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Kinetic studies on a 4-methoxybenzoate O-demethylase from Pseudomonas putida. 1977

F H Bernhardt, and W Nastainczyk, and V Seydewitz

A direct, sensitive and reliable photometric assay procedure for monitoring the activity of non-specific 4-methoxybenzoate O-demethylases of microorganisms is described. The assay is based on the O-demethylation of 3-nitro-4-methoxybenzoate to the yellow-coloured product 3-nitro-4-hydroxybenzoate. Using this assay and by monitoring the oxidation rate of reduced pyridine nucleotides, the kinetic properties of a purified, reconstituted enzyme system composed of 4-methoxybenzoate monooxygenase (O-demethylating) and a reductase from Pseudomonas putida have been investigated. It has been found that the KM value of the monoxygenase of this enzyme system towards different substrates (i.e. tight couplers, uncouplers and partial uncouplers) rises from the extremely low value of 0.07 muM for the tight couplers to about 55 muM for the uncouplers. The effect of possible inhibitors and metal ions on the reconstituted enzyme system was investigated. The inhibition pattern was almost identical to that found for the purified reductase, only batho-phenanthrolinedisulfonate showing a greater inhibition of the reconstituted enzyme system. The affinity of the reductase towards NADH was found to be approximately 200-fold greater than that towards NADPH. Futhermore, the affinity of this reductase to NADH depended on the nature of the electron acceptor. The affinity to NADH was more than 10 times higher when the monooxygenase-substrate complex was used as the electron acceptor, than when cytochrome c or 2,6-dichloroindophenol was used. These differences are discussed on the basis of enzyme-enzyme interactions between the reductase and the monooxygenase.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007700 Kinetics The rate dynamics in chemical or physical systems.
D009243 NAD A coenzyme composed of ribosylnicotinamide 5'-diphosphate coupled to adenosine 5'-phosphate by pyrophosphate linkage. It is found widely in nature and is involved in numerous enzymatic reactions in which it serves as an electron carrier by being alternately oxidized (NAD+) and reduced (NADH). (Dorland, 27th ed) Coenzyme I,DPN,Diphosphopyridine Nucleotide,Nadide,Nicotinamide-Adenine Dinucleotide,Dihydronicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide,NADH,Adenine Dinucleotide, Dihydronicotinamide,Dinucleotide, Dihydronicotinamide Adenine,Dinucleotide, Nicotinamide-Adenine,Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide,Nucleotide, Diphosphopyridine
D010088 Oxidoreductases The class of all enzymes catalyzing oxidoreduction reactions. The substrate that is oxidized is regarded as a hydrogen donor. The systematic name is based on donor:acceptor oxidoreductase. The recommended name will be dehydrogenase, wherever this is possible; as an alternative, reductase can be used. Oxidase is only used in cases where O2 is the acceptor. (Enzyme Nomenclature, 1992, p9) Dehydrogenases,Oxidases,Oxidoreductase,Reductases,Dehydrogenase,Oxidase,Reductase
D010090 Oxidoreductases, O-Demethylating Drug metabolizing enzymes which oxidize methyl ethers. Usually found in liver microsomes. O-Demethylase,O-Demethylases,Oxidoreductases, O Demethylating,Demethylating Oxidoreductases, O,O Demethylase,O Demethylases,O Demethylating Oxidoreductases,O-Demethylating Oxidoreductases
D011549 Pseudomonas A genus of gram-negative, aerobic, rod-shaped bacteria widely distributed in nature. Some species are pathogenic for humans, animals, and plants. Chryseomonas,Pseudomona,Flavimonas
D001565 Benzoates Derivatives of BENZOIC ACID. Included under this heading are a broad variety of acid forms, salts, esters, and amides that contain the carboxybenzene structure. Benzoate,Benzoic Acids,Acids, Benzoic
D013329 Structure-Activity Relationship The relationship between the chemical structure of a compound and its biological or pharmacological activity. Compounds are often classed together because they have structural characteristics in common including shape, size, stereochemical arrangement, and distribution of functional groups. Relationship, Structure-Activity,Relationships, Structure-Activity,Structure Activity Relationship,Structure-Activity Relationships

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