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  • Phlippen, N.; Hoffmann, K.; Fischer, R.; Wolf, K.; Zimmermann, M.
    The glutathione synthetase of Schizosaccharomyces pombe is synthesized as a homodimer but retains full activity when present as a heterotetramer (2003), J. Biol. Chem., 278, 40152-40161.
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Cloned(Commentary)

Cloned (Comment) Organism
DNA sequence analysis, overexpression of gene gshs2 in an enzyme-deficient Schizosaccharomyces pombe strain, expression of wild-type enzyme, isolated enzyme subunit fragments and mutants as C-terminally His-tagged proteins, subcloning in Escherichia coli DH5alpha Schizosaccharomyces pombe

Crystallization (Commentary)

Crystallization (Comment) Organism
structure modeling Schizosaccharomyces pombe

Protein Variants

Protein Variants Comment Organism
additional information elimination of the protease cleavage site in the 56 kDa subunit by site-directed mutagenesis results in expression of a stable and functional enzyme Schizosaccharomyces pombe

Molecular Weight [Da]

Molecular Weight [Da] Molecular Weight Maximum [Da] Comment Organism
56000
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2 * 56000, SDS-PAGE Schizosaccharomyces pombe
120000
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gel filtration Schizosaccharomyces pombe

Organism

Organism UniProt Comment Textmining
Schizosaccharomyces pombe
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gene gshs2
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Purification (Commentary)

Purification (Comment) Organism
recombinant His-tagged wild-type and mutant enzymes from Schizosaccharomyces pombe mutant strain, to homogeneity Schizosaccharomyces pombe

Specific Activity [micromol/min/mg]

Specific Activity Minimum [µmol/min/mg] Specific Activity Maximum [µmol/min/mg] Comment Organism
17.2
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purified recombinant wild-type enzyme after complete proteoltic cleavage Schizosaccharomyces pombe
17.3
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purified recombinant isolated subfragments of 24 and 36 kDa Schizosaccharomyces pombe
19.3
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purified recombinant deletion mutant lacking 15 amino acids Schizosaccharomyces pombe
20.1
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purified recombinant wild-type enzyme Schizosaccharomyces pombe
21.9
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purified recombinant enzyme mutant with eliminated cleavage site Schizosaccharomyces pombe

Substrates and Products (Substrate)

Substrates Comment Substrates Organism Products Comment (Products) Rev. Reac.
ATP + gamma-L-Glu-L-Cys + Gly cells are not able to grow without glutathione, wild-type and all mutant enzyme forms can restore activity of the deficient mutant strain on minimal medium without glutathione Schizosaccharomyces pombe ADP + phosphate + glutathione
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Subunits

Subunits Comment Organism
dimer 2 * 56000, SDS-PAGE Schizosaccharomyces pombe
More identification of the protease cleavage site of the 56 kDa subunit, which is cleaved into a 24 kDa and a 36 kDa fragment, also on storage at -20°C, the formed heterotetramer is fully active Schizosaccharomyces pombe

Synonyms

Synonyms Comment Organism
Glutathione synthetase
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Schizosaccharomyces pombe
GS
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Schizosaccharomyces pombe

pH Optimum

pH Optimum Minimum pH Optimum Maximum Comment Organism
8.2
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assay at Schizosaccharomyces pombe

Cofactor

Cofactor Comment Organism Structure
ATP
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Schizosaccharomyces pombe