Abstract
The preparation of highly purified medium chain acyl-CoA synthetase (Acid: CoA ligase, AMP-forming (EC 6.2.1.2)) from the cell extracts of Pseudomonas aeruginosa is described. The enzyme is inducibly formed in the cells of the microorganism, when it is grown with butyrate as a major carbon source. The purified enzyme is homogeneous on disc gel electrophoresis. Its molecular weight is approximately 142,000, and it is possibly composed of 4 identical subunits of approximately 37,000 molecular weight and has isoelectric point of 4.3. The enzyme catalyzes the stoichiometric conversion of butyrate and CoA to butyryl-CoA in the presence of ATP and Mg 2+. It also activates fatty acids with carbon chain lengths of 3 to 5 well, but is inactive toward fatty acids with carbon chain lengths of more than 6. The enzyme is sulfhydryl dependent and inactivated by silver and mercury compounds.
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