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Literature summary for 1.5.1.3 extracted from

  • Iwai, K.; Kohashi, M.; Oe, H.
    Purification and properties of dihydrofolate reductase from Crithidia fasciculata (1981), Agric. Biol. Chem., 45, 113-120.
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General Stability

General Stability Organism
2-mercaptoethanol, 4 mM, stabilizes purified preparation, inclusion in purification steps causes loss of activity Crithidia fasciculata
glycerol, 30%, stabilization of purified preparation Crithidia fasciculata

Inhibitors

Inhibitors Comment Organism Structure
aminopterin
-
Crithidia fasciculata
chaotrophes e.g. guanidine-HCl; formamide; urea Crithidia fasciculata
K+
-
Crithidia fasciculata
methotrexate
-
Crithidia fasciculata
N-ethylmaleimide
-
Crithidia fasciculata
p-chloromercuribenzoate
-
Crithidia fasciculata
pyrimethamine
-
Crithidia fasciculata
trimethoprim
-
Crithidia fasciculata

KM Value [mM]

KM Value [mM] KM Value Maximum [mM] Substrate Comment Organism Structure
0.0011
-
7,8-dihydrofolate
-
Crithidia fasciculata
0.0027
-
NADPH
-
Crithidia fasciculata

Molecular Weight [Da]

Molecular Weight [Da] Molecular Weight Maximum [Da] Comment Organism
58000
-
2 * 58000, isoform IIa, SDS-PAGE Crithidia fasciculata
110000
-
isoform IIa, gel filtration Crithidia fasciculata

Organism

Organism UniProt Comment Textmining
Crithidia fasciculata
-
three different forms I, IIa and IIb
-

Purification (Commentary)

Purification (Comment) Organism
isoform IIa Crithidia fasciculata

Renatured (Commentary)

Renatured (Comment) Organism
denaturation with 4 M urea, no renaturation by removing urea by dialysis Crithidia fasciculata

Specific Activity [micromol/min/mg]

Specific Activity Minimum [µmol/min/mg] Specific Activity Maximum [µmol/min/mg] Comment Organism
6.8
-
-
Crithidia fasciculata

Substrates and Products (Substrate)

Substrates Comment Substrates Organism Products Comment (Products) Rev. Reac.
7,8-dihydrofolate + NADPH reverse reaction at only one tenth of forward reaction Crithidia fasciculata 5,6,7,8-tetrahydrofolate + NADP+
-
r

Subunits

Subunits Comment Organism
dimer 2 * 58000, isoform IIa, SDS-PAGE Crithidia fasciculata

pH Optimum

pH Optimum Minimum pH Optimum Maximum Comment Organism
7
-
-
Crithidia fasciculata

Cofactor

Cofactor Comment Organism Structure
NADH not Crithidia fasciculata
NADPH
-
Crithidia fasciculata