Coupled enzymatic reactions measured in a single protein crystal from myogen A

Acta Biochim Biophys Hung. 1989;24(1-2):15-23.

Abstract

Pairwise coupled reactions of fructose-1,6-bisphosphate aldolase and sn-glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase, 3-phosphoglycerate kinase and D-glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase, triosephosphate isomerase and sn-glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase have been detected by microspectrophotometry in single crystals obtained from myogen A in the presence of polyethylene glycol. Microspectrophotometric measurements with polarized light demonstrate that the protein molecules are oriented and that NADH is bound with a definite orientation to the dehydrogenases within the crystal.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Crystallization
  • Enzymes / metabolism
  • Glycolysis
  • In Vitro Techniques
  • Muscle Proteins / metabolism*
  • Muscle Proteins / ultrastructure
  • NAD / metabolism
  • Rabbits
  • Spectrophotometry

Substances

  • Enzymes
  • Muscle Proteins
  • NAD