Abstract |
Spinach (Spinacia oleracea L.) leaves contain a nuclear-encoded chloroplastic betaine aldehyde dehydrogenase (EC 1.2.1.8) which is induced several-fold by salinization. Betaine aldehyde dehydrogenase was purified 2400-fold to homogeneity with an overall yield of 14%. The procedure included fractional precipitation with ammonium sulfate, followed by ion-exchange, hydrophobic interaction, and hydroxyapatite chromatography in open columns, and ion-exchange and hydrophobic interaction chromatography in a fast- protein liquid chromatography system. The betaine aldehyde dehydrogenase had a pI of 5.65, and a broad pH optimum between 7.5 and 9.5. The Km values for NAD+ and NADP+ were 20 and 320 microM, respectively; the Vmax of the reaction with NADP+ was 75% of that with NAD+. The native enzyme is a dimer with subunits of Mr 63,000. Highly specific antiserum was raised against the native enzyme, and was used in conjunction with cell-free translation of leaf poly(A)+ RNA to show (a) that betaine aldehyde dehydrogenase is synthesized as a precursor of Mr 1200 higher than the mature polypeptide, and (b) that both chronic salt stress and salt shock provoke a several-fold increase in the level of translatable message for the enzyme.
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Authors | E A Weretilnyk, A D Hanson |
Journal | Archives of biochemistry and biophysics
(Arch Biochem Biophys)
Vol. 271
Issue 1
Pg. 56-63
(May 15 1989)
ISSN: 0003-9861 [Print] United States |
PMID | 2712575
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.)
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Chemical References |
- Enzyme Precursors
- RNA, Messenger
- Sodium Chloride
- Aldehyde Oxidoreductases
- Betaine-Aldehyde Dehydrogenase
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Topics |
- Aldehyde Oxidoreductases
(genetics, isolation & purification)
- Betaine-Aldehyde Dehydrogenase
- Blotting, Western
- Chloroplasts
(enzymology)
- Chromatography
(methods)
- Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel
- Enzyme Induction
(drug effects)
- Enzyme Precursors
(metabolism)
- Isoelectric Point
- Molecular Weight
- Plants, Edible
(enzymology)
- Protein Biosynthesis
- RNA, Messenger
(isolation & purification)
- Sodium Chloride
(pharmacology)
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