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. 1981 Dec;46(12):2215-23.

[Two forms of glutamine synthetase from pumpkin leaves]

[Article in Russian]
  • PMID: 6119119

[Two forms of glutamine synthetase from pumpkin leaves]

[Article in Russian]
T Z Dzhokharidze et al. Biokhimiia. 1981 Dec.

Abstract

Two molecular forms of glutamine synthetase localized in the cytoplasm and in chloroplasts, respectively, were detected in pumpkin leaves. Ammonium infiltrated into intact pumpkin leaves activated the synthesis of both enzyme forms. Glutamine synthetase from chloroplasts and the cytoplasmic enzyme were purified to homogeneity by ammonium sulfate fractionation, ion-exchange chromatography on DEAE-cellulose DE-32, selective adsorption on potassium phosphate gel and preparative electrophoresis in polyacrylamide gel. The molecular weights of both forms of glutamine synthetase as determined by gel-filtration through Sephacryl S-200 are equal to 370,000 and 480,000, respectively. During SDS polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis the enzymes from both sources produced polypeptide chains with respective molecular weights of 50,000 and 58,000. The amino acid composition of the enzymes differed considerably. The content of alpha-helix moities in the chloroplast and cytoplasmic enzyme made up to 17% and 34%, respectively. In the presence of Mg+ the pH optima for the enzymes were equal to 7.75 and 7.25, respectively, and the Km values for L-glutamate were 46 and 13 mM, respectively. It may be concluded that the enzyme forms under study are isoenzymes.

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