Kinetic analysis of duck ε-crystallin, a lens structural protein with lactate dehydrogenase activity
- 1 April 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Portland Press Ltd. in Biochemical Journal
- Vol. 267 (1), 51-58
- https://doi.org/10.1042/bj2670051
Abstract
Biochemical characterization and kinetic analysis of .epsilon.-crystallin from the lenses of common ducks were undertaken to elucidate the enzymic mechanism of this unique crystallin with lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) activity. Despite the structural similarities between .epsilon.-crystallin and chicken heart LDH, differences in charge and kinetic properties were revealed by isoenzyme electrophoresis and kinetic studies. Bi-substrate kinetic analysis examined by initial-velocity and product-inhibition studies suggested a compulsory ordered Bi Bi sequential mechanism with NADH as the leading substrate followed by pyruvate. The products were released in the order L-lactate and NAD+. The catalysed reaction is shown to have a higher rate in the formation of L-lactate and NAD+. Substrate inhibition the observed at high concentrations of pyruvate and L-lactate for the forward and reverse reactions respectively. The substrate inhibition was presumably due to the formation of .epsilon.-crystallin-NAD+-L-lactate abortive ternary complexes, as suggested by the product-inhibition studies. The significance and the interrelationship of duck .epsilon.-crystallin with other well-known LDHs are discussed with special regard to its role as a structral protein with some enzymic function in lens metabolism.This publication has 30 references indexed in Scilit:
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