PMID:7028159
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Fernley, RT, Lentz, SR and Bradshaw, RA (1981) Malate dehydrogenase: isolation from E. coli and comparison with the eukaryotic mitochondrial and cytoplasmic forms. Biosci. Rep. 1:497-507 |
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| Abstract |
Escherichia coli malate dehydrogenase has been isolated in homogeneous form by a procedure employing chromatography on DEAE-cellulose, 5-'AMP-Sepharose, and Sephacryl-200. It is composed of two identical polypeptide chains each of Mr = 32 500. Like porcine mitochondrial malate dehydrogenase, it is devoid of tryptophan, but otherwise it is not particularly more similar in composition to one of the eukaryotic isozymes than to the other. However, amino-terminal sequence analysis of the first 36 residues shows remarkable similarity of the bacterial and mitochondrial enzymes (69% identical residues) in contrast to the cytoplasmic form (27%). The two porcine heart enzymes are identical in 24% of the positions compared. These results clearly establish that all three forms of malate dehydrogenase have evolved from a common precursor and that the prokaryotic and mitochondrial forms have retained sequences that are much closer to the ancestral one than the cytoplasmic enzyme. These findings appear to further substantiate the endosymbiotic hypothesis for the origin of the mitochondrion. |
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| Keywords |
Amino Acid Sequence; Amino Acids/analysis; Animals; Cytoplasm/enzymology; Escherichia coli/enzymology; Isoenzymes/analysis; Malate Dehydrogenase/analysis; Malate Dehydrogenase/isolation & purification; Mitochondria, Heart/enzymology; Molecular Weight; Myocardium/enzymology; Swine/metabolism |
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