EXPRESSION AND SITE-DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS OF HEPATIC GLUCOKINASE

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LANGE, AJ [1 ]
XU, LZ [1 ]
VANPOELWIJK, F [1 ]
LIN, K [1 ]
GRANNER, DK [1 ]
PILKIS, SJ [1 ]
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[1] VANDERBILT UNIV, MED CTR, SCH MED, DEPT MOLEC PHYSIOL & BIOPHYS, NASHVILLE, TN 37232 USA
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10.1042/bj2770159
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Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
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071010 ; 081704 ;
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Soluble rat liver glucokinase was expressed at high levels at 22-degrees-C in the BL21(DE3)pLysS strain of Escherichia coli. Aspartate-211 of yeast hexokinase has been implicated as a catalytic residue from crystallographic data. The corresponding residue in rat liver glucokinase, aspartate-205, was mutated to alanine and the expressed mutant had 1/500th of the activity of the wild type, with no change in the K(m) values for glucose or ATP. The results support a role for this residue as a base catalyst in the glucokinase reaction and, most probably, a similar role in the reactions of all members of the hexokinase family.
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