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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1987-5-14
pubmed:abstractText
Atropinesterase from Pseudomonas putida has been investigated by means of different ultracentrifugation methods under native and denaturing conditions. The following quantities were determined: sedimentation coefficient, translational diffusion and friction coefficient, partial specific volume and molecular weight. From these data the size, shape and hydration of the enzyme molecule in solution were estimated. The results suggest that atropinesterase is a globular protein which consists of a single polypeptide chain with a molecular weight of about 30,000. In solution under non-denaturing conditions, it occurs mainly as a dimer which hydrodynamically behaves as a rigid impenetrable particle. Calculations based on the spheroid model indicate that this particle resembles a hydrated sphere with a diameter of 6.1 +/- 0.2 nm and a hydration of 0.4 +/- 0.1 g of H2O/g of protein rather than a significantly less hydrated ellipsoid of revolution. Under denaturing conditions dissociation into monomers takes place. The effects of sodium dodecyl sulphate (SDS) on size and shape suggest that dimerization results from side-by-side association of two elongated monomers rather than from end-to-end association. Approximately 57 molecules of SDS are bound per dimer before dissociation occurs concomitant with the additional binding of about 19 molecules of detergent.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0006-3002
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
8
pubmed:volume
912
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
167-77
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1987
pubmed:articleTitle
Hydrodynamic characterization of the size and shape of atropinesterase from Pseudomonas putida.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article