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Appl Environ Microbiol. 1989 February; 55(2): 317-322

Phosphotransbutyrylase from Clostridium acetobutylicum ATCC 824 and its role in acidogenesis.

D P Wiesenborn, F B Rudolph and E T Papoutsakis

Department of Chemical Engineering, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77251-1892.

ABSTRACT

Phosphotransbutyrylase (phosphate butyryltransferase [EC 2.3.1.19]) from Clostridium acetobutylicum ATCC 824 was purified approximately 200-fold to homogeneity with a yield of 13%. Steps used in the purification procedure were fractional precipitation with (NH4)2SO4, Phenyl Sepharose CL-4B chromatography, DEAE-Sephacel chromatography, high-pressure liquid chromatography with an anion-exchange column, and high-pressure liquid chromatography with a hydrophobic-interaction column. Gel filtration and denaturing gel electrophoresis data were consistent with a native enzyme having eight 31,000-molecular-weight subunits. Within the physiological range of pH 5.5 to 7, the enzyme was very sensitive to pH change in the butyryl phosphate-forming direction and showed virtually no activity below pH 6. This finding indicates that a change in internal pH may be one important factor in the regulation of the enzyme. The enzyme was less sensitive to pH change in the reverse direction. The enzyme could use a number of substrates in addition to butyryl coenzyme A (butyryl-CoA) but had the highest relative activity with butyryl-CoA, isovaleryl-CoA, and valeryl-CoA. The Km values at 30 degrees C and pH 8.0 for butyryl-CoA, phosphate, butyryl phosphate, and CoASH (reduced form of CoA) were 0.11, 14, 0.26, and 0.077 mM, respectively. Results of product inhibition studies were consistent with a random Bi Bi binding mechanism in which phosphate binds at more than one site.

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Appl Environ Microbiol. 1989 February; 55(2): 317-322

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