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Metabolism of trans-Aconitic Acid in Maize ¹

I. PURIFICATION OF TWO MOLECULAR FORMS OF CITRATE DEHYDRASE

Department of Plant Science, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19711

Trans-aconitate synthesis via citrate dehydrase was determined in crude extracts of maize (Zea mays L.) coleoptiles. Two molecular forms of this enzyme were purified by substrate-specific elution from DEAE-cellulose, ammonium sulfate precipitation, and gel filtration. Each molecular form migrates as a single band in isoelectric focusing. Gel filtration and sodium dodecyl sulfate electrophoresis provided evidence that one enzyme form is composed of four 80,000-dalton subunits while the other is composed of two 60,000-dalton subunits. There was no evidence of proteolytic conversion of the large to the small molecular weight form when the former was incubated with either the 15,000_g supernatant or with proteases. The data indicate that the two molecular forms of citrate dehydrase are isozymes.