosphate. These regulatory properties are considered to complement those of ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase and fructosebisphosphatase in the regulation of chloroplast starch metabolism.

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