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K P Gerbling1, M Steup, E Latzko
1Botanisches Institut der Westfälischen Wilhelms-Universität, Schlossgarten 3, D-4400 Münster, Federal Republic of Germany.
Abstract:
The substrate specificity of purified fructose bisphosphatase form B from Synechococcus leopoliensis (EC 3.1.3.11; cf. K-P Gerbling, M Steup, E Latzko 1985 Eur J Biochem 147: 207-215) has been investigated. Of the phosphate esters tested only fructose 1,6-bisphosphate and sedoheptulose 1,7-bisphosphate were hydrolyzed by the enzyme. Both sugar bisphosphates were cleaved at the carbon 1-ester. Fructose- and sedoheptulose bisphosphate stabilized the activated (i.e. tetrameric) state of the enzyme and prevented a slow inactivation that is observed in the absence of sugar bisphosphates. With the activated enzyme, kinetic constants (half-saturating substrate concentrations, maximal reaction velocity, and the catalytical constant) were similar for both fructose- and sedoheptulose bisphosphate. The data suggest that fructose bisphosphatase form B from Synechococcus leopoliensis can catalyze both bisphosphatase reactions within the reductive pentose phosphate cycle.
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