Purification and properties of alcohol dehydrogenase from a mutant strain of Candida guilliermondii deficient in one form of the enzyme

Abstract

Alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH1) was purified from Candida guilliermondii strain B10-05 to homogeneity, using affinity chromatography on triazine dyes and gel filtration. The enzyme was tetrameric, with a subunit molecular weight of 38 000. The purified enzyme oxidized primary and secondary alcohols, although it preferred primary alcohols. Its activity toward secondary alcohols was better than those of other yeast ADH; however, the enzyme was less sensitive toward inhibitors. Kinetic studies indicated that C. guilliermondii ADH1 oxidized ethanol by an ordered bi–bi mechanism, with NAD as the first substrate fixed. Key words: Candida guilliermondii, alcohol dehydrogenase, ADH1, tetrameric.