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Crystallization of the NAD-dependent malic enzyme from the parasitic nematode Ascaris suum. 1992

L L Clancy, and G S Rao, and B C Finzel, and S W Muchmore, and D R Holland, and K D Watenpaugh, and H M Krishnamurthy, and R M Sweet, and P F Cook, and B G Harris
Physical and Analytical Chemistry Research, Upjohn Company, Kalamazoo, MI 49001.

The malic enzyme from muscle mitochondria of the parasitic nematode Ascaris suum is a tetramer of 65 kDa monomers that catalyzes the oxidative decarboxylation of malate to pyruvate and CO2 with NAD cofactor as oxidant. This malic enzyme is critical to the nematode for muscle function under anaerobic conditions. Unlike mammalian versions of the enzyme such as that found in rat liver, which require NADP as cofactor, the nematode version is an NAD-dependent enzyme. We report the crystallization of samples of the nematode enzyme at room temperature from pH 7.5 solutions of polyethylene glycol 4000 containing magnesium sulfate, NAD and sodium tartronate. Immediately upon mixing of protein and precipitant solutions, a marked precipitation of the protein occurs. Out of this precipitate, crystals appear almost immediately, most commonly in a truncated cube form that can grow to 0.5 to 0.7 mm on a cube edge in two to three days. The crystals are trigonal, space group P3(1)21 or its enantiomer, with a = b = 131.2(7) A, c = 152.6(9) A, and two monomers per asymmetric unit. Fresh crystals diffract X-radiation from a synchrotron source (lambda = 0.95 A) to about 3.0 A resolution. Rotational analysis of Patterson functions indicates that the malic enzyme tetramer has 222 symmetry.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008291 Malate Dehydrogenase An enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of (S)-malate and NAD+ to oxaloacetate and NADH. EC 1.1.1.37. Malic Dehydrogenase,NAD-Malate Dehydrogenase,Dehydrogenase, Malate,Dehydrogenase, Malic,Dehydrogenase, NAD-Malate,NAD Malate Dehydrogenase
D008928 Mitochondria Semiautonomous, self-reproducing organelles that occur in the cytoplasm of all cells of most, but not all, eukaryotes. Each mitochondrion is surrounded by a double limiting membrane. The inner membrane is highly invaginated, and its projections are called cristae. Mitochondria are the sites of the reactions of oxidative phosphorylation, which result in the formation of ATP. They contain distinctive RIBOSOMES, transfer RNAs (RNA, TRANSFER); AMINO ACYL T RNA SYNTHETASES; and elongation and termination factors. Mitochondria depend upon genes within the nucleus of the cells in which they reside for many essential messenger RNAs (RNA, MESSENGER). Mitochondria are believed to have arisen from aerobic bacteria that established a symbiotic relationship with primitive protoeukaryotes. (King & Stansfield, A Dictionary of Genetics, 4th ed) Mitochondrial Contraction,Mitochondrion,Contraction, Mitochondrial,Contractions, Mitochondrial,Mitochondrial Contractions
D011487 Protein Conformation The characteristic 3-dimensional shape of a protein, including the secondary, supersecondary (motifs), tertiary (domains) and quaternary structure of the peptide chain. PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY describes the conformation assumed by multimeric proteins (aggregates of more than one polypeptide chain). Conformation, Protein,Conformations, Protein,Protein Conformations
D003461 Crystallography The branch of science that deals with the geometric description of crystals and their internal arrangement. (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed) Crystallographies
D000818 Animals Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA. Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D001200 Ascaris A genus of nematodes of the superfamily ASCARIDOIDEA whose species usually inhabit the intestine. Ascari

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