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1Key Laboratory of Proteomics, Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.
Abstract:
The dissociation of pyruvate oxidase (PO) caused by pressure up to 220 MPa at various conditions was explored by measuring the intrinsic fluorescence spectra and polarization. At 5 degrees C and pH 7.6 the standard volume change (deltaV0) and free energy upon dissociation of the enzyme is -220 ml/mol and 29.83 kCal/mol, respectively. It was found that FAD was irreversibly removed during the pressure-dissociation of the enzyme. A much smaller standard volume change (-153 ml/mol) and lower free energy (24.92 kCal/mol) of apo-pyruvate oxidase (apo-PO) compared with the native enzyme indicated that FAD played very important role in stabilizing the enzyme and significantly influenced the standard volume change. The substrate pyruvic acid can significantly stabilize the enzyme against pressure in spite the standard volume for the enzyme in this case has a big increase relative to the native enzyme. The comparison of the intrinsic fluorescence of the native and the activated enzyme obtained by limited proteolysis indicated that the physical separation of alpha-peptide from the enzyme only occurred when the subunits were dissociated from each other under pressure.
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