Abstract
Sulfolobus tokodaii, a thermoacidophilic archaeon, possesses two structurally and functionally different enzymes that catalyze the oxidation of glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate (GAP): non-phosphorylating GAP dehydrogenase (St-GAPN) and phosphorylating GAP dehydrogenase (St-GAPDH). In contrast to previously characterized GAPN from Sulfolobus solfataricus, which exhibits V-type allosterism, St-GAPN showed K-type allosterism in which the positive cooperativity was abolished with concomitant activation by glucose 1-phosphate (G1P). St-GAPDH catalyzed the reversible oxidation of GAP to 1,3-bisphosphoglycerate (1,3-BPG) with high gluconeogenic activity, which was specific for NADPH, while both NAD+ and NADP+ were utilized in the glycolytic direction. Structured summary of protein interactionsGAPDH and GAPDHbind by molecular sieving (View interaction) GAPN and GAPNbind by 2.2molecular sieving (View interaction).
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