Purification and characterization of a methanol-induced cobamide-containing protein fromSporomusa ovata

✍ Scribed by Erhard Stupperich; Peter Aulkemeyer; Christoph Eckerskorn

• Book ID: 104680430
• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 1992
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 427 KB
• Volume: 158
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0302-8933
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00245367

✦ Synopsis

The major cobamide-containing protein from methanol-utilizing Sporomusa ovata was 8-fold enriched to apparent homogeneity. The protein exhibited a molecular mass of 40 kDa and of 38 kDa determined by gel filtration and by SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, respectively. This finding indicates a monomeric protein structure. Monospecific polyclonal antisera raised against the protein did not cross react with another cobamide-containing protein from Sporomusa cells. Only the 40 kDa cobamide-containing protein was induced by methanol, since proteins from cells grown on 3,4-dimethoxybenzoate, betaine H2/CO2, or fructose showed faint or no cross reaction. Hence, the 40 kDa cobamide-containing protein is presumably involved in the methyl-transfer reaction of the methanol metabolism. The purified enzyme revealed 1.1 mol of p-cresolyl cobamide per mol of protein, but it lacked of iron-sulfur centers. Remarkably, the cofactor was firmly bound to its protein.