Purification of glutathione reductase from chicken liver and investigation of kinetic properties

Glutathione reductase was purified from chicken liver and some characteristics of the enzyme were investigated. The purification procedure was composed of four steps: preparation of homogenate, ammonium sulfate precipitation, 2′,5′-ADP Sepharose 4B affinity chromatography, and Sephadex G-200 gel filtration chromatography. Owing to the four consecutive procedures, the enzyme was purified 1714-fold, with a yield of 38%. Specific activity at the final step was 120 enzyme unit (EU)/mg of protein. The purified enzyme showed a single band on sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE). The molecular weight of the enzyme was found to be 100 kDa by Sephadex G-200 gel filtration chromatography, and the subunit molecular weight was found to be 43 kDa by SDS-PAGE. Optimum pH, stable pH, optimum ionic strength, and optimum temperature were 7.0, 7.4, 0.75 M Tris-HCl buffer including 1 mM EDTA, and 50°C, respectively. K _M and V _max values for NADPH and glutathione disulfide (GSSG) substrates were also determined for the enzyme.     

Characterization of cationic acid phosphatase isozyme from rat liver mitochondria.

Acid phosphatase isozyme was highly purified from rat liver mitochondrial fraction. The enzyme showed an isoelectric point value of above 9.5 on isoelectric focusing, and the apparent molecular weight was estimated to be 32000 by Sephadex G-100 gel filtration or 16000 by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. The enzyme catalyzed the hydrolysis of adenosine 5'-triphosphate, adenosine 5'-diphosphate, thiamine pyrophosphate, inorganic pyrophosphate, and phosphoprotein such as casein and phosvitin, but not of several phosphomonoesters, except for p-nitrophenyl phosphate and o-phosphotyrosine. The enzyme was not inhibited by L-(+)-tartrate, and was significantly activated by Fe2+ and reducing agents such as ascorbic acid, L-cysteine,and dithiothreitol. The enzyme was found to be distributed in various rat tissues including liver, spleen, kidney, small intestine, lung, stomach, brain and heart, but not in skeletal muscle.     

Purification and characterisation of α-amylase produced by mutant strain of Aspergillus oryzae EMS-18

α-Amylase produced by a mutant strain of Aspergillus oryzae EMS-18 has been purified to homogeneity as judged by sodium dodecyle sulphate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE). The enzyme was purified by using 70% ammonium sulphate precipitation followed by anion exchange chromatography on DEAE-Sephadex column and gel filtration on Sephadex G-100. An enzyme purification factor of 9.5-fold was achieved with a final specific activity of 1987.7 U/mg protein and overall yield of 23.8%. The molecular weight of purified α-amylase was estimated to be 48 kDa by SDS-PAGE. The purified enzyme revealed an optimum assay temperature and pH 40°C and 5.0, respectively. Except Ca⁺⁺ all other metal ions such as Mg, Mn, Na, Zn, Ni, Fe, Cu, Co and Ba were found to be inhibitory to enzyme activity.     

Purification and general biochemical properties of thermostable pullulanase fromBacillus stearothermophilus G-82

Thermostable extracellular pullulanase, produced by Bacillus stearothermophilus G-82 was purified to homogeneity from supernatants of continuous culture by ultrafiltration, ammonium sulphate precipitation, chromatography on Sephadex G-100, and DEAE cellulose. A mol wt of 53,000 was determined by gel filtration and 56,000 by SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE). The isoelectric point (pI) was 4.2. The pullulanase contained predominantly acidic amino acids. The enzyme was optimally active at a temperature of 60 degrees C and pH 7.0. It preserved 100% of its activity after 10 min treatment at 60 degrees C. The thermostability was considerably increased in the presence of pullulan. Ca2+ did not increase activity or thermostability. Enzyme activity was fully inhibited by N-bromosuccinimide and partially by phenylmethylsulfonyl fluoride. Bacillus stearothermophilus G-82 pullulanase was able to hydrolyze alpha 1-6 as well as alpha 1-4 glucosidic bonds in pullulan, amylopectin, amylose, glycogen, and dextrin. The enzyme showed highest affinity to pullulan (Km = 0.14).     

Chemical Studies of Formosan Cobra (Naja Naja Atra) Venom Part IV. Estimation of molecular weights of some purified protein fractions by sephadex gel filtration

Molecular weights of four purified fractions, Fractions VIII (cobraneurotoxin), IX (5′-nucleotidase), XI (cardiotoxin) and XII (cardiotoxin) of Formosan cobra venom were estimated by gel filtration on Sephadex G-100 and G-75 columns.     

Purification and Characterization of an Antifungal Chitinase from Citrobacter freundii str. nov. haritD11

The purpose of the research was to study the purification and partial characterization of antifungal alkaline chitinase from a newly isolated Citrobacter freundii haritD11. The enzyme was purified in a three-step procedure involving ammonium sulfate precipitation, dialysis, and Sephadex G-100 gel filtration chromatography. The enzyme was shown to have a relative high molecular weight of 64 kDa by sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and was purified 7.3-fold with a yield of 18.8 %. It was most active at 35 °C, pH 8.0, with colloid chitin as substrate and was very stable at alkaline pH contradicting the characteristic that most of the bacterial chitinases are active at acidic pH. Further, the purified chitinase exhibited remarkable antifungal activity against pathogenic fungi Aspergillus flavus MTCC 2798 and Aspergillus niger MTCC 9652 showing diametric inhibition zones of 27 mm and 21 mm, respectively.     

Fluorometric Method for Determination of Transketolase Activity

Abstract

A new method for rapid and accurate determination of transketolase is studied. The reaction is monitored by coupling the system with the glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase system and flurometrically measureing the production of NADH. The assay is rapid and convenient. It responds linearly to transketolase activity as low as 0.1 units in three ml of reaction mixture.     

Purification and Characterization of a Urethanase from Penicillium variabile

Urethanase produced by Penicillium variabile was purified through ultrasonication, concentration by polyethylene glycol 20,000, and Superdex G-200 gel filtration chromatography. The molecular weight of urethanase was determined to be around 96 kDa by gel filtration. The purified enzyme showed a single band in SDS-PAGE with the molecular weight of ~13.7 kDa, which suggests that the enzyme has a multimeric structure composed of the same subunits. Peptide map fingerprinting analysis was then carried out by MALDI/TOF-TOF MS. Within the known sequences in NCBI, glucosamine-6-phosphate deaminase and 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase get high score as compared with urethanase. Sequence analysis informs that N-terminal sequence of urethanase is GTNTADNDAA. The Minchaelis constant (K _m) and maximum reaction rate (V _m) of urethanase are 27.2 mmol/L and 156.25 μmol/L min, respectively.     

Seed proteins of Ricinus communis. II. Isolation and comparative characterization of the acid form of ricin

An acid form of ricin — ricin T — with a molecular weight of 58 kDa, an isoelectric point, pI, of 7.0–7.1, and a sedimentation coefficient of 4.60 S has been isolated from the seeds of the Central Asian castor-oil plantRicinus communis by gel filtration on Sephadex G-75 followed by ion exchange chromatography on DEAE- and CM-celluloses. The amino acid composition and the N-terminal amino acid residues of ricin T have been determined.     

Efficient purification of human plasma beta 2-microglobulin from the haemodialysate of a patient with chronic renal failure by use of high-performance liquid chromatography

Human plasma beta 2-microglobulin was isolated in a good yield (more than 80%) from the haemodialysate (blood ultrafiltrate) of a patient with chronic renal failure. The isolation procedure consisted of Sephadex G-100 gel filtration and two steps of high-performance liquid chromatography: reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography and gel permeation chromatography. The purified beta 2-microglobulin was homogeneous by sodium dodecyl sulphate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and two-dimensional electrophoresis.     

A Novel α-Amylase from Bacillus mojavensis A21: Purification and Biochemical Characterization

α-Amylase from Bacillus mojavensis A21 (BMA.2) was purified to homogeneity by ultrafiltration, Sephadex G-75 gel filtration and Sepharose mono Q anion exchange chromatography, with a 15.3-fold increase in specific activity and 11% recovery. The molecular weight of the BMA.2 enzyme was estimated to be 58 kDa by sodium dodecyl sulphate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) and gel filtration. The optimum temperature and pH were 80?°C and 6.5, respectively. BMA.2 belonged to the EDTA-sensitive α-amylase, but its activity was not stimulated by the presence of Ca²⁺ ions. The major end-products of starch hydrolysis were maltohexaose, maltopentaose and maltotriose. The N-terminal amino acid sequence of the first ten amino acids of the purified α-amylase was ASVNGTLMQY. Compared to sequences of other amylases, the ten amino acid sequence contains Val at position 3, while amylases from Bacillus licheniformis NH1 and Bacillus sp. SG-1 have Leu and Thr at position 3, respectively.     

长白山白眉蝮蛇蛇毒精氨酸酯酶1的研究Ⅰ.纯化、分子量测定及纯度鉴定

利用离子交换 (DEAESephadexA - 50 )和凝胶过滤层析 (SephadexG - 75)技术首次从长白山白眉蝮蛇蛇毒 (AgkistrodonblomhoffiiUssurensis)中纯化得到了一种精氨酸酯酶纯品。经SDS -聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳(SDS -PAGE)以及基质辅助激光解吸电离飞行时间质谱 (MALDI/TOF/MS)鉴定为单一纯蛋白 ,分子量为2 991 8.5± 1 5Da ,为进一步研究其结构与功能提供了可靠的依据。     

Purification and Partial Characterization of an Exo-polygalacturonase from Paecilomyces variotii Liquid Cultures

An extracellular polygalacturonase (PG) produced from Paecilomyces variotii was purified to homogeneity through two chromatography steps using DEAE-Fractogel and Sephadex G-100. The molecular weight of P. variotii PG was 77,300 Da by gel filtration and SDS-PAGE. PG had isoelectric point of 4.37 and optimum pH 4.0. PG was very stable from pH 3.0 to 6.0. The extent of hydrolysis of different pectins by the purified enzyme was decreased with an increase in the degree of esterification. PG had no activity toward non-pectic polysaccharides. The apparent K _m and V _max values for hydrolyzing sodium polypectate were 1.84 mg/mL and 432 μmol/min/mg, respectively. PG was found to have temperature optimum at 65 °C and was totally stable at 45 °C for 90 min. Half-life at 55 °C was 50.6 min. Almost all the examined metal cations showed partial inhibitory effects under enzymatic activity, except for Na⁺¹, K⁺¹, and Co⁺² (1 mM) and Cu⁺² (1 and 10 mM).     

Cysteine carboxyl O-methylation of human placental 23 kDa protein

C-Terminal carboxyl methylation of a human placental 23 kDa protein catalyzed by membrane-associated methyltransferase has been investigated. The 23 kDa protein substrate methylated was partially purified by DEAE-Sephacel, hydroxyapatite and Sephadex G-100 gel filtration chromatographies. The substrate protein was eluted on Sephadex G-100 gel filtration chromatography as a protein of about 29 kDa. In the absence of Mg2+, the methylation was stimulated by guanine nucleotides (GTP, GDP and GTPgammaS), but in the presence of Mg2+, only GTPgammaS stimulated the methylation which was similar to the effect on the G25K/rhoGDI complex. AFC, an inhibitor of C-terminal carboxyl methylation, inhibited the methylation of human placental 23 kDa protein. These results suggests that the substrate is a small G protein different from the G25K and is methylated on C-terminal isoprenylated cysteine residue. This was also confirmed by vapor phase analysis. The methylated substrate protein was redistributed to membrane after in vitro methylation, suggesting that the methylation of this protein is important for the redistribution of the 23 kDa small G protein for its putative role in intracellular signaling.     

Isolation,purification, and study of some properties of the extracellular lignin peroxidases of the wood-destroying fungusPleurotus ostreatus

Abstact Two bands with lignin peroxidase activity have been detected by isoelectric focusing in a total enzyme preparation obtained from a 15-day filtrate of the culture liquid of the fungusPleurotus ostreatus by fractionation with ammonium sulfate. Two homogeneous forms of the enzymes — LGP-I and LGP-II — have been obtained by gel filtration on Sephadex G-100, ion-exchange chromatography on DEAF-Toyopearl 650 M gel, and rechromatography on Sephadex G-75, and also by electrophoresis in PAAG. The specific activities of the purified lignin peroxidases LGP-I and LGP-H amounted to 36.5 and 54.3 units/mg, their degrees of purification being 8.7 and 12.9, respectively. The molecular masses of LGP-I and LGP-II, determined by electrophoresis in PAAG in the presence of Na-DS and by gel filtration on TSK HW–65 gel were 42–44 and 61–63 kDa. The isoelectric points of LGP-I and LGP-II were 3.4 and 4.1, their pH optima 2.7 and 3.4, and the, temperatures of their optimum enzymatic action 28 and 34°C, respectively. The isoenzymes differed from one another substantially with respect to pH stability and resistance to heat. The values of K_M determined from the rates of hydrolysis of the substrate by the enzymes in the presence of H₂O₂ at pH 3.7 were 0.09 mM for LGP-I and 0.07 mM for LGP-II. The values of K_M with respect to veratryl alcohol, determined by the Lineweaver—Burk method, were 0.117 mM for LGP-II and 0.132 mM for LGP-II.Institute of Microbiology, Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Tashkent, fax (3712) 41 71 29. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 3, pp. 394–402, May–June, 1996. Original article submitted November 11, 1994.     

Die multikomponenten Formen von Cellulase (EC 3.2.1.4) ausAspergillus oryzae

The enzyme cellulase fromAspergillus oryzae was resolved into four multiple forms, using anion exchange chromatography on DEAE Sephadex A-50 and gel filtration on Sephadex G-75. The stages of fractionation were followed by electrophoresis on cellulose acetate strips. These enzyme forms are characterized by different enzyme activities and isoelectric points.

Herrn Univ.-Prof. Dr.Hans Tuppy zum 65. Geburtstag herzlichst gewidmet.     

Competitive bindings of histones with DNA in formation of plant nucleohistones

An acid form of ricin — ricin T — with a molecular weight of 58 kDa, an isoelectric point, pI, of 7.0–7.1, and a sedimentation coefficient of 4.60 S has been isolated from the seeds of the Central Asian castor-oil plantRicinus communis by gel filtration on Sephadex G-75 followed by ion exchange chromatography on DEAE- and CM-celluloses. The amino acid composition and the N-terminal amino acid residues of ricin T have been determined.Institute of the Chemistry of Plant Substances, Uzbek Academy of Sciences, Tashkent. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 6, pp. 883–887, November–December, 1987.     

Fluorescence immunoassay for angiotensin I

A heterogeneous fluorescence immunoassay for angiotensin I is described. Fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC) is used as fluorescent label; it is covalently linked to angiotensin I by reacting in pH 9.2 carbonate buffer at 18°C for 24 h. A Sephadex G-10 gel filtration column permits separation of conjugate from excess of FITC. The assay is applied to 4–40 ng ml^?1 angiotensin I, with a relative standard deviation of 5%.     

Purification and Characterization of Three Lectins Extracted from Cassia Fistula Seeds and Effect of Various Physical and Chemical Agents on Their Stability

Three lectins designated as CSL‐1, CSL‐2 and CSL‐3 were purified from Cassia fistula seeds by gel filtration on Sephadex G‐50 followed by ion‐exchange chromatography on DEAE cellulose and finally by affinity chromatography on Sepharose 4B. The molecular weights of the lectins CSL‐1, CSL‐2 and CSL‐3, determined by gel filtration on Sephadex G‐75 column were 37,000, 42,400 and 46,000, and by SDS gel electrophoresis were 37500, 42000 and 46500, respectively. All three lectins agglutinated rat red blood cells and the agglutination was inhibited specifically by galactose and galactose containing saccharide. The neutral sugar contents of the lectins, CSL‐1, CSL‐2 and CSL‐3 were estimated to be 3.5, 3.1 and 2.0%, respectively. The sugar composition of the lectins was found to be galactose in CSL‐1, galactose and glucose in CSL‐2, and galactose and mannose in CSL‐3. The lectins exhibited maximum hemagglutinating activities around pH 7.2 to 7.5 and at a temperature range of 20° to 35 °C. Biological activities of the lectins were abolished sequentially with the increase in concentration of acetic acid and denaturant solutions such as urea and guanidine‐HCl.     

从酵母细胞中分离纯化醇脱氢酶

醇脱氢酶(ADH)用于食品工业，还是酶法测定乙醇或乙醛含量的工具酶。沉淀法和层析法至今仍然广泛用于分离蛋白质和酶。用离子交换层析、亲和层析等方法经过4～5个纯化步骤后，分离纯化ADH和其它蛋白质，纯化倍数可达100多倍。我们从酵母细胞中分离出醇脱氢酶，并通过硫酸铵分段盐析、凝胶层析以及离子交换层析对该酶进行纯化，用较少的步骤得到了相对高的纯化倍数。