Purification and characterization of murine protoporphyrinogen oxidase
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Purification and characterization of murine protoporphyrinogen oxidase
Abstract
The penultimate enzyme of the heme biosynthetic pathway, protoporphyrinogen oxidase (EC 1.3.3.4), has been purified to apparent homogeneity from mouse liver mitochondria. The purification involves solubilization from mitochondrial membranes with sodium cholate followed by ammonium sulfate fractionation and gel filtration on a Sepharose CL-6B column. The eluate is adjusted to 0.67 M (NH4)2SO4 and loaded onto a phenyl-Sepharose column. After salt washes, the enzyme is eluted with 0.5% sodium cholate and 0.5% Brij 35. The final step is high-pressure ion-exchange chromatography on a DEAE-5PW column. The purified protein has a molecular weight of approximately 65,000 by gel filtration chromatography on Sepharose CL-6B in the presence of 0.5% sodium cholate. Sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis shows a single band corresponding to a molecular weight of 65,000. The absorption spectrum of the purified enzyme shows no evidence of a chromophoric cofactor. Purified protoporphyrinogen oxidase has a Km for protoporphyrinogen IX of 5.6 microM with a Vmax of 2300 nmol mg-1 h-1. It utilizes meso- and hematoporphyrinogen at about 10% the level of protoporphyrinogen. The pH optimum is broad with a maximum at 7.1. There is no stimulation or inhibition by any tested divalent cations, and sulfhydryl reagents have no inhibitory effect on the purified enzyme.
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