Conceptual Error in Determination of NAD+-Malic Enzyme in Extracts Containing NAD+-Malic Dehydrogenase
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- 1 June 1980
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Plant Physiology
- Vol. 65 (6) , 1136-1138
- https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.65.6.1136
Abstract
The typical procedure for determining NAD+-malic enzyme (EC 1.1.1.39) is to calculate the enzyme rate to be ΔA340/Δ time after the endogenous NAD+-malic dehydrogenase (EC 1.1.1.37) catalyzed reaction has reached equilibrium. This ignores the equilibrium shift of oxaloacetic acid and NADH during the course of the NAD+-malic enzyme reaction and causes an error that varies depending on the reagent [malate], [NAD+], pH and final [NADH]. For a ΔA340 of 0.02, the error is about 80% and for a ΔA340 of 0.30, 20%. We develop this argument, give supportive data and present a simple method to circumvent the error.Keywords
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