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Purification of Hydrogenase from Chlamydomonas reinhardtii¹

Solar Energy Research Institute ², 1617 Cole Boulevard, Golden, Colorado 80401, Photoconversion Research Branch, 1617 Cole Boulevard, Golden, Colorado 80401

A method is described which results in a 2750-fold purification of hydrogenase from Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, yielding a preparation which is approximately 40% pure. With a saturating amount of ferredoxin as the electron mediator, the specific activity of pure enzyme was calculated to be 1800 micromoles H₂ produced per milligram protein per minute. The molecular weight was determined to be 4.5 x 10⁴ by gel filtration and 4.75 x 10⁴ by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. The enzyme has an abundance of acidic side groups, contains iron, and has an activation energy of 55.1 kilojoules per mole for H₂ production; these properties are similar to those of bacterial hydrogenases. The enzyme is less thermally stable than most bacterial hydrogenases, however, losing 50% of its activity in 1 hour at 55°C. The K_m of purified hydrogenase for ferredoxin is 10 micromolar, and the binding of these proteins to each other is enhanced under slightly acidic conditions. Purified hydrogenase also accepts electrons from a variety of artificial electron mediators, including sodium metatungstate, sodium silicotungstate, and several viologen dyes. A lag period is frequently observed before maximal activity is expressed with these artificial electron mediators, although the addition of sodium thiosulfate at least partially overcomes this lag.

² A division of the Midwest Research Institute, Kansas City, MO.

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