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  • Blecher, O.; Goldman, S.; Mevarech, M.
    High expression in Escherichia coli of the gene coding for dihydrofolate reductase of the extremely halophilic archaebacterium Haloferax volcanii. Reconstitution of the active enzyme and mutation studies (1993), Eur. J. Biochem., 216, 199-203.
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Cloned(Commentary)

Cloned (Comment) Organism
overexpression of wild-type and mutant enzymes in Escherichia coli Haloferax volcanii

Protein Variants

Protein Variants Comment Organism
A31K site-directed mutagenesis Haloferax volcanii
L30K site-directed mutagenesis Haloferax volcanii
L30K/A31K site-directed mutagenesis Haloferax volcanii

KM Value [mM]

KM Value [mM] KM Value Maximum [mM] Substrate Comment Organism Structure
additional information
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additional information overview Km-values of wild-type and mutant enzymes decreasing with increasing concentration of KCl Haloferax volcanii
0.08
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7,8-dihydrofolate lowest Km value in 3.0 M KCl, recombinant wild-type enzyme Haloferax volcanii

Organism

Organism UniProt Comment Textmining
Haloferax volcanii
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extremely halophilic archaebacterium
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Purification (Commentary)

Purification (Comment) Organism
large quantities of recombinant wild-type enzyme from Escherichia coli, purification of mutants L30K, A31K and double mutant L30K/A31K recombinant from Escherichia coli Haloferax volcanii

Renatured (Commentary)

Renatured (Comment) Organism
very fast and total reconstitution of active recombinant wild-type enzyme from inclusion bodies due to overexpression in E. coli by 6 M guanidine hydrochloride followed by dilution into 1 M NaCl or KCl solution Haloferax volcanii

Substrates and Products (Substrate)

Substrates Comment Substrates Organism Products Comment (Products) Rev. Reac.
7,8-dihydrofolate + NADPH
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Haloferax volcanii 5,6,7,8-tetrahydrofolate + NADP+
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Turnover Number [1/s]

Turnover Number Minimum [1/s] Turnover Number Maximum [1/s] Substrate Comment Organism Structure
3.14
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7,8-dihydrofolate recombinant wild-type enzyme Haloferax volcanii
4.97
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7,8-dihydrofolate recombinant mutant A31K Haloferax volcanii
9.5
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7,8-dihydrofolate recombinant double mutant L30K/A31K Haloferax volcanii
100
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7,8-dihydrofolate recombinant mutant L30K Haloferax volcanii

Cofactor

Cofactor Comment Organism Structure
NADPH
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Haloferax volcanii