Article: Purification and properties of saccharopine dehydrogenase (glutamate forming) in the Saccharomyces cerevisiae lysine biosynthetic pathway

Saccharopine dehydrogenase (glutamate forming) of the biosynthetic pathway of lysine in Saccharomyces cerevisiae was purified 1,122-fold by using acid precipitation, ammonium sulfate precipitation, DEAE-Sepharose, gel filtration, and Reactive Red-120 agarose chromatography. The enzyme exhibited a native molecular size of 69,000 daltons by gel filtration and consisted of a single 50,000-dalton polypeptide based upon sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. The enzyme was readily denatured by exposures to temperatures exceeding 46 degrees C. The pH optimum for the reverse reaction was 9.5. The apparent Kms for L-saccharopine and NAD+ were 2.32 and 0.054 mM, respectively. The enzyme was inhibited by mercuric chloride but not by carbonyl or metal complexing agents.

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