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  • Blanco, F.; Alana, A.; Llama, M.J.; Serra, J.L.
    Purification and properties of glutamine synthetase from the non-N2-fixing cyanobacterium Phormidium laminosum (1989), J. Bacteriol., 171, 1158-1165.
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General Stability

General Stability Organism
the presence of Mn2+ or Mg2+ drastically affects the thermostability of transferase activity and biosynthetic activity Phormidium laminosum

Inhibitors

Inhibitors Comment Organism Structure
ADP biosynthetic activity Phormidium laminosum
Ala
-
Phormidium laminosum
AMP biosynthetic activity Phormidium laminosum
Asp
-
Phormidium laminosum
Gly
-
Phormidium laminosum
L-Arg biosynthetic activity Phormidium laminosum
L-Glu inhibition of transferase activity, no inhibition of biosynthetic activity Phormidium laminosum
L-Lys
-
Phormidium laminosum
L-Met
-
Phormidium laminosum
L-methionine sulfoximine
-
Phormidium laminosum
L-Tyr inhibits transferase activity, no inhibition of biosynthetic activity Phormidium laminosum
p-hydroxymercuribenzoate biosynthetic activity Phormidium laminosum
Ser
-
Phormidium laminosum

Metals/Ions

Metals/Ions Comment Organism Structure
Co2+ partially effective as activator of biosynthetic activity and transferase activity, half-maximal activation of biosynthetic reaction at 6.3 mM Phormidium laminosum
Cu2+ partially effective as activator of transferase activity Phormidium laminosum
Mg2+ essential activator for biosynthetic activity, half-maximal activation at 18 mM. Partially effective as activator of transferase activity Phormidium laminosum
Mn2+ required for transferase activity Phormidium laminosum
Zn2+ partially effective as activator of biosynthetic activity, half-maximal activation at 6.3 mM Phormidium laminosum

Molecular Weight [Da]

Molecular Weight [Da] Molecular Weight Maximum [Da] Comment Organism
602000
-
gel filtration Phormidium laminosum

Organism

Organism UniProt Comment Textmining
Phormidium laminosum
-
-
-

Purification (Commentary)

Purification (Comment) Organism
-
Phormidium laminosum

Reaction

Reaction Comment Organism Reaction ID
ATP + L-glutamate + NH3 = ADP + phosphate + L-glutamine ordered three-reactant system with the binding order: NH4+, L-Glu and ATP Phormidium laminosum

Specific Activity [micromol/min/mg]

Specific Activity Minimum [µmol/min/mg] Specific Activity Maximum [µmol/min/mg] Comment Organism
additional information
-
-
Phormidium laminosum
4.4
-
biosynthetic assay Phormidium laminosum
152
-
gamma-glutamylhydroxamate assay Phormidium laminosum

Storage Stability

Storage Stability Organism
-20°C, stable for several months Phormidium laminosum

Substrates and Products (Substrate)

Substrates Comment Substrates Organism Products Comment (Products) Rev. Reac.
ATP + L-Glu + NH4+
-
Phormidium laminosum ADP + phosphate + L-Gln
-
?

Subunits

Subunits Comment Organism
dodecamer SDS-PAGE of 2-mercaptoethanol-treated enzyme Phormidium laminosum

Temperature Optimum [°C]

Temperature Optimum [°C] Temperature Optimum Maximum [°C] Comment Organism
45
-
transferase activity Phormidium laminosum
55
-
biosynthetic activity Phormidium laminosum

pH Optimum

pH Optimum Minimum pH Optimum Maximum Comment Organism
7.2
-
-
Phormidium laminosum
7.5
-
transferase activity Phormidium laminosum