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PLANT PHYSIOLOGY , Vol 108, Issue 1 319-325, Copyright © 1995 by American Society of Plant Biologists

BIOCHEMISTRY AND ENZYMOLOGY

The Metabolism of Quinate in Pea Roots (Purification and Partial Characterization of a Quinate Hydrolyase)

C. Leuschner, K. M. Herrmann and G. Schultz
Botanisches Institut der Tierarztlichen Hochschule Hannover, Bunteweg 17 D, D-30559 Hannover, Germany (C.L., G.S.)

A quinate (QA) hydrolyase was isolated from pea (Pisum sativum L.) roots. The enzyme converts QA into shikimate by elimination of water. The enzymatic reaction is independent of cofactors and divalent cations. The QA hydrolyase was purified about 1,600-fold to apparent electrophoretic homogeneity in three steps, including bovine serum albumin-affinity chromatography. The enzyme forms oligomers and/or complexes with bovine serum albumin and ovalbumin. The monomer molecular weight of the enzyme is about 15,000. The hydrolyase shows regular Michaelis-Menten kinetics with a Km, of 2.0 mM for QA. Compartmentation studies reveal that the QA hydrolyase is localized in plastids. The QA hydrolyase may function in channeling imported QA into the shikimate pathway to support aromatic amino acid biosynthesis in plastids.


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