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Multimer-PAGE: A Method for Capturing and Resolving Protein Complexes in Biological Samples
Published on: May 5, 2017
Interaction between the Component Enzymes of the Glycine Decarboxylase Multienzyme Complex
D J Oliver1, M Neuburger, J Bourguignon
1Department of Bacteriology and Biochemistry, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho 83843.
Abstract:
The glycine decarboxylase multienzyme complex comprises about one-third of the soluble protein of the matrix of pea (Pisum sativum) leaf mitochondria where it exists at a concentration of approximately 130 milligrams protein/milliliter. Under these conditions the complex is stable with an approximate subunit ratio of 2 P-protein dimers:27 H-protein monomers:9 T-protein monomers:1 L-protein dimer. When the complex is diluted it tends to dissociate into its component enzymes. This prevents the purification of the intact complex by gel filtration or ultracentrifugation. In the dissociated state the H-protein acts as a mobile cosubstrate that commutes between the other three enzymes and shows typical substrate kinetics. When the complex is reformed, the H-protein no longer acts as a substrate but as an integrated part of the enzyme complex.
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