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Metabolism and Enzymology

Purification and Characterization of an Anaerobically Induced Alanine Aminotransferase from Barley Roots ¹

Department of Genetics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2E9

Alanine aminotransferase (AlaAT, EC 2.6.1.2) is an enzyme that is induced under anaerobic conditions in cereal roots. In barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) roots, there are a number of isoforms of AlaAT. We have identified the anaerobically induced isoform and have purified it to homogeneity. The isolation procedure involved a two-step ammonium sulfate precipitation, gel filtration, ion-exchange chromatography, and chromatofocusing. The enzyme was purified approximately 350-fold to a specific activity of 2231 units/milligram protein. The apparent molecular masses of the native and sodium dodecyl sulfate-denatured AlaAT proteins are 97 and 50 kilodaltons, respectively, indicating that the native enzyme is probably a homodimer. AlaAT has a number of interesting characteristics when compared with other plant aminotransferases. AlaAT does not require the presence of pyridoxyl-5-phosphate to retain its activity, and it appears to be very specific in the reactions that it will catalyze.

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