Activation of delta-aminolaevulate synthetase in extracts of Rhodopseudomonas spheroides.
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SUBMITTER: Marriott J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1178966 | biostudies-other | 1970 Apr
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Project description:1. delta-Aminolaevulate synthetase from Rhodopseudomonas spheroides grown semi-anaerobically undergoes a spontaneous activation during the first hour after the disruption of cells when homogenates are stored at 4 degrees . 2. After cultures of R. spheroides growing semi-anaerobically are oxygenated no activation of delta-aminolaevulate synthetase occurs in cell extracts. Cessation of activation in extracts is almost complete 10min. after oxygenation of cells has begun. 3. A heat-stable fraction of low molecular weight from semi-anaerobic cells reactivates delta-aminolaevulate synthetase in extracts of oxygenated cells and appears to contain a compound responsible for the spontaneous activation. 4. A heat-stable fraction of low molecular weight from oxygenated cells inhibits the spontaneous activation in extracts of semi-anaerobic cells. 5. The effect of oxygen on the rate of bacteriochlorophyll synthesis in R. spheroides may be mediated through alterations in the concentrations of a low-molecular-weight activator and inhibitor of delta-aminolaevulate synthetase.
| S-EPMC1187556 | biostudies-other
Project description:1. The anaerobic coproporphyrinogenase activity in an extract of Rhodopseudomonas spheroides is inhibited by 1,10-phenanthroline, alphaalpha'-bipyridyl, flavins, 2,4-dinitrophenol and 1,4-naphthaquinone. These compounds have no effect on the aerobic coproporphyrinogenase activity. 2. On removal of small-molecular-weight material from a crude extract, the anaerobic system becomes very unstable; it can be stabilized by adding succinate. Now nicotinamide nucleotides, in addition to Mg(2+), ATP and methionine, are required for protoporphyrin to be formed. 3. A mechanism for the anaerobic reaction is proposed, based on the cofactor requirements and the effect of inhibitors. 4. The enzyme responsible for aerobic activity has been partially purified and some of its properties are reported. 5. A crude extract of Chromatium strain D also exhibits coproporphyrinogenase activity under anaerobic conditions in the presence of S-adenosylmethionine or ATP plus methionine. The requirement for other cofactors is variable.
| S-EPMC1174004 | biostudies-other
Project description:Intramitochondrial loci for delta-aminolaevulate synthetase and ferrochelatase, the initial and final enzymes in haem synthesis, have been found in rat liver. Two different methods of fractionation were applied to mitochondria: (a) sonication and density-gradient centrifugation; (b) treatment with digitonin and differential centrifugation. Similar results were obtained with each technique. delta-Aminolaevulate synthetase is distributed similarly to two known matrix enzymes, malate dehydrogenase and glutamate dehydrogenase. Ferrochelatase is firmly bound to the the inner mitochondrial membrane. These results are considered in terms of the regulation of haem synthesis and in relation to mitochondrial biogenesis.
| S-EPMC1184917 | biostudies-other
Project description:1. Uroporphyrinogen I synthetase of Rhodopseudomonas spheroides was purified more than 200-fold from the soluble protein of broken bacterial cells. The enzyme had molecular weight 36000, an isoelectric point of 4.46 and migrated as a single active protein band on disc-gel electrophoresis at pH7.5 and 8.9. 2. The enzyme consumed porphobilinogen and formed uroporphyrinogen at pH8.2 without the accumulation of intermediates. In the presence of hydroxylamine, ammonia or methoxyamine the production of porphyrinogen was inhibited and the enzyme formed open-chain polypyrroles instead. 3. These polypyrroles behaved like uroporphyrinogen on Sephadex G-25; they were colourless and had unsubstituted alpha-pyrrolic positions. The inhibitory amines were incorporated into the molecules. 4. The polypyrroles formed porphyrins non-enzymically and the cyclization reaction was accompanied by the release of the inhibitory amine. Exchange of the amino function of the original porphobilinogen in the polypyrrole was complete with hydroxylamine and almost complete with methoxyamine, both ammonia and methoxyamine being present in the polypyrrolic material. 5. The behaviour, properties and composition of the radioactive hydroxylamine derivative were consistent with a tetrapyrrolic structure, probably a pyrrylmethane, that was not cyclized, rather than with di-, tri- or penta-pyrrolic structures. No monopyrrolic or dipyrrolic Ehrlich-positive material was released on cyclization. The ammonia and methoxyamine derivatives had properties similar to the hydroxylamine derivative. 6. Another modified pyrrole was detected only in experiments with hydroxylamine. It differed from both porphobilinogen and known dipyrroles and appeared to be a monopyrrole. 7. The participation of positively charged reaction centres in the enzymic mechanism, particularly in the cyclization step, is discussed.
| S-EPMC1177725 | biostudies-other
Project description:1. The aminolaevulinate synthetase activator of fresh extracts of semi-anaerobically grown Rhodopseudomonas spheroids was resolved into two fractions by ion-exchange chromatography. One fraction was identified as cystine trisulphide (CySSSCy). Analysis of the other fraction indicated the presence of about equal amounts of glutathione trisulphide (GSSSG) and the mixed trisulphide of glutathione and cystine (GSSSCy). 2. Four further fractions with activator activity were observed on ion-exchange chromatography of extracts prepared by methods similar to those described earlier [Neuberger et al. (1973)Biochem. J. 136,491-499]. These activators were generated by the extraction procedure. Two of them have been identified as trisulphanedisulphonate (S5O62-) and additional cystine trisulphide. 3. For the series of polysulphanedisulphonates (-O3S-Sn-SO3-, n greater than or equal to 1), activator activity at muM concentrations was exhibited only by compounds with n greater than 3. This, together with the results described above, indicates that for a compound R-Sn-R' (where R and R' are organic or inorganic groups) the only structural requirement for activity is n greater than or equal to 3. 4. Oxygenation of a semipanaerobic culture of R. spheroids for 1.5h before harvesting the cells produced a decrease of more than 90% in the cellular content of cystine trisulphide and glutathione trisulphides. 5. Chromatography on DEAE-Sephadex confirmed the presence of multiple forms of aminolaevulinate synthetase in extracts of R. spheroides [Tuboi et al. (1970) Arch.Biochem. Biophys. 138,147-154]. Oxygenation of a semi-anaerobic culture resulted in the disappearance of high-activity enzyme (a-form) and the accumulation of low-activity enzyme (b-form) in the cell. Spontaneous activation [Marriott et al. (1969) Biochem. J. 111,385-394] And activation by cystine trisulphide both resulted in the almost complete conversion of the b-form into the a-form.
| S-EPMC1165732 | biostudies-other
Project description:1. Pyridoxal 5'-phosphate is a cofactor essential for the enzymic activity of aminolaevulinate synthetase from Rhodopseudomonas spheroides. It also aids activation of the low-activity enzyme by trisulphides such as cystine trisulphide, whereas inactivation of enzyme is facilitated by its absence. 2. The fluorescence spectrum of purified high-activity enzyme is that expected for a pyridoxal phosphate--Schiff base, but the firmly bound cofactor does not appear to be at the active centre. In dilute solutions of enzyme this grouping is inaccessible to nucleophiles such as glycine, hydroxylamine, borohydride and cyanide, at pH 7.4. 3. An active-centre Schiff base is formed between enzyne and added pyridoxal phosphate, which is accessible to nucleophiles. Concentrated solutions of this enzyme--Schiff base on treatment with glycine yield apo- and semi-apoenzyme, which can re-bind pyridoxal phosphate. 4. Two types of binding of pyridoxal phosphate are distinguishable in dilute solution of enzyme, but these become indistinguishable when concentrated solutions are treated with cofactor. A change occurs in the susceptibility towards borohydride of the fluorescence of the "structural" pyridoxal phosphate. 5. One or two molecules of cofactor are bound per subunit of mol. wt. 50 000 in semiapo- or holo-enzyme. The fluorescence of pyridoxamine phosphate covalently bound to enzyme also indicates one to two nmol of reducible Schiff base per 7000 units of activity in purified and partially purified samples of enzyme. 6. Cyanide does not convert high-activity into low-activity enzyme, but with the enzyme-pyridoxal phosphate complex it forms a yellow fluorescent derivative that is enzymically active.
| S-EPMC1186417 | biostudies-other
Project description:Extracts of Rhodopseudomonas spheroides contain two ferrochelatases: one is soluble and forms metalloporphyrins from deuteroporphyrin and haematoporphyrin; the other is particulate and forms metalloporphyrins from protoporphyrin, mesoporphyrin, deuteroporphyrin and haematoporphyrin. Neither enzyme incorporates Mg(2+) into porphyrins or Fe(2+) into porphyrin cytochrome c. By using the particulate enzyme, plots of 1/v versus 1/s when one substrate was varied and the other kept constant showed that neither substrate affected the K(m) of the other. The suggested sequential mechanism for the reaction is supported by derivative plots of slopes and intercepts. The K(m) for deuteroporphyrin was 21.3mum and that for Co(2+) was 6.13mum. The enzyme incorporated Co(2+), Fe(2+), Zn(2+), Ni(2+) and Mn(2+); Cd(2+) was not incorporated and was an inhibitor, competitive with respect to Co(2+), non-competitive with respect to deuteroporphyrin. The K(i) for Cd(2+) was 0.73mum. Ferrochelatase was inhibited by protohaem, non-competitively with respect to Co(2+) or with respect to deuteroporphyrin. Inhibition by magnesium protoporphyrin was non-competitive with respect to deuteroporphyrin, uncompetitive with respect to Co(2+). The inhibitory concentrations of the metalloporphyrins are lower than those required for the inhibition of delta-aminolaevulate synthetase by protohaem. Fe(2+) is not incorporated aerobically into porphyrins unless an electron donor, succinate or NADH, is supplied; the low aerobic rate of metalloporphyrin synthesis obtained is insensitive to rotenone and antimycin. The rate of Fe(3+) incorporation increases as anaerobic conditions are achieved.
| S-EPMC1179374 | biostudies-other
Project description:1. The ;initial' 5-aminolaevulinate synthetase activity, that is the activity observed immediately after cell disruption, in extracts prepared from unharvested semianaerobically grown Rhodopseudomonas spheroides, was twice that observed under the same assay conditions in extracts prepared from harvested cells. 2. The effect of oxygenation of a culture on the ;maximum' aminolaevulinate synthetase activity, that is the activity observed 1h after disruption of harvested cells, is markedly influenced by the contents of the growth medium. Oxygenation of organisms for 1h in the medium in which they have grown produces an 80-90% decrease in maximum activity, whereas similar treatment of organisms resuspended in fresh medium produces less than a 40% decrease. 3. This protective effect of fresh medium is absolutely dependent on the presence of sulphate. When cells are suspended in sulphate-deficient fresh medium, the maximum activity falls by 65-75% even without oxygenation. A high maximum activity is regenerated when sulphate is resupplied. 4. When organisms are oxygenated in the medium in which they have grown, the cellular contents of GSH+GSSG and cysteine+cystine fall very markedly and homolanthionine is formed. Both the fall in aminolaevulinate synthetase activity and the changes in sulphur metabolism are largely prevented by the addition of compounds which stimulate synthesis of cysteine de novo or inhibit the conversion of cysteine S into homocysteine S. 5. The maximum aminolaevulinate synthetase activity was directly proportional to the GSH+GSSG content of all cell preparations. In glutathione-depleted extracts the ;low'-activity enzyme could be re-activated in vitro by the addition of GSH, GSSG, cysteine or cystine, whereas in extracts with a high glutathione content the ;high'-activity enzyme was unaffected by these sulphur compounds. 6. The activation of low-activity enzyme with exogenous sulphur compounds was prevented by excluding air or by adding NADH. Studies with purified enzyme indicate that sulphur compounds do not interact directly with the enzyme, but that their effect is mediated by a number of other endogenous factors.
| S-EPMC1165982 | biostudies-other
Project description:1. The high-activity form of aminolaevulinate synthetase has been prepared from extracts of semi-anaerobically grown cells of Rhodopseudomonas spheroides, which were allowed to become activated in air. Specific activity was 130 000--170 000 nmol of aminolaevulinate/h per mg of protein at 37 degree C. 2. Enzyme fraction Ia prepared on DEAE-Sephadex was a mixture of four active enzymes, pI5.55, 5.45, 5.35 and 5.2, when prepared in either Tris or phosphate buffers and when extracts were activated by air or by cystine trisulphide. 3. The enzyme was further purified by preparative polyacrylamide-gel electrophoresis in imidazole/veronal buffer, pH 7.6, followed by gel filtration on Sephadex G-100 and concentration with DEAE-Sephadex. 4. The most active enzyme, pI 5.55, ran as a single protein band, mol.wt. 49 000, in sodium dodecyl sulphate and 2-mercaptoethanol. The apparent molecular weight under non-denaturing conditions was 62 000--68 000 on Sephadex G-100 or G-200, pH 7.5, and on polyacrylamide-gel electrophoresis, pH 8.5, at enzyme concentrations below 10 000 units/ml, i.e. less than 60 microgram of protein/ml, and the enzyme was mainly monomeric. 5. The enzyme was homogeneous by gel disc electrophoresis at pH 8.9 and 7.6, but a slightly more diffuse band of protein was obtained during electrophoresis in glycine buffer, pH 7.4. 6. Enzyme samples possessed an intrinsic yellow fluorescence when viewed under u.v. light and this fluorescence coincided exactly with enzymic activity on gel electrophoresis. Fluorescence maxima were 420 nm (excitation) and 495 nm (emission). 7. Radioactive 35S-labelled enzyme had 14 atoms of sulphur/mol of protein (or/40 leucine residues) of which 5--6 residues were cyst(e)ine and 8--9 residues were methionine. 8. Mo carbohydrate was detected apart from glucose, which prevented accurate determination of tryptophan with methanesulphonic acid and tryptamine.
| S-EPMC1186416 | biostudies-other
Project description:1. A low-molecular-weight activator of 5-aminolaevulinate synthetase was detected in extracts of Rhodopseudomonas spheroides. The compound activates the enzyme extracted from oxygenated semi-anaerobically grown organisms by a factor of 6-8. 2. The activator was extensively purified, but owing to the exceedingly small amounts that could be extracted in the active form its structure was not determined. 3. The activator contains an acetylatable amino group; it is more stable at acid than at alkaline pH values; it is stable to treatment with I(2)-KI or potassium ferricyanide, but irreversibly inactivated by Na(2)S(2)O(4) or NaBH(4). 4. The chromatographic, electrophoretic, chemical and stability properties of the activator are similar to those of pteridines; purified activator preparations contain pteridines, as shown by their fluorescence spectrum. This does not, however, constitute an identification of the activator. 5. The activator enhances the activity of crude and partially purified enzyme and does not appear to require other endogenous factors or a supply of air to produce activation. Activation of the purified enzyme, however, requires the presence of either pyridoxal phosphate or sodium succinate. In the absence of both these factors the activator produces a time- and temperature-dependent decay of activity.
| S-EPMC1165983 | biostudies-other