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Aspects of the chemistry of D-glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase.


ABSTRACT: Crystalline d-glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase from lobster tail contains 4 moles of NAD(+) bound and reacts specifically with 4 moles of iodoacetic acid/mole of tetramer. The essential thiol group of d-glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase appears to react with iodoacetic acid with a rate constant for the overall process that is independent of the extent of carboxymethylation. The d-glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase-NAD(+) absorption band has a variable molar extinction coefficient in the presence of phosphate that may be correlated with a proton dissociation of pK 6.86. The binding of NAD(+) to d-glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase weakens as alkylating agents react with the enzyme, and NAD(+) promotes the reactivity of the essential thiol group. It is suggested that, on binding to d-glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase, NAD(+) lowers the pK of the essential thiol group, resulting in a catalytic role of NAD(+) in the reaction catalysed by d-glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase. If this theory is correct, then it is likely that a proton will be liberated during the phosphorolysis of the acyl-enzyme rather than in the redox step.

SUBMITTER: Trentham DR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1186945 | biostudies-other | 1968 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other

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