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Characterization of Glutamine Synthetase Isoforms from Chlorella¹

Center for Applied Microbiology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712-1095, Department of Microbiology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712-1095

Ion-exchange chromatography of extracts derived from Chlorella sorokiniana mutant strain (oxygen resistant) yielded two separate activity peaks of glutamine synthetase (GS). GS_I and GS_II were purified 220- and 187-fold and have molecular weights of approximately 398,000 and 360,000, respectively. Both enzymes are composed of eight identical subunits with a subunit molecular weight of 47,000 for GS_I and 43,000 for GS_II. The amino acid composition, catalytic, and immunological properties for both enzymes are similar.

¹ Supported in part by Dow Chemical Company.

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