| Literature DB >> 16662928 |
M D Thomas1, P J Langston-Unkefer, T F Uchytil, R D Durbin.
Abstract
Tabtoxinine-beta-lactam, a hydrolytic product of tabtoxin produced by Pseudomonas syringae pv. tabaci, apparently inactivates pea seed glutamine synthetase. Inhibition of the enzyme's initial velocity is linear over a range of 0.5 to 5 millimolar tabtoxinine-beta-lactam in the presence of 10 millimolar glutamate. A method for the purification of glutamine synthetase from dried peas is presented which gives a 30% yield with a 2,000-fold increase in specific activity. A method for obtaining highly purified tabtoxinine-beta-lactam and tabtoxin in good yields is also presented. The authenticity and purity of tabtoxinine-beta-lactam and tabtoxin were verified by chromatography, biological activity, and (1)H and (13)C nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy.Entities:
Year: 1983 PMID: 16662928 PMCID: PMC1066143 DOI: 10.1104/pp.71.4.912
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Plant Physiol ISSN: 0032-0889 Impact factor: 8.340