Abstract
Light-dependent reduction of cystine disulfide bonds results in activation of several of the enzymes of photosynthetic carbon metabolism within the chloroplast. Tertiary structure modeling suggests that the redox-sensitivity of the chloroplast malate dehydrogenase (EC 1.1.1.82) is due to disulfide crosslinking of the carbon substrate and nucleotide-binding domains. Consistent with this suggestion, introduction of Cys residues in opposition to one another on the two domains of the Escherichia coli enzyme results in redox-sensitivity [Muslin EH et al. (1995) Biophys J 68: 2218-2223]. We have now substituted Cys residues into the bacterial malate dehydrogenase (EC 1.1.1.37) in positions that correspond more exactly to those postulated to be responsible for the redox-sensitivity of the chloroplast enzyme. The introduction of one pair of Cys residues renders the enzyme redox-sensitive, but the introduction of the alternate pair does not. Energy minimization calculations suggest that the difference in redox-sensitivity is consistent with differences in the energy required for formation of the disulfide bond.
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