Gluconate dehydratase from the promiscuous Entner–Doudoroff pathway in Sulfolobus solfataricus
- 15 September 2004
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in FEBS Letters
- Vol. 576 (1-2) , 133-136
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.febslet.2004.08.074
Abstract
An investigation has been carried out into gluconate dehydratase from the hyperthermophilic Archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus. The enzyme has been purified from cell extracts of the organism and found to be responsible for both gluconate and galactonate dehydratase activities. It was shown to be a 45 kDa monomer with a half-life of 41 min at 95 degrees C and it exhibited similar catalytic efficiency with both substrates. Taken alongside the recent work on glucose dehydrogenase and 2-keto-3-deoxygluconate aldolase, this report clearly demonstrates that the entire non-phosphorylative Entner-Doudoroff pathway of S. solfataricus is promiscuous for the metabolism of both glucose and galactose.Keywords
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