NEW PYRUVATE-KINASE VARIANT (PK OSAKA) DEMONSTRATED BY PARTIAL-PURIFICATION AND CONDENSATION

  • 1 January 1976
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 28 (5), 474-481
Abstract
A qualitative variant of erythrocyte (R) and liver (L) pyruvate kinases (PK Osaka) was detected in a family in which 2 siblings have extremely low PK activity by semipurification with DEAE cellulose chromatography and subsequent concentration of the enzyme solutions. This was reported to be a quantitative variant based on studies of crude tissue preparations. The molecular aberrations were characterized by slow mobility upon electrophoresis, abnormal kinetics for phosphoenolpyruvate and low affinity for anti-human erythrocyte PK serum. The mutant PK L was similiar both electrophoretically and immunologically to PK R.