PURIFICATION OF THE AROM MULTI-ENZYME AGGREGATE FROM EUGLENA-GRACILIS

被引:32
作者
PATEL, VB
GILES, NH
机构
[1] Genetics Program, Department of Zoology, University of Georgia, Athens
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词
(Euglena gracilis); arom aggregate; Aromatic amino acid synthesis; Multienzyme complex;
D O I
10.1016/0005-2744(79)90168-2
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
The arom multienzyme complex that catalyzes steps two through six in the prechorismate polyaromatic amino acid biosynthetic pathway has been purified up to 2000-fold from Euglena gracilis. The native arom aggregate has a molecular weight of approx. 249 000 based on a sedimentation coefficient of 9.5 and Stokes radius of 60 Å. A comparison between the arom aggregates of Neurospora crassa and Euglena gracilis and the possible phylogenetic relationships between the organisms are discussed. © 1979.
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