Abstract
NAD+-linked primary and secondary alcohol dehydrogenase activity was detected in cell-free extracts of propane-grown Rhodococcus rhodochrous PNKb1. One enzyme was purified to homogeneity using a two-step procedure involving DEAE-cellulose and NAD-agarose chromatography and this exhibited both primary and secondary NAD+-linked alcohol dehydrogenase activity. The Mr of the enzyme was approximately 86,000 with subunits of Mr 42,000. The enzyme exhibited broad substrate specificity, oxidizing a range of short-chain primary and secondary alcohols (C2−C8) and representative cyclic and aromatic alcohols. The pH optimum was 10. At pH 6.5, in the presence of NADH, the enzyme catalysed the reduction of ketones to alcohols. The K m values for propan-1-ol, propan-2-ol and NAD were 12 mM, 18 mM and 0.057 mM respectively. The enzyme was inhibited by metal-complexing agents and iodoacetate. The properties of this enzyme were compared with similar enzymes in the current literature, and were found to be significantly different from those thus far described. It is likely that this enzyme plays a major role in the assimilation of propane by R. rhodochrous PNKb1.
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Abbreviations
- HPLC:
-
high performance liquid chromatography
- DEAE:
-
diethyl amino ethyl
- IEF:
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isoelectrofocusing
- NTG:
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nitrosoguanidine
- SDS-PAGE:
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sodium dodecylsulphate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis
- pI:
-
isoelectric point
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Ashraf, W., Murrell, J.C. Purification and characterization of a NAD+-dependent secondary alcohol dehydrogenase from propane-grown Rhodococcus rhodochrous PNKb1. Arch. Microbiol. 153, 163–168 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00247815
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