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C1744

Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase microbial

≥5.0 unit/mg solid

Synonym(s):

PEPC

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CAS Number:
MDL number:
NACRES:
NA.54
UNSPSC Code:
12352204
Specific activity:
≥5.0 unit/mg solid
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form

lyophilized powder

Quality Level

specific activity

≥5.0 unit/mg solid

mol wt

~390 kDa

storage temp.

−20°C

Application

Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase (PEPC) is an enzyme useful for enzymatic determination of carbon dioxide when coupled with malate dehydrogenase in clinical analysis. PEPC is also used to study carbon assimilation, post-translational regulation and allosteric regulation in various plants .

Biochem/physiol Actions

Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase (PEPC) catalyzes the addition of bicarbonate to phosphoenolpyruvate (PEP) to form the four-carbon compound oxaloacetate and inorganic phosphate . In CAM and C4 plants, PEPC catalyzes the photosynthetic assimilation of CO2 into an organic acid. PEPC is activated by glucose-6-phosphate and is inhibited by malate and aspartate. PEPC comprises about 0.5-2% of the soluble protein in alfalfa and soybean nodules .

Physical form

White amorphous lyophilized powder containing BSA and sugar alchohols as stabilizers.

Other Notes

One unit causes the oxidation of one micromole of NADH per minute at pH 8.0 at 30°C.


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Hazard Classifications

Resp. Sens. 1

Storage Class

11 - Combustible Solids

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WGK 1

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Not applicable

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Mika Nomura et al.
Plant & cell physiology, 47(5), 613-621 (2006-03-10)
Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase (PEPC, EC 4.1.1.31) is believed to play a significant role in supporting nitrogen fixation via anaplerotic CO2 fixation for recycling carbon in nodules. Using the antisense technique, we decreased the expression levels of the nodule-enhanced PEPC gene (Ljpepc1)
Jitender Singh et al.
Gene, 500(2), 224-231 (2012-06-20)
Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase is an ubiquitous cytosolic enzyme that catalyzes the ß-carboxylation of phosphoenolpyruvate (PEP) and is encoded by multigene family in plants. It plays an important role in carbon economy of plants by assimilating CO2 into organic acids for subsequent
Patrizia De Nisi et al.
Plant physiology and biochemistry : PPB, 57, 168-174 (2012-06-19)
The regulation exerted by the Fe status in the plant on Fe deficiency responses was investigated in Cucumis sativus L. roots at both biochemical and molecular levels. Besides the two activities strictly correlated with Fe deficiency response, those of the