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Query: EC:1.4.1.2 (glutamate dehydrogenase)
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Glutamate dehydrogenase (L-glutamate:NAD+ oxidoreductase (deaminating); EC 1.4.1.2) has been purified from Peptostreptococcus asaccharolyticus in a single step using dye-ligand chromatography. The enzyme (GDH) was present in high yields and was stabilized in crude extracts. A subunit molecular weight of 49000 +/- 500 was determined by SDS polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and six bands were obtained after cross-linking the subunits with dimethyl suberimidate. This bacterial GDH was predominantly NAD+-linked, but was able to utilize both NADP+ and NADPH at 4% of the rates with NAD+ and NADH, respectively. An investigation of the amino acid specificity revealed some similarities with GDH from mammalian sources and some clear differences. The values of apparent Km for the substrates ammonia, 2-oxoglutarate, NADH, NAD+ and glutamate were 18.4, 0.82, 0.066, 0.031 and 6 mM, respectively. The P. asaccharolyticus GDH was not regulated by purine nucleotides, but was subject to strong inhibition with increasing ionic strength.
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PMID:Characterization of Peptostreptococcus asaccharolyticus glutamate dehydrogenase purified by dye-ligand chromatography. 650 34

Glutamic dehydrogenase extracted with tris buffer from fresh freeze-thawed rat heart mitochondria was purified by ammonium sulphate fractionation, affinity chromatography on GTP agarose, hydroxyapatite chromatography and concentration using a molecular sieve. The final specific activity is 80 units/mg protein. Thin gel SDS electrophoresis of the purified enzyme preparation after reduction with dithiothreitol shows a major band with a molecular weight of 38 000 Daltons. Two minor bands are also present. Sucrose density gradient centrifugation reveals a molecular weight of 230 000 Daltons for unreduced mitochondrial GDH activity. By gel filtration rat heart mitochondrial glutamic dehydrogenase has a major peak at 230 000 Daltons, a minor peak at 300 000 Daltons and some larger molecular weight species. Rat liver mitochondrial glutamic dehydrogenase has a minor peak at 230 000, a major peak at 300 000 and some larger molecular weight species. The rat liver mitochondrial glutamic dehydrogenase predominance at 300 000 is unchanged by incubation, extraction and purification with rat heart mitochondria. The purified GDH is stable frozen at -10 degrees C in tris-HCl buffer with EDTA. It loses activity at 4 degrees C especially when stored in 0.2 M phosphate buffer. It also loses activity when dialyzed for 24 h. This loss of activity is not completely prevented by adding nucleotides to the buffer (AMP or ADP) but is decreased by their presence.
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PMID:Glutamic dehydrogenase from rat heart mitochondria. I. Purification and physical properties including molecular weight determination. 672 19

When ammonia was removed from Chlorella sorokiniana cells, which contain an ammonium-inducible nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate-specific glutamate dehydrogenase (NADP-GDH), the activity of this enzyme decayed with a half-life of approximately 8 min. By use of rocket immunoelectrophoresis, indirect immunoprecipitation, and indirect immunoadsorption (coupled with pulse-chase experiments with 35S-labeled sulfate), the rapid initial loss in activity was shown to be due to enzyme inactivation rather than degradation of NADP-GDH antigen. Sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of immunoprecipitates obtained with anti-NADP-GDH immunoglobulin G showed that enzyme inactivation is accompanied by the conversion of enzyme subunits (Mr = 59,000) to a protein with a molecular weight of 118,000. Because this protein was stable during boiling and in the presence of sodium dodecyl sulfate and high concentrations of mercaptoethanol or dithiothreitol, it was tentatively assumed to be a covalently linked dimer of enzyme subunits. Pulse-chase experiments showed that total NADP-GDH antigen was subject to rapid degradation (t 1/2 = 88 min) in induced cells, and the same degradation rate was maintained after removal of ammonia from induced cells.
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PMID:Turnover of ammonium-inducible glutamate dehydrogenase during induction and its rapid inactivation after removal of inducer from Chlorella sorokiniana cells. 720 42

Glutamate dehydrogenase (L-glutamate: NAD+ oxidoreductase (deaminating) EC 1.4.1.2) has been purified to homogeneity from Lemna minor and seeds of Pisum sativum. As established by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis the Pisum-enzyme constitutes a multiple pattern of seven charge isoenzymes whereas the Lemna enzyme shows one single protein band. Molecular weights of 230 000 were calculated for both enzymes by sedimentation equilibrium measurements. (Pisum-enzyme) and comparative gel filtration (Lemna-enzyme). Sodium dodecyl sulfate gel electrophoresis and electron microscopic observations revealed that both enzymes are composed of four identical subunits (molecular weight 58 500) arranged in a tetraedric structure. The amino acid compositions of both enzymes are similar to those of various hexameric glutamate dehydrogenases. The N-terminal amino acid of the Pisum-enzyme is alanine. Both enzymes require Ca2+ for maximal catalytic activity. For the Lemna-enzyme the K0.5 values for Ca2+ are 22 microM (NAD+-dependent reaction), respectively. Ca2+ which to some extent can be replaced by Zn2+ does not affect the enzyme aggregation but seems to govern a reversible equilibrium between catalytically active and inactive enzyme forms.
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PMID:Plant NAD-dependent glutamate dehydrogenase. Purification, molecular properties and metal ion activation of the enzymes from Lemna minor and Pisum sativum. 738 42

Glutamate dehydrogenase (L-glutamate:NADP+ oxidoreductase (deaminating), EC 1.4.1.4) has been purified from Mycobacterium smegmatis CDC 46 using (NH4)2SO4 precipitation, negative adsorption on DEAE-cellulose, 2',5'-ADP-Sepharose affinity chromatography and Sephadex G-200. The enzyme was purified 1041.6-fold and the preparation was found to be homogeneous on column chromatography, polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Alanine and threonine were identified as the N- and C-terminal amino acids of glutamate dehydrogenase from M. smegmastis. The enzyme kinetics and regulation of glutamate dehydrogenase activity by different nutritional factors has been studied. Initial velocity plots showed that the reaction mechanism of glutamate dehydrogenase from M. smegmatis followed an ordered sequential ter-bi mechanism.
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PMID:Isolation and characterisation of glutamate dehydrogenase from Mycobacterium smegmatis CDC 46. 741 53

Two soluble forms of novel glutamate dehydrogenase isoproteins, designated GDH I and GDH II, have been purified from bovine brain. GDH I and GDH II were separated on a hydroxyapatite column and eluted by a step gradient at different phosphate concentrations (30 mM and 50 mM for GDH I and GDH II, respectively). The preparations were homogeneous on SDS/PAGE. GDH I and GDH II showed similarity in their molecular sizes and are composed of six identical subunits having a molecular size of 57,500 Da. Differences between the biochemical properties of GDH I and GDH II, such as N-terminal amino acid sequences of intact and tryptic-digested enzymes, kinetic parameters, optimum pH and heat stability, were extensively examined in both reductive amination of alpha-oxoglutarate and oxidative deamination of glutamate. The different effects of ADP on GDH isoproteins were also studied under various conditions. These results indicate that GDH I and GDH II, isolated from bovine brain, are novel and distinct polypeptides.
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PMID:Two soluble forms of glutamate dehydrogenase isoproteins from bovine brain. 758 64

Glutamate dehydrogenase (GDH) from bovine liver nuclei was compared to bovine liver mitochondrial GDH. The nuclei were isolated in sucrose buffer and sonicated, and glutamate dehydrogenase activity was extracted with 0.1 M potassium phosphate buffer. The enzyme was purified by ammonium sulfate fractionation, heating, gel filtration, affinity chromatography, and absorption chromatography to homogeniety. Nuclear GDH had the same apparent molecular weight on SDS-PAGE as mitochondrial GDH. The overall charge was slightly more negative. Cyanogen bromide and tryptic peptides of bovine nuclear and mitochondrial glutamate dehydrogenase were separated by HPLC reverse-phase chromatography using a linear gradient of 0-60% acetonitrile. Only about half of the nuclear and mitochondrial peptides had the same retention time. Several nuclear peptides from the tryptic digest were sequenced. Eight of the amino acids differed from the published sequence of mitochondrial GDH (of 99 that were sequenced). The amino acid composition of one peptide was determined and it contained 4 (of 37 amino acids) that were different from the published composition of the corresponding peptide from bovine mitochondrial GDH. The composition data agree with the sequence data from this peptide. We conclude that GDH does exist in bovine liver nuclei and that it probably differs by less than 10% in amino acid sequence from mitochondrial GDH.
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PMID:Comparison of the primary structure of nuclear and mitochondrial glutamate dehydrogenase from bovine liver. 777 2

Cys320 of clostridial glutamate dehydrogenase, a residue close to the coenzyme binding site, has been replaced by serine. The mutant enzyme was successfully overproduced and purified by using the normal protocol for the wild-type enzyme and also behaved indistinguishably from wild-type enzyme on native and SDS-PAGE. The specific activity was significantly enhanced in assays at both pH 7 (+90%) and pH 8 (+38%). Detailed initial-rate kinetics revealed that at pH 7 this increase was mainly attributable to a higher maximum rate, since the Km values for both substrates were marginally increased. In the mutant enzyme the inactivating reaction with DTNB that characterizes the wild-type enzyme is completely eliminated. This proves that inactivation of the wild-type enzyme is due to modification of Cys320, that nevertheless Cys320 is not strictly essential for catalytic activity and that the remaining cysteine residue at position 144 is inaccessible to DTNB. Provision of an engineered subunit with a correct native structure but with its DTNB titre decreased from 1 to 0 mol/mol now offers a valuable tool for counting subunits in hybrid oligomers.
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PMID:Identification of the reactive cysteine in clostridial glutamate dehydrogenase by site-directed mutagenesis and proof that this residue is not strictly essential. 780 27

The occurrence and surface properties of prevotella intermedia and P. nigrescens in healthy sites and in periodontic and endodontic infections were studied among 73 strains, tentatively identified as P. intermedia. Fifteen strains were from necrotic root canal infections, 41 were from periodontal samples, and 17 isolates were obtained from healthy gingival sites. Identification of isolates as either P. intermedia or P. nigrescens was based on differences in malate and glutamate dehydrogenase electrophoretic mobilities which allowed unambiguous separation of P. intermedia and P. nigrescens. The majority of strains from periodontal samples were P. intermedia (29 of 41 strains). In endodontic samples only 4 out of 15 isolates were P. intermedia, while all except 1 of 17 strains from healthy gingival sites were identified as P. nigrescens. SDS-PAGE of whole cell proteins revealed 31 and 38 kDa proteins in P. nigrescens which were not detected in P. intermedia. Surface biotinylation of cells, followed by Western blotting and detection by alkaline phosphatase conjugated extravidin, showed strong staining of the 31 kDa protein in P. nigrescens indicating that this protein is located on the surface of the cell. Corresponding staining was not seen in P. intermedia. Fimbria-like projections were observed using electron microscopy of negatively-stained cells of P. nigrescens. The results show that P. intermedia and P. nigrescens may have different site specificities and surface properties and thus emphasize the need for accurate identification of these two species for the evaluation of their role in the pathogenesis of oral infections.
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PMID:Characterization of Prevotella intermedia and Prevotella nigrescens isolates from periodontic and endodontic infections. 790 59

Glutamate dehydrogenase, an enzyme central to glutamate metabolism, is deficient in patients with heterogeneous neurological disorders characterized by multiple system atrophy. There is evidence for multiplicity of human glutamate dehydrogenase, which may account for the heterogeneity of the above disorders. However, only one mRNA that is encoded by an intron-containing gene (GLUD1) is presently known. Because blindness due to neuroretinal degeneration can occur in rare forms of multiple system atrophy, we searched for retina-specific GLUD mRNA(s) by screening a lambda gt10 library derived from human retina. A novel cDNA encoded by an X chromosome-linked intronless gene, designated GLUD2, was isolated and characterized. Reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction analysis of human tissues revealed that the novel cDNA is expressed in human retina, testis, and, at lower levels, brain. In vitro translation of mRNAs derived from GLUD1 and GLUD2 genes generated proteins with distinct electrophoretic characteristics. The retinal cDNA was expressed in the baculovirus heterologous system, producing a protein capable of catalyzing the oxidative deamination of glutamate. The mobility of the expressed protein on SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and its catalytic properties were very similar to those of the naturally occurring human brain glutamate dehydrogenases. The novel gene will be useful for understanding the biology of human neural and testicular tissues and in the study of X-linked neurodegenerative disorders.
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PMID:Novel human glutamate dehydrogenase expressed in neural and testicular tissues and encoded by an X-linked intronless gene. 820 21


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