Partial purification of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) pyrophosphatase from Salmonella typhimurium

Conference · Fri May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1987 · Fed. Proc., Fed. Am. Soc. Exp. Biol.; (United States)

OSTI ID:6079018

Putt, M M; Foster, J W; Kasvinsky, P J

NAD is an extremely important compound in cellular physiology. In the pyridine nucleotide cycle of S. typhimurium NAD pyrophosphatase, located in the inner membrane, carries out the cleavage of NAD prior to the transport of nicotinamide mononucleotide (NMN) into the cell. The partial purification of this enzyme is reported here. A cell suspension of S. typhimurium was passed twice through a French pressure cell, centrifugated at 5000 xg, and at 200,000 xg, for 1 hr. The pellet containing the crude membrane fraction was extracted with a novel detergent extraction using the differential solubility of NAD pyrophosphatase at various concentrations of the non-ionic detergent n-octyl glucoside (nOG). Extraction of the membrane fraction with 0.5% nOG in the presence of 10mM MgCl/sub 2/ removed 60% of the protein with no loss in activity. A second extraction with 2% nOG and 10mM MgCl/sub 2/ removed 20% of the protein and 71% of the activity from the membrane fraction. Ammonium sulfate fractionation at 45 to 50% sat. gave a partially purified enzyme preparation having a specific activity of about 2500 units/mg with a 94% recovery compared to the crude extract. One unit of activity is the cleavage of 1 nmole /sup 14/C NAD to /sup 14/C NMN per minute. The enzyme appears to have a MW of 200,000 on Sephacryl S-200, is temperature labile, and stabilized by 1mM Mg/sup + +/ and storage at -70/sup 0/.

• Research Organization: Marshall Univ. School of Medicine, Huntington, WV
• OSTI ID: 6079018
• Report Number(s): CONF-870644-
• Journal Information: Fed. Proc., Fed. Am. Soc. Exp. Biol.; (United States), Journal Name: Fed. Proc., Fed. Am. Soc. Exp. Biol.; (United States) Vol. 46:6; ISSN FEPRA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
BACTERIA
CARBON 14 COMPOUNDS
CELL CONSTITUENTS
CELL MEMBRANES
COENZYMES
ENZYME ACTIVITY
ENZYMES
ESTERASES
FRACTIONATION
HYDROLASES
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MEMBRANES
MICROORGANISMS
NAD
NUCLEOTIDES
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
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SALMONELLA
SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM
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