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. 1992 Dec 15;288(Pt 3):865–874. doi: 10.1042/bj2880865

Isolation and kinetic properties of acetohydroxy acid isomeroreductase from spinach (Spinacia oleracea) chloroplasts overexpressed in Escherichia coli.

R Dumas 1, D Job 1, J Y Ortholand 1, G Emeric 1, A Greiner 1, R Douce 1
PMCID: PMC1131967  PMID: 1472001

Abstract

Acetohydroxy acid isomeroreductase catalyses a two-step reaction, an alkyl migration and a NADPH-dependent reduction, in the assembly of the carbon skeletons of branched-chain amino acids. Detailed investigations of acetohydroxy acid isomeroreductase aimed at elucidating the biosynthetic pathway of branched-chain amino acids and at designing new inhibitors of the enzyme having herbicidal potency have so far been conducted with the enzymes isolated from bacteria. To gain more information on a plant system, the gene encoding the mature acetohydroxy acid isomeroreductase from spinach (Spinacia oleracea) leaf chloroplasts has been used to transform Escherichia coli cells and to overexpress the enzyme. A rapid protocol is described that allows the preparation of large quantities of pure spinach chloroplast acetohydroxy acid isomeroreductase. Kinetic and structural properties of the plant enzyme expressed in Escherichia coli are compared with those reported in our previous studies on the native enzymes purified from spinach chloroplasts and with those reported for the corresponding enzymes isolated from Escherichia coli and Salmonella typhimurium. Both the plant and the bacterial enzymes obey an ordered mechanism in which NADPH binds first, followed by substrate (either 2-acetolactate or 2-aceto-2-hydroxybutyrate). Inhibition studies employing an inactive substrate analogue, 2-hydroxy-2-methyl-3-oxopentanoate, showed, however, that the binding of 2-hydroxy-2-methyl-3-oxopentanoate and NADPH occurs randomly, suggestive of some flexibility of the plant enzyme active site. The observed preference of the enzyme for 2-aceto-2-hydroxybutyrate over 2-acetolactate is discussed with regard to the contribution of acetohydroxy acid isomeroreductase activity in the partitioning between isoleucine and valine biosyntheses. Moreover, the kinetic properties of the chloroplast enzyme support the notion that biosynthesis of branched-chain amino acids in plants is controlled by light. As judged by analytical-ultracentrifugation and gel-filtration analyses the overexpressed plant enzyme is a dimer of identical subunits.

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