Purification of a d-Mannose Isomerase from Mycobacterium smegmatis1

AUTOR(ES)

Hey-Ferguson, Ann

RESUMO

An enzyme, d-mannose ketol isomerase, catalyzing the isomerization of d-mannose and d-fructose was purified approximately 60-fold from cells of Mycobacterium smegmatis grown on mannose as the sole carbon source. This enzyme was shown to catalyze the conversion of d-mannose and d-lyxose to ketoses. The ketose produced from mannose was identified as fructose by chemical and chromatographic methods. The reaction was shown to be reversible, the equilibrium ratio of fructose to mannose being approximately 65 to 35. The pH optimum was about 7.5, and the Km for mannose was estimated to be 7 × 10−3m. Mannose isomerase activity was greatest in cells grown on mannose, whereas cells grown on fructose had about 30% as much activity. Very low levels of activity were detected in cells grown on other substrates. There was an immediate increase in enzyme activity on transfer of cells from nutrient broth to a mannose mineral salts medium.

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