An activity transition from NADH dehydrogenase to NADH oxidase during protein denaturation
Scott Huston1, John Collins1, Fangfang Sun2
1Department of Chemistry, Rutgers University-Camden, Camden, NJ, USA.
Abstract:
A decrease in the specific activity of an enzyme is commonly observed when the enzyme is inappropriately handled or is stored over an extended period. Here, we reported a functional transition of an FMN-bound diaphorase (FMN-DI) that happened during the long-term storage process. It was found that FMN-DI did not simply lose its β-nicotinamide adenine diphosphate (NADH) dehydrogenase activity after a long-time storage, but obtained a new enzyme activity of NADH oxidase. Further mechanistic studies suggested that the alteration of the binding strength of an FMN cofactor with a DI protein could be responsible for this functional switch of the enzyme.
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