Dihydroxyacetone Kinase Activity in Dunaliella parva

H R Lerner; M Avron

doi:10.1104/pp.59.1.15

Dihydroxyacetone Kinase Activity in Dunaliella parva

Plant Physiol. 1977 Jan;59(1):15-7. doi: 10.1104/pp.59.1.15.

Authors

H R Lerner¹, M Avron

Affiliation

¹ Department of Biochemistry, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.

Abstract

An enzyme catalyzing the phosphorylation of dihydroxyacetone has been identified in the halophilic alga, Dunaliella parva. Since glycerol and glyceraldehyde are not substrates, the enzyme is referred to as dihydroxyacetone kinase. Dihydroxyacetone kinase was purified 9-fold by ammonium sulfate fractionation followed by DEAE-cellulose chromatography.