TY - JOUR
T1 - Glutamate dehydrogenase from the hyperthermophile Pyrococcus furiosus
T2 - Thermal denaturation and activation
AU - Klump, Horst
AU - Di Ruggiero, Jocelyne
AU - Kessel, Martin
AU - Park, Jae Bum
AU - Adams, Michael W.W.
AU - Robb, Frank T.
PY - 1992/11/5
Y1 - 1992/11/5
N2 - Pyrococcus furiosus is a marine hyperthermophile that grows optimally at 100°C. Glutamate dehydrogenase (GDH) from P. furiosus is a hexamer of identical subunits and has an Mr = 270,000 ± 5500 at 25°C. Electron micrographs showed that the subunit arrangement is similar to that of GDH from bovine liver (i.e. 3/2 symmetry in the form of a triangular antiprism). However, GDH from P.furiosus is inactive at temperatures below 40°C and undergoes heat activation above 40°C. Both NAD+ and NADP+ are utilized as cofactors. Apparently the inactive enzyme also binds cofactors, since the enzyme maintains the ability to bind to an affinity column (Cibacron blue F3GA) and is specifically eluted with NADP+. Conformational changes that accompany activation and thermal denaturation were detected by precision differential scanning microcalorimetry. Thermal denaturation starts at 110°C and is completed at 118°C. Δcal = 414 Kcal [mol GDH]-1. Tm = 113°C. This increase in heat capacity indicates an extensive irreversible unfolding of the secondary structure as evidenced also by a sharp increase in absorbance at 280 nm and inactivation of the enzyme. The process of heat activation of GDH from 40 to 80°C is accompanied by a much smaller increase in absorbance at 280 nm and a reversible increase in heat capacity with Δcal = 187 Kcal [mol GDH]-1 and Tm = 57°C. This absorbance change as well as the moderate increase in heat capacity suggest that thermal activation leads to some exposure of hydrophobic groups to solvent water as the GDH structure is opened slightly. The increase in absorbance at 280 nm during activation is only 12% of that for denaturation. Overall, GDH appears to be well adapted to correspond with the growth response of P. furiosus to temperature.
AB - Pyrococcus furiosus is a marine hyperthermophile that grows optimally at 100°C. Glutamate dehydrogenase (GDH) from P. furiosus is a hexamer of identical subunits and has an Mr = 270,000 ± 5500 at 25°C. Electron micrographs showed that the subunit arrangement is similar to that of GDH from bovine liver (i.e. 3/2 symmetry in the form of a triangular antiprism). However, GDH from P.furiosus is inactive at temperatures below 40°C and undergoes heat activation above 40°C. Both NAD+ and NADP+ are utilized as cofactors. Apparently the inactive enzyme also binds cofactors, since the enzyme maintains the ability to bind to an affinity column (Cibacron blue F3GA) and is specifically eluted with NADP+. Conformational changes that accompany activation and thermal denaturation were detected by precision differential scanning microcalorimetry. Thermal denaturation starts at 110°C and is completed at 118°C. Δcal = 414 Kcal [mol GDH]-1. Tm = 113°C. This increase in heat capacity indicates an extensive irreversible unfolding of the secondary structure as evidenced also by a sharp increase in absorbance at 280 nm and inactivation of the enzyme. The process of heat activation of GDH from 40 to 80°C is accompanied by a much smaller increase in absorbance at 280 nm and a reversible increase in heat capacity with Δcal = 187 Kcal [mol GDH]-1 and Tm = 57°C. This absorbance change as well as the moderate increase in heat capacity suggest that thermal activation leads to some exposure of hydrophobic groups to solvent water as the GDH structure is opened slightly. The increase in absorbance at 280 nm during activation is only 12% of that for denaturation. Overall, GDH appears to be well adapted to correspond with the growth response of P. furiosus to temperature.
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C2 - 1429615
AN - SCOPUS:0026566944
SN - 0021-9258
VL - 267
SP - 22681
EP - 22685
JO - Journal of Biological Chemistry
JF - Journal of Biological Chemistry
IS - 31
ER -