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Kinetic and Chemical Mechanism of 6-phosphogluconate Dehydrogenase from Candida Utilis (open access)

Kinetic and Chemical Mechanism of 6-phosphogluconate Dehydrogenase from Candida Utilis

A complete initial velocity study of the 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase from Candida utilis in both reaction directions suggests a rapid equilibrium random kinetic mechanism with dead-end E:NADP:(ribulose 5-phosphate) and E:NADPH:(6- phosphogluconate) complexes. Initial velocity studies obtained as a function of pH and using NAD as the dinucleotide substrate for the reaction suggest that the 2'-phosphate is critical for productive binding of the dinucleotide substrate. Primary deuterium isotope effects using 3-<i-6-phosphogluconate were obtained for the 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase reaction using NADP and various alternative inucleotide substrates.
Date: May 1993
Creator: Berdis, Anthony J. (Anthony Joseph)
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of the Intrinsic Fluorescence of O-Acetyl-L-Serine Sulfhydrylase-A from Salmonella typhimurium (open access)

A Study of the Intrinsic Fluorescence of O-Acetyl-L-Serine Sulfhydrylase-A from Salmonella typhimurium

O-Acetyl-L-serine sulfhydrylase-A (OASS-A) forms acetate and L-cysteine from O-acetyl-L-serine (OAS) and sulfide. One molecule of the cofactor pyridoxal 5'- phosphate (PLP) is bound in each holoenzyme protomer.
Date: May 1993
Creator: McClure, G. David (George David)
System: The UNT Digital Library
Desensitized Phosphofructokinase from Ascaris suum: A Study in Noncooperative Allostery (open access)

Desensitized Phosphofructokinase from Ascaris suum: A Study in Noncooperative Allostery

The studies described in this dissertation examine the effects of F-2,6-P2 and AMP or phosphorylation on the kinetic mechanism of d-PFK. The effect of varied pH on the activation by F-2,6-P2 is also described.
Date: May 1993
Creator: Payne, Marvin A.
System: The UNT Digital Library