Archives of Microbiology 1993-01-01

Characterization of acetyl-CoA: L-lysine N6-acetyltransferase, which catalyses the first step of carbon catabolism from lysine in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

R Bode, A M Thurau, H Schmidt

Index: Arch. Microbiol. 160 , 397-400, (1993)

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Abstract

The carbon catabolism of L-lysine starts in Saccharomyces cerevisiae with acetylation by an acetyl-CoA:L-lysine N6-acetyltransferase. The enzyme is strongly induced in cells grown on L-lysine as sole carbon source and has been purified about 530-fold. Its activity was specific for acetyl-CoA and, in addition to L-lysine, 5-hydroxylysine and thialysine act as acetyl acceptor. The following apparent Michaelis constants were determined: acetyl-CoA 0.8 mM, L-lysine 5.8 mM, DL-5-hydroxylysine, 2.8 mM, L-thialysine 100 mM. The enzyme had a maximum activity at pH 8.5 and 37 degrees C. Its molecular mass, estimated by sodium dodecyl sulphate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, was 52 kDa. Since the native molecular mass, determined by gel filtration, was 48 kDa, the enzyme is a monomer.

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