Biosynthesis of isoleucine and valine in Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37 Rv

Allaudeen, HS and Ramakrishnana, T (1968) Biosynthesis of isoleucine and valine in Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37 Rv. In: Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics, 125 (1). pp. 199-209.

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Abstract

The enzymes involved in the biosynthesis of isoleucine and valine have been shown to be present in cell-free extracts of Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv. In addition to the known enzymes of the pathway, cell-free extracts of this organism contain a new enzyme. When cell-free extracts were incubated with acetolactate and Image -ascorbic acid, without reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate, the isomer of acetolactate, viz., α-keto-β-hydroxyisovalerate, was found to accumulate and was identified by different methods. The reaction is enzymic, and Image -ascorbic acid cannot be replaced by other reducing agents such as hydroquinone, 2,6-dichlorophenol indophenol, or glutathione; by derivatives of Image -ascorbic acid such as dehydroascorbic acid or dimethyl ascorbic acid; or by cobamide coenzyme. Since the extracts also isomerize α-acetohydroxybutyrate to α-keto-β-hydroxy-β-methylvalerate, the enzyme catalyzing the reaction has been termed “acetohydroxy acid isomerase.” This is the first time that the presence of acetohydroxy acid isomerase has been reported in any biological system and that a specific metabolic role has been assigned for Image -ascorbic acid. The extract also possesses reductase activity to convert α-keto-β-hydroxyisovalerate to α,β-dihydroxyisovalerate in the presence of reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics
Publisher:	Elsevier Science
Additional Information:	Copy right of this article belongs to Elsevier Science.
Department/Centre:	Division of Biological Sciences > Microbiology & Cell Biology
Date Deposited:	14 May 2010 05:00
Last Modified:	27 Jul 2011 07:54
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/27738

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