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The structural properties of 6–phosphogluconate dehydrogenase from the mesophilic bacterium E.coli and the thermophi lic B. stearothermophilus are compared using circular dichroism and fluorescence emission spectroscopy. The enzymes appear to possess a similar structure which does not change on heating up to the respective temperature of stability of the enzyme. The thermostability of the two 6–phosphogluconate dehydrogenases as determined by activity measurements parallels that determined by CD with the melting profile method, indicating that the loss of biological activity in the enzymes is directly related to the unfolding of the protein molecule. The pattern of unfolding of the proteins by the action of 8 M urea suggests that a core of enhanced conformational stability exists in the B.stearothermophilus enzyme.
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Veronese, F.M., Grandi, C., Boccù, E., Fontana, A. (1976). Comparative Conformational Properties of Thermophilic and Mesophilic 6-Phosphogluconate Dehydrogenase. In: Zuber, H. (eds) Enzymes and Proteins from Thermophilic Microorganisms Structure and Function. Experientia Supplementum, vol 26. Birkhäuser, Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-7675-9_12
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