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  • Wilquet, V.; Gaspar, J.A.; van de Lande, M.; van de Casteele, M.; Legrain, C.; Meiering, E.M.; Glansdorff, N.
    Purification and characterization of recombinant Thermotoga maritima dihydrofolate reductase (1998), Eur. J. Biochem., 255, 628-637.
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Activating Compound

Activating Compound Comment Organism Structure
KCl recombinant enzyme, 1.4fold activation at 40-200 mM Thermotoga maritima
NaCl recombinant enzyme, 1.4fold activation at 40-200 mM Thermotoga maritima
Urea recombinant enzyme, 7 M Thermotoga maritima

Cloned(Commentary)

Cloned (Comment) Organism
expression in Escherichia coli Thermotoga maritima

General Stability

General Stability Organism
substrates 7,8-dihydrofolate and NADPH stabilize against thermal inactivation Thermotoga maritima

Inhibitors

Inhibitors Comment Organism Structure
Ca2+ recombinant enzyme, above 20 mM Thermotoga maritima
Guanidine-HCl recombinant enzyme, 0.5 M Thermotoga maritima
methotrexate recombinant enzyme Thermotoga maritima
Sodium dodecyl sulfate recombinant enzyme, 0.1 M Thermotoga maritima

KM Value [mM]

KM Value [mM] KM Value Maximum [mM] Substrate Comment Organism Structure
0.0003
-
7,8-dihydrofolate recombinant enzyme Thermotoga maritima
0.004
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NADPH recombinant enzyme Thermotoga maritima

Molecular Weight [Da]

Molecular Weight [Da] Molecular Weight Maximum [Da] Comment Organism
19000
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2 * 19000, recombinant enzyme, SDS-PAGE, mass spectroscopy Thermotoga maritima
36000
-
about, recombinant enzyme, gel filtration Thermotoga maritima

Organism

Organism UniProt Comment Textmining
Thermotoga maritima
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thermophilic bacterium
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Purification (Commentary)

Purification (Comment) Organism
recombinant enzyme from Escherichia coli Thermotoga maritima

Specific Activity [micromol/min/mg]

Specific Activity Minimum [µmol/min/mg] Specific Activity Maximum [µmol/min/mg] Comment Organism
173
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recombinant enzyme Thermotoga maritima

Substrates and Products (Substrate)

Substrates Comment Substrates Organism Products Comment (Products) Rev. Reac.
7,8-dihydrofolate + NADPH
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Thermotoga maritima 5,6,7,8-tetrahydrofolate + NADP+
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Subunits

Subunits Comment Organism
dimer 2 * 19000, recombinant enzyme, SDS-PAGE, mass spectroscopy Thermotoga maritima

Temperature Optimum [°C]

Temperature Optimum [°C] Temperature Optimum Maximum [°C] Comment Organism
37
-
assay at Thermotoga maritima

Temperature Stability [°C]

Temperature Stability Minimum [°C] Temperature Stability Maximum [°C] Comment Organism
80
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half-life: about 60 min, half-life with NADPH: more than 360 min, half-life with 7,8-dihydrofolate: more than 240 min, half-life with 1M urea: 26-28 min Thermotoga maritima

pH Optimum

pH Optimum Minimum pH Optimum Maximum Comment Organism
additional information
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enzyme-dihydrofolate complex is soluble at basic pH and precipitates reversibly at acidic pH Thermotoga maritima
6.3
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recombinant enzyme, 60°C Thermotoga maritima
6.5
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recombinant enzyme, 37°C Thermotoga maritima

Cofactor

Cofactor Comment Organism Structure
NADPH
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Thermotoga maritima