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    J Bacteriol. 1991 Nov;173(22):7228-32.

    Purification and characterization of hydroxypyruvate reductase from the facultative methylotroph Methylobacterium extorquens AM1.

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    W.M. Keck Laboratories, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena 91125.

    Abstract

    Hydroxypyruvate reductase was purified to homogeneity from the facultative methylotroph Methylobacterium extorquens AM1. It has a molecular mass of about 71 kDa, and it consists of two identical subunits with a molecular mass of about 37 kDa. This enzyme uses both NADH (Km = 0.04 mM) and NADPH (Km = 0.06 mM) as cofactors, uses hydroxypyruvate (Km = 0.1 mM) and glyoxylate (Km = 1.5 mM) as the only substrates for the forward reaction, and carries out the reverse reaction with glycerate (Km = 2.6 mM) only. It was not possible to detect the conversion of glycolate to glyoxylate, a proposed role for this enzyme. Kinetics and inhibitory studies of the enzyme from M. extorquens AM1 suggest that hydroxypyruvate reductase is not a site for regulation of the serine cycle at the level of enzyme activity.

    PMID:
    1657886
    [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
    PMCID:
    PMC209229
    Free PMC Article

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