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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
25
pubmed:dateCreated
1980-3-24
pubmed:abstractText
Noncovalent aggregation is a side reaction in the process of reconstitution of oligomeric enzymes (e.g., lactic dehydrogenase) after preceding dissociation, denaturation, and deactivation. The aggregation product is of high molecular weight and composed of monomers which are trapped in a minium of conformational energy different from the one characterizing the native enzyme. This energy minimum is protected by a high activation energy of dissociation such that the aggregates are perfectly stable under nondenaturing conditions, and their degradation is provided only by applying strong denaturants, e.g., 6 M guanidine hydrochloride at neutral or acidic pH. The product of the slow redissolution process is the monomeric enzyme in its random configuration, which may be reactivated by diluting the denaturant under optimum conditions of reconstitution. The yield and the kinetics of reactivation of lactic dehydrogenase from pig skeletal muscle are not affected by the preceding aggregation-degradation cycle and are independent of different modes of aggregate formation (e.g., by renaturation at high enzyme concentration or heat aggregation). The kinetics of reactivation may be described by one single rate-determining bimolecular step with k2 = 3.9 x 10(4) M-1 s-1 at zero guanidine concentration. The reactivated enzyme consists of the native tetramer, characterized by enzymatic and physical properties identical with those observed for the enzyme in its initial native state.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0006-2960
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
11
pubmed:volume
18
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
5572-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1979
pubmed:articleTitle
Reconstitution of lactic dehydrogenase. Noncovalent aggregation vs. reactivation. 2. Reactivation of irreversibly denatured aggregates.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article