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Query: EC:1.4.1.2 (glutamate dehydrogenase)
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The concentration dependence of the rate of hydrolysis of L-asparagine by Escherichia coli L-asparaginase (L-asparagine amidohydrolase, EC 3.5.1.1) has been measured over the range pH 4.5 to pH 9.1 by a direct spectrophotometric assay at 220 nm and by a coupled assay utilizing glutamate dehydrogenase to detect the ammonia produced. The velocity of the hydrolysis reaction at saturating levels of substrate is independent of pH over this interval. The plot of V/km over the same interval is bell-shaped, being dependent on pKa values of 6.58 and 8.69. The higher pKa is attributed to the amino group of asparagine. The lower pKa is associated with the enzyme active site and is probably due to an imidazole group.
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PMID:pH dependence of the kinetic parameters of L-asparaginase. 2 62

In the present research work, production of coimmobilized derivatives of L-asparaginase and glutamate dehydrogenase was attempted. Comparison of immobilization of each enzyme independently with coimmobilization of the two enzymes unfolded important advantages of the latter, namely a decrease in the induction period (time before the maximum reaction rate is virtually achieved) and an increase in the maximum reaction rate. The effectiveness of the independent enzyme derivatives was low; however, it was enhanced by three-fold when the enzymes were coimmobilized onto the same agarose-glutaraldehyde support. Each supporting agarose bead may in fact be viewed as a nano-reactor with in situ reaction and separation (i.e. elimination of the ammonia formed), with the nanoenvironment surrounding each enzyme molecule being essentially devoid of steric hindrance.
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PMID:Coimmobilization of L-asparaginase and glutamate dehydrogenase onto highly activated supports. 1133 55