PMID:3122852

Citation	Bezirdzhian, KhO, Kocharian, ShM and Akopian, ZhI (1987) [Hexameric purine nucleoside phosphorylase II from Escherichia coli K-12. Physico-chemical and catalytic properties and stabilization with substrates]. Biokhimiia 52:1624-31
Abstract	Some properties of hexameric purine nucleoside phosphorylase II (EC 2.4.2.1) from Escherichia coli K-12 were studied. The enzyme obeys the Michaelis-Menten kinetics with respect to purine substrates (Km for inosine, deoxyinosine and hypoxanthine are equal to 492, 106 and 26.6 microM, respectively) and exhibits negative kinetic cooperativity towards phosphate and ribose-1-phosphate. The Hill coefficient is equal to approximately 0.5 for both substrates. Hexameric purine nucleoside phosphorylase II is not a metal-dependent enzyme; its activity is inhibited by Cu2+, Zn2+, Ni2+ and SO4(2-). The enzyme is the most stable at pH 6.0; it contains essential thiol groups. All substrates partly protect the enzyme against inactivation by 5.5'-dithiobis(2-nitrobenzoic acid) and heat-inactivation and, with the exception of phosphate-against inactivation by p-chloromercuribenzoate. Hypoxanthine, especially in combination with phosphate, afford the best protection against inactivation.
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Keywords	Catalysis; Enzyme Stability; Escherichia coli/enzymology; Isoenzymes/metabolism; Kinetics; Pentosyltransferases/metabolism; Protein Conformation; Purine-Nucleoside Phosphorylase/metabolism; Substrate Specificity
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