PARTIAL-PURIFICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF 4-HYDROXYBENZOATE-POLYPRENYLTRANSFERASE IN UBIQUINONE BIOSYNTHESIS OF PSEUDOMONAS-PUTIDA

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KAWAHARA, K [1 ]
KOIZUMI, N [1 ]
KAWAJI, H [1 ]
OISHI, K [1 ]
AIDA, K [1 ]
UCHIDA, K [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV TOKYO, INST APPL MICROBIOL, 1-1-1 YAYOI, BUNKYO KU, TOKYO 113, JAPAN
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AGRICULTURAL AND BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY | 1991年 / 55卷 / 09期
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10.1080/00021369.1991.10870951
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S3 [农学(农艺学)];
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0901 ;
摘要
4-Hydroxybenzoate-polyprenyltransferase, an enzyme in ubiquinone biosynthesis, from Pseudomonas putida was partially purified by ion-exchange and gel filtration column chromatography. The enzyme required phospholipid as an essential factor for activity. Hexaprenyl pyrophosphate(-PP) and pentaprenyl-PP as well as nonaprenyl-PP were used as polyprenyl donors, but tetraprenyl- and farnesyl-PPs were scarcely transferred to 4-hydroxybenzoic acid. No inhibition was observed by the end-product, ubiquinone-9 of P. putida. Long chain acyl-CoA, free fatty acids, or isopentenyl-PP strongly inhibited the enzyme activity. A possible regulatory role of the enzyme in bacterial ubiquinone biosynthesis is discussed.
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