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Metabolism and Enzymology

NAD⁺-Linked Isocitrate Dehydrogenase: Isolation, Purification, and Characterization of the Protein from Pea Mitochondria ¹

Department of Bacteriology and Biochemistry, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho 83843

The NAD⁺-dependent isocitrate dehydrogenase from etiolated pea (Pisum sativum L.) mitochondria was purified more than 200-fold by dye-ligand binding on Matrix Gel Blue A and gel filtration on Superose 6. The enzyme was stabilized during purification by the inclusion of 20% glycerol. In crude matrix extracts, the enzyme activity eluted from Superose 6 with apparent molecular masses of 1400 ± 200, 690 ± 90, and 300 ± 50 kD. During subsequent purification steps the larger molecular mass species disappeared and an additional peak at 94 ± 16 kD was evident. The monomer for the enzyme was tentatively identified at 47 kD by sodium dodecyl-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. The NADP⁺-specific isocitrate dehydrogenase activity from mitochondria eluted from Superose 6 at 80 ± 10 kD. About half of the NAD⁺ and NADP⁺-specific enzymes remained bound to the mitochondrial membranes and was not removed by washing. The NAD⁺-dependent isocitrate dehydrogenase showed sigmodial kinetics in response to isocitrate (S_0.5 = 0.3 mM). When the enzyme was aged at 4°C or frozen, the isocitrate response showed less allosterism, but this was partially reversed by the addition of citrate to the reaction medium. The NAD⁺ isocitrate dehydrogenase showed standard Michaelis-Menten kinetics toward NAD⁺ (K_m = 0.2 mM). NADH was a competitive inhibitor (K_i = 0.2 mM) and, unexpectedly, NADPH was a noncompetitive inhibitor (K_i = 0.3 mM). The regulation by NADPH may provide a mechanism for coordination of pyridine nucleotide pools in the mitochondria.

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