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type Journal Article
authors Izumi, Y.; Yoshida, T.; Yamada, H.
title Purification and characterization of serine-glyoxylate aminotransferase from a serine-producing methylotroph, Hyphomicrobium methylovorum GM2
journal Eur J Biochem
Activity 2.6.1.45
ui 90306025
year (1990)
volume 190
number 2
pages 285-90.
 
keywords Bacteria/*enzymology
abstract Serine--glyoxylate aminotransferase was purified to complete homogeneity from a serine-producing methylotrophic bacterium, Hyphomicrobium methylovorum GM2, which possesses the serine pathway. This is the first microbial serine--glyoxylate aminotransferase to be purified. The enzyme has a molecular mass of about 140 kDa and consists of four subunits of identical mass, i.e. 40 kDa. The holoenzyme exhibited absorption maxima at 282 nm and 408 nm, and a shoulder at about 315-345 nm in potassium phosphate pH 7.0; it contained 4 mol pyridoxal 5'-phosphate/mol enzyme. Isoelectric focusing showed that the enzyme had a pI value of 6.9. The Km values for glyoxylate and L-serine were 0.23 mM and 4.98 mM, respectively, and the enzyme showed high specificity for these substrates. The transamination between glyoxylate and L-serine seemed to be nearly irreversible. These data indicated that this serine--glyoxylate aminotransferase plays an essential role in methanol assimilation through the serine pathway in H. methylovorum GM2.
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