Regulation of Purine Hydroxylase and Xanthine Dehydrogenase from Clostridium purinolyticum in Response to Purines, Selenium, and Molybdenum

AUTOR(ES)

Self, William T.

FONTE

American Society for Microbiology

RESUMO

The discovery that two distinct enzyme catalysts, purine hydroxylase (PH) and xanthine dehydrogenase (XDH), are required for the overall conversion of hypoxanthine to uric acid by Clostridium purinolyticum was unexpected. In this reaction sequence, hypoxanthine is hydroxylated to xanthine by PH and then xanthine is hydroxylated to uric acid by XDH. PH and XDH, which contain a labile selenium cofactor in addition to a molybdenum cofactor, flavin adenine dinucleotide, and FeS centers, were purified and partially characterized as reported previously. In the present study, the activities of these two enzymes were measured in cells grown in media containing various concentrations of selenite, molybdate, and various purine substrates. The levels of PH protein in extracts were determined by immunoblot assay. The amount of PH protein, as well as the specific activities of PH and XDH, increased when either selenite or molybdate was added to the culture medium. PH levels were highest in the cells cultured in the presence of either adenine or purine. XDH activity increased dramatically in cells grown with either xanthine or uric acid. The apparent increases in protein levels and activities of PH and XDH in response to selenium, molybdenum, and purine substrates demonstrate that these enzymes are tightly regulated in response to these nutrients.

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