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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-3-2
pubmed:abstractText
Evidence is presented to show that D-glucose in Schizosaccharomyces pombe can be metabolized via a new alternative route (gluconate pathway) in addition to the regular D-glucose 6-phosphate route. This gluconate pathway consists of two steps: oxidation of D-glucose to D-gluconate by NADP(+)-dependent glucose dehydrogenase and phosphorylation of D-gluconate to 6-phosphogluconate by gluconate kinase. The formation of D-gluconate and 6-phosphogluconate from D-glucose was monitored by 13C nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy using D-[1-13C]glucose and D-[U-13C]glucose. The operation of the gluconate pathway was further substantiated by the purification of its two member enzymes, glucose dehydrogenase and gluconate kinase, from the cell-free extract of the fission yeast. Glucose dehydrogenase has been purified (580-fold) to homogeneity by the combined procedures of ammonium sulfate fractionation, Sephadex gel filtration, cation-exchange chromatography, matrex gel chromatography, and agarose-NADP+ affinity chromatography. The purified enzyme is monomeric with a relative molecular weight of 6.65 x 10(4) Da. Gluconate kinase has been purified (410-fold) to near homogeneity by a combination of chromatographic procedures using Bio-gels, matrex gel, and agarose gels. The purified enzyme is monomeric with a relative molecular weight of 2.4 x 10(4) Da. The gluconate pathway presented here provides an alternative route for the D-glucose metabolism in Sch. pombe. Meanwhile, this paper documents another metabolic difference between the fission and budding yeasts.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0003-9861
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
10
pubmed:volume
316
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
155-62
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
Carbon-13 NMR studies and purification of gluconate pathway enzymes from Schizosaccharomyces pombe.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Chemistry, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't