Dimers as Intermediates in the Assembly of Tetrameric Proteins: A Study on Lactate Dehydrogenase Isozymes

Alexander Levitzki*, Hana Tenenbaum

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Abstract

The renaturation kinetics of pig heart, pig muscle, beef heart and beef muscle lactic dehydrogenases was studied. It was found that in all four cases the major intermediate in the assembly process is a lactate dehydrogenase dimer. It was found that NAD+ and NADH influence dramatically the kinetics of renaturation, probably by binding to a partially refolded subunit prior to the assembly to the fully renatured tetramer.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)327-337
Number of pages11
JournalIsrael Journal of Chemistry
Volume12
Issue number1-2
DOIs
StatePublished - 1974
Externally publishedYes

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