scholarly journals Purification and characterization of the major aminopeptidase from human skeletal muscle

1983 ◽  
Vol 211 (3) ◽  
pp. 567-573 ◽  
Author(s):  
D Mantle ◽  
M F Hardy ◽  
B Lauffart ◽  
J R McDermott ◽  
A I Smith ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Metal Ion ◽  
Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis ◽  
Gel Filtration ◽  
Anion Exchange Chromatography ◽  
Quadriceps Muscle ◽  
Maximum Activity ◽  
Exchange Chromatography ◽  
Naturally Occurring ◽  
Thiol Proteinases

The major aminopeptidase from human quadriceps muscle was purified (as judged by polyacrylamide-gel electrophoresis) by anion-exchange chromatography (two steps) and gel filtration (two steps). The enzyme showed maximum activity at pH 7.3, in the presence of 1 mM-2-mercaptoethanol and 0.5 mM-Ca2+ ions; activation of the enzyme occurred in the presence of several other bivalent cations. Inhibition of activity was obtained in the presence of metal-ion-chelating agents and inhibitors of aminopeptidases and thiol proteinases. The molecular weight of the enzyme was 102 000 (by gel filtration). The enzyme hydrolysed several amino acyl-7-amido-4-methylcoumarin derivatives; highest activity was obtained with alanyl-7-amido-4-methylcoumarin. The enzyme also degraded a series of dipeptides, alanine oligopeptides and some naturally occurring peptides. Of particular interest was the high activity of the enzyme towards the enkephalins.

scholarly journals Purification and characterization of acid phosphatase from a germinating black gram (Vigna mungo L.) seedling

2011 ◽  
Vol 63 (3) ◽  
pp. 747-756 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.K.M. Asaduzzaman ◽  
Habibur Rahman ◽  
Tanzima Yeasmin
Keyword(s):  
Acid Phosphatase ◽  
Gel Electrophoresis ◽  
Gel Filtration ◽  
Deae Cellulose ◽  
Inhibitory Effect ◽  
Maximum Activity ◽  
Exchange Chromatography ◽  
Black Gram ◽  
Km Value

An acid phosphatase has been isolated and purified from an extract of a germinating black gram seedling. The method was accomplished by gel filtration of a germinating black gram seedling crude extract on sephadex G-75 followed by ion exchange chromatography on DEAE cellulose. The acid phosphatase gave a single band on SDS-polyacrylamide slab gel electrophoresis. The molecular weight of the acid phosphatase determined by SDS-polyacrylamide slab gel electrophoresis was estimated to be 25 kDa. The purified enzyme showed maximum activity at pH 5 and at temperature of 55?C. Mg2+, Zn2+ and EDTA had an inhibitory effect on the activity of the acid phosphatase. Black gram seedling acid phosphatase was activated by K+, Cu2+ and Ba2+. The Km value of the enzyme was found to be 0.49 mM for pNPP as substrate.

scholarly journals PURIFICATION AND PARTIAL CHARACTERIZATION OF L-ASPARAGINASE ENZYME PRODUCED BY NEWLY ISOLATE BACILLUS SP.

2017 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dzun Noraini Jimat ◽  
Intan Baizura Firda Mohamed ◽  
Azlin Suhaida Azmi ◽  
Parveen Jamal
Keyword(s):  
Specific Activity ◽  
Hot Spring ◽  
Gel Filtration ◽  
Maximum Activity ◽  
Exchange Chromatography ◽  
Bacillus Sp ◽  
Sds Page ◽  
Fast Flow ◽  
Microbial Strain

A newly bacterial producing L-asparaginase was successful isolated from Sungai Klah Hot Spring, Perak, Malaysia and identified as Bacillus sp. It was the best L-asparaginase producer as compared to other isolates. Production of L-asparaginase from the microbial strain was carried out under liquid fermentation. The crude enzyme was then centrifuged and precipitated with ammonium sulfate before further purified with chromatographic method. The ion exchange chromatography HiTrap DEAE-Sepharose Fast Flow column followed by separation on Superose 12 gel filtration were used to obtain pure enzyme. The purified enzyme showed 10.11 U/mg of specific activity, 50.07% yield with 2.21 fold purification. The purified enzyme was found to be dimer in form, with a molecular weight of 65 kDa as estimated by SDS-PAGE. The maximum activity of the purified L-asparaginase was observed at pH 9 and temperature of 60°C.

scholarly journals Purification and Partial Characterization of β-Glucosidase from Fresh Leaves of Tea Plants (Camellia sinensis (L.) O. Kuntze)

2005 ◽  
Vol 37 (6) ◽  
pp. 363-370 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ye-Yun Li ◽  
Chang-Jun Jiang ◽  
Xiao-Chun Wan ◽  
Zheng-Zhu Zhang ◽  
Da-Xiang Li
Keyword(s):  
Specific Activity ◽  
Gel Filtration ◽  
Maximum Activity ◽  
Exchange Chromatography ◽  
Optimum Activity ◽  
Development Of Resistance ◽  
Sds Page ◽  
C 50 ◽  
Tea Plants

Abstractβ-Glucosidases are important in the formation of floral tea aroma and the development of resistance to pathogens and herbivores in tea plants. A novel β-glucosidase was purified 117-fold to homogeneity, with a yield of 1.26%, from tea leaves by chilled acetone and ammonium sulfate precipitation, ion exchange chromatography (CM-Sephadex C-50) and fast protein liquid chromatography (FPLC; Superdex 75, Resource S). The enzyme was a monomeric protein with specific activity of 2.57 U/mg. The molecular mass of the enzyme was estimated to be about 41 kDa and 34 kDa by SDS-PAGE and FPLC gel filtration on Superdex 200, respectively. The enzyme showed optimum activity at 50 °C and was stable at temperatures lower than 40 °C. It was active between pH 4.0 and pH 7.0, with an optimum activity at pH 5.5, and was fairly stable from pH 4.5 to pH 8.0. The enzyme showed maximum activity towards pNPG, low activity towards pNP-Galacto, and no activity towards pNP-Xylo.

scholarly journals Mouse Uterine Alkaline Phosphatase: Improved Purification by Affinity Chromatography and Further Characterization of the Enzyme

1980 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 279 ◽  
Author(s):  
RN Murdoch ◽  
Louise E Buxton ◽  
DJ Kay
Keyword(s):  
Alkaline Phosphatase ◽  
Affinity Chromatography ◽  
Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis ◽  
Gel Filtration ◽  
Deae Cellulose ◽  
Apparent Molecular Weight ◽  
Anion Exchange Chromatography ◽  
Pregnant Mouse ◽  
Exchange Chromatography ◽  
Enzyme Preparations

An improved procedure for the purification of alkaline phosphatase from about 10 g of day 7 pregnant mouse uterine tissue is described. Following homogenization, the procedure involved solubilization and extraction with 0�8% (v/v) Triton X-lOO and 20% (v/v) n-butanol, ammonium sulfate precipitation, concanavalin A-Sepharose 4B affinity chromatography, DEAE-cellulose anion-exchange chromatography and Sephacryl S200 gel filtration. On subjecting 2162-fold purified enzyme preparations to polyacrylamide-gel electrophoresis, a single band of protein coincident with the zone of enzyme activity and having an apparent molecular weight of 205 OOO� lOOOO was identified. Affinity chromatography yielded the largest increase in purity of any step in the procedure and established the glycoprotein nature of the uterine enzyme.

scholarly journals Cadmium-binding proteins of rat testes. Characterization of a low-molecular-mass protein that lacks identity with metallothionein

1984 ◽  
Vol 220 (3) ◽  
pp. 811-818 ◽  
Author(s):  
M P Waalkes ◽  
S B Chernoff ◽  
C D Klaassen
Keyword(s):  
Metal Binding ◽  
Gel Electrophoresis ◽  
Binding Proteins ◽  
Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis ◽  
Sodium Dodecyl ◽  
Gel Filtration ◽  
Anion Exchange Chromatography ◽  
Exchange Chromatography ◽  
Polyacrylamide Gel ◽  
Or Groups

Cadmium-binding proteins in the cytosol of testes from untreated rats were separated by Sephadex G-75 gel filtration. Three major testicular metal-binding proteins (TMBP), or groups of proteins, with relative elution volumes of approx. 1.0 (TMBP-1), 1.7 (TMBP-2) and 2.4 (TMBP-3) were separated. Elution of Zn-binding proteins exhibited a similar pattern. TMBP-3 has previously been thought to be metallothionein (MT), and hence this protein was further characterized and compared with hepatic MT isolated from Cd-treated rats. Estimation of Mr by gel filtration indicated a slight difference between MT (Mr 10000) and TMBP-3 (Mr 8000). Two major forms of MT (MT-I and MT-II) and TMBP-3 (TMBP-3 form I and TMBP-3 form II) were obtained after DEAE-Sephadex A-25 anion-exchange chromatography, with the corresponding subfractions being eluted at similar conductances. Non-denaturing polyacrylamide-gel electrophoresis on 7% acrylamide gels indicated that the subfractions of TMBP-3 had similar mobilities to those of the corresponding subfractions of MT. However, SDS (sodium dodecyl sulphate)/12% (w/v)-polyacrylamide-gel electrophoresis resulted in marked differences in migration of the two corresponding forms of MT and TMBP-3. Co-electrophoresis of MT-II and TMBP-3 form II by SDS/polyacrylamide-gel electrophoresis revealed two distinct proteins. Amino acid analysis indicated much lower content of cysteine in the testicular than in the hepatic proteins. TMBP-3 also contained significant amounts of tyrosine, phenylalanine and histidine, whereas MT did not. U.v.-spectral analysis of TMBP-3 showed a much lower A250/A280 ratio than for MT. Thus this major metal-binding protein in testes, which has been assumed to be MT is, in fact, a quite different protein.

scholarly journals Purification and Characterization of Two Endo-β-1,4-glucanases from Mollusca, Ampullaria crossean

2005 ◽  
Vol 37 (10) ◽  
pp. 702-708 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yan-Hong Li ◽  
Rui Guo ◽  
Qiu-Yu Yin ◽  
Ming Ding ◽  
Si-Liang Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Anion Exchange ◽  
Carboxymethyl Cellulose ◽  
Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis ◽  
Sodium Dodecylsulfate ◽  
Gel Filtration ◽  
Residual Activity ◽  
Hydrolytic Activity ◽  
Anion Exchange Chromatography ◽  
Exchange Chromatography ◽  
The Stability

Abstract Two novel endo-β-1,4-glucanases, EG45 and EG27, were isolated from the gastric juice of mollusca, Ampullaria crossean, by anion exchange, hydrophobic interaction, gel filtration and a second round of anion exchange chromatography. The purified proteins EG45 and EG27 appeared as a single band on sodium dodecylsulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis with a molecular mass of 45 kDa and 27 kDa, respectively. The optimum pH for CMC activity was 5.5 for EG45 and 4.4-4.8 for EG27. The optimum temperature range for EG27 was broad, between 50 °C and 60 °C; for EG45 it was 50 °C. The analysis on the stability of these two endo-β-1,4-glucanases showed that EG27 was acceptably stable at pH 3.0-11.0 even when the incubation time was prolonged to 24 h at 30 °C, whereas EG45 remained relatively stable at pH 5.0-8.0. About 85% of the activity of EG27 could be retained upon incubation at 60 °C for 24 h. However, less than 10% residual activity of EG45 was detected at 50 °C. Among different kinds of substrates, both enzymes showed a high preference for carboxymethyl cellulose. EG45, in particular, showed a carboxymethyl cellulose hydrolytic activity of 146.5 IU/mg protein. Both enzymes showed low activities to xylan (from oat spelt) and Sigmacell 101, and they were inactive to p-nitrophenyl-β-D-cellobioside, salicin and starch.

Production, purification, and characterization of an extracellular endo-β-1, 3-glucanase from a monokaryon of Schizophyllum commune ATCC 38548 defective in exo-β-1, 3-glucanase formation

1994 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 18-23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andreas Prokop ◽  
Peter Rapp ◽  
Fritz Wagner
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Mass ◽  
Schizophyllum Commune ◽  
Gel Filtration ◽  
Anion Exchange Chromatography ◽  
Exchange Chromatography ◽  
Glucanase Activity ◽  
Sds Page ◽  
S 100 ◽  
Reduced Activity

Production of extracellular β-1, 3-glucanase activity by a monokaryotic Schizophyllum commune strain was monitored and results indicated that the β-glucanase activity consisted of an endo- β-1, 3-glucanase activity, besides a negligible amount of β-1, 6-glucanase and β-glucosidase activity. Unlike the β-1, 3-glucanase production of the dikaryotic parent strain S. commune ATCC 38548, the β-1, 3-glucanase formation of the monokaryon was not regulated by catabolite repression. The endo- β-1, 3-glucanase of the monokaryon was purified from the culture filtrate by lyophilization, anion exchange chromatography on Mono Q, and gel filtration on Sephacryl S-100. It appeared homogeneous on SDS-PAGE with a molecular mass of 35.5 kDa and the isoelectric point was 3.95. The enzyme was only active toward glucans containing β-1, 3-linkages, including lichenan, a β-1, 3-1, 4-D-glucan. It attacked laminarin in an endo-like fashion to form laminaribiose, laminaritriose, and high oligosaccharides. While the extracellular β-glucanases from the dikaryotic S. commune ATCC 38548 degraded significant amounts of schizophyllan, the endo- β-1, 3-glucanase from the monokaryon showed greatly reduced activity toward this high molecular mass β-1, 3-/β-1, 6-glucan. The Km of the endoglucanase, using laminarin as substrate, was 0.28 mg/mL. Optimal pH and temperature were 5.5 and 50 °C, respectively. The enzyme was stable between pH 5.5 and 7.0 and at temperatures below 50 °C. The enzyme was completely inhibited by 1 mM Hg2+. Growth of the monokaryotic S. commune strain was not affected by its constitutive endo- β-1, 3-glucanase formation.Key words: endo- β-1, 3-glucanase, Schizophyllum commune, monokaryon, constitutive endo- β-1, 3-glucanase formation.

Purification and some properties of the extracellular α-amylase from Aspergillus awamori

1985 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 149-153 ◽  
Author(s):  
Resham S. Bhella ◽  
Illimar Altosaar
Keyword(s):  
Enzyme Activity ◽  
Gel Electrophoresis ◽  
Culture Medium ◽  
Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis ◽  
Sodium Dodecyl ◽  
Gel Filtration ◽  
Anion Exchange Chromatography ◽  
Exchange Chromatography ◽  
Aspergillus Awamori ◽  
Original Activity

Alpha-amylase was purified from the extracellular culture medium of Aspergillus awamori by means of ethanol precipitation. Sephacryl-200 gel filtration and anion-exchange chromatography on Dowex (AG1-X4) resin. The enzyme preparation was found to be homogeneous by means of sodium dodecyl sulfate–polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. The purified enzyme had a molecular weight of 54 000 ± 2 500 and its isoelectric point was pH 4.2. The enzyme was found to be most active between pH 4.8 and 5.0 and was stable between pH 3.5 and 6.5. The optimal temperature for the enzyme activity was around 50 °C and the enzyme was stable for at least 1 h up to 45 °C retaining more than 80% of its original activity. The Km (37 °C, pH 5.3) for starch hydrolysis was 1.0 g∙L−1 and maltose inhibited the enzyme activity uncompetitively with a K1 value of 20.05 g∙L−1

scholarly journals Component analysis and characterization of a nuclear deoxyribonucleotidase

1994 ◽  
Vol 298 (3) ◽  
pp. 727-732 ◽  
Author(s):  
K Ford ◽  
J Waltho ◽  
D Hornby
Keyword(s):  
Mammalian Cells ◽  
Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis ◽  
Gel Filtration ◽  
Hydrolytic Activity ◽  
Ion Exchange Chromatography ◽  
Exchange Chromatography ◽  
Nuclear Fraction ◽  
Unidentified Species ◽  
Rf Values

We have previously reported the identification of a novel activity residing in the nuclear fraction of mammalian cells that selectively binds and hydrolyses deoxyribonucleoside triphosphates. Incubation of this protein with [alpha-32P]dATP leads to the appearance of a retarded band relative to free dATP when the reaction is analysed on non-denaturing polyacrylamide gels. We now show that the retarded species comprises the product of dATP hydrolysis (dADP or dAMP) bound to an as yet unidentified species. We have termed this complex the ‘product-nucleotide binding particle’ or PNBP*. Through a combination of continuous elution polyacrylamide-gel electrophoresis and gel-filtration chromatography, we demonstrate that the hydrolytic activity (dNTPase) is distinct from the radiolabelled species detected in gel-retardation experiments. T.l.c. confirms that the labelled product does not share RF values associated with a range of mono-, di- and tri-phosphate deoxyribonucleotide standards, and gel-filtration experiments suggest a molecular mass for PNBP* of between 2.5 and 3 kDa. The ability of purified PNBP* to retain its nucleotide ligand after a number of denaturing processes suggests that the ligand is covalently bound. The recovery of dNTPase activity from both gel-filtration and ion-exchange chromatography reveals that the as yet unliganded PNBP* (or a precursor form) is associated with the dNTPase enzyme as part of the active complex, prior to addition of dATP.

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