Extracellular proteolytic enzymes of psychrophilic bacteria. I. Purification and some properties of enzymes of an obligately psychrophilic red-pigmented bacterium

1968 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 215-224 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. Nunokawa ◽  
I. J. McDonald
Keyword(s):  
Metal Ions ◽  
Ammonium Sulfate ◽  
Synthetic Peptides ◽  
Proteolytic Enzymes ◽  
Gel Filtration ◽  
Deae Cellulose ◽  
Psychrophilic Bacterium ◽  
Psychrophilic Bacteria ◽  
Fraction I ◽  
Hydrolysis Of

Proteinase in culture fluids of an obligately psychrophilic bacterium was precipitated by ammonium sulfate and fractionated by gel filtration and DEAE-cellulose chromatography. Three purified fractions (I-1, I-2, and III-1) with proteinase activity were obtained. On the basis of reactions and characteristics (i.e. effect of pH, heat, and metal ions on activity and stability, hydrolysis of synthetic peptides and of natural proteins) fractions I-1 and III-1 appeared to be very similar whereas fraction I-2 was different. When proteinase preparations were examined by electrophoresis, fractions I-1 and III-1 gave similar patterns; fraction I-2 gave a different one. From the results it is suggested that the organism produces two proteinases and that possibly fraction I-1 represents an aggregation of molecules of III-1 and that fraction I-2 is a different proteinase.

Two types of xylanases of alkalophilic Bacillus sp. No. C-125

1985 ◽  
Vol 31 (6) ◽  
pp. 538-542 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Honda ◽  
T. Kudo ◽  
Y. Ikura ◽  
K. Horikoshi
Keyword(s):  
Ammonium Sulfate ◽  
Gel Filtration ◽  
Deae Cellulose ◽  
Bacillus Sp ◽  
Ammonium Sulfate Precipitation ◽  
Molecular Weights ◽  
Protein Molecules ◽  
Activity Curve ◽  
Alkalophilic Bacillus ◽  
Hydrolysis Of

One alkalophilic Bacillus sp. strain C-125 (FERM No. 7344) was isolated from soil. From this organism, two types of xylanases, designated xylanase A and xylanase N, were purified by an ammonium sulfate precipitation followed by Biogel P-30 gel filtration, DEAE-cellulose chromatography, and Sephadex G-75 gel filtration. The molecular weights of xylanase A and N were estimated as 43 000 and 16 000, respectively. Immunological experiments indicated that xylanase A and xylanase N were entirely different protein molecules. Xylanase N was most active at pH 6.0–7.0, but xylanase A had a very broad pH activity curve (pH 6–10) and was still active even at pH 12.0. The maximum hydrolysis of xylan by the enzymes was about 25%. Both enzymes split xylan and yielded xylobiose and higher oligosaccharides but could hydrolyze neither xylobiose nor xylotriose. Trans xylosidation activities were detected in both enzymes.

Extracellular proteolytic enzymes of psychrophilic bacteria. II. Production and heterogeneity of enzymes of an obligately psychrophilic red-pigmented bacterium and of a white variant

1968 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 225-231 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. Nunokawa ◽  
I. J. McDonald
Keyword(s):  
Fast Moving ◽  
Proteolytic Enzymes ◽  
Deae Cellulose ◽  
Red Pigment ◽  
Psychrophilic Bacteria ◽  
Proteinase Production ◽  
Separate Protein ◽  
Slow Moving ◽  
White Variant ◽  
Fraction I

The appearance of proteolytic enzymes in culture fluids during growth of an obligately psychrophilic red-pigmented bacterium and of a white variant was followed. Enzymes were precipitated with ammonium sulfate and fractionated on Sephadex G-100. Both organisms produced a slow-moving component (III) at the start of proteinase production and a fast-moving component as the culture aged. The fast-moving component of the red but not of the white organism was separated into two fractions (I-1 and I-2) on DEAE-cellulose. On filtration through Sephadex, fraction I-1 gave rise to fraction III; fraction I-2 gave rise to enzymatically active I-2 and inactive red pigment. It is suggested that both organisms produce fraction III initially and that this aggregates to form fraction I-1 and that the red organism produces fraction I-2, which is a separate protein.

scholarly journals Purification and characterization of ascamycin-hydrolysing aminopeptidase from Xanthomonas citri

1986 ◽  
Vol 233 (2) ◽  
pp. 459-463 ◽  
Author(s):  
H Osada ◽  
K Isono
Keyword(s):  
Antibacterial Activity ◽  
Enzyme Inhibitors ◽  
Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis ◽  
Gel Filtration ◽  
Deae Cellulose ◽  
Homogeneous State ◽  
Xanthomonas Citri ◽  
Gram Positive Bacteria ◽  
Xanthomonas Species ◽  
Hydrolysis Of

A nucleoside antibiotic, ascamycin (9-beta-[5′-0-(N-L-alanyl) sulphamoyl-D-ribofuranosyl]-2-chloroadenine), has a selective antibacterial activity against Xanthomonas species. When ascamycin was dealanylated, dealanylascamycin showed a broad antibacterial activity against various Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria. Xanthomonas citri is susceptible to ascamycin by virtue of the ascamycin-dealanylating enzyme on the cell surface [Osada & Isono (1985) Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 27, 230-233]. The enzyme (Xc aminopeptidase) was purified from X. citri cells by successive DEAE-cellulose, chromatofocusing and Sephadex G-100 column chromatography to a homogeneous state. The purified enzyme exhibited a single band with an Mr of 38 000 in SDS/polyacrylamide-gel electrophoresis. Gel filtration on a calibrated column indicated a similar Mr value. The isoelectric point of the enzyme was 5.7. The enzyme catalysed the hydrolysis of the alanyl group of ascamycin and liberated alanine from the sulphamoyl nucleoside. The enzyme also catalysed the hydrolysis of L-proline beta-naphthylamide and L-alanine beta-naphthylamide. The optimal pH and temperature for enzyme activity were pH 7.5-8.0 and 35-40 degrees C respectively. The enzyme was inhibited by thiol-enzyme inhibitors (i.e. rho-chloromercuribenzoate and N-ethylmaleimide), but was not affected by various naturally occurring aminopeptidase inhibitors (i.e. amastatin, bestatin, pepstatin and leupeptin). Mn2+ and Mg2+ activated the enzyme, whereas Cu2+, Zn2+ and Cd2+ were inhibitory.

scholarly journals Purification and characterization of two fructose diphosphate aldolases from Escherichia coli (Crookes' strain)

1973 ◽  
Vol 131 (4) ◽  
pp. 833-841 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donald Stribling ◽  
Richard N. Perham
Keyword(s):  
Escherichia Coli ◽  
Molecular Weight ◽  
Metal Ions ◽  
Gel Filtration ◽  
Deae Cellulose ◽  
Class Ii ◽  
Class I ◽  
E Coli ◽  
Km Value ◽  
Bivalent Metal Ions

Two fructose diphosphate aldolases (EC 4.1.2.13) were detected in extracts of Escherichia coli (Crookes' strain) grown on pyruvate or lactate. The two enzymes can be resolved by chromatography on DEAE-cellulose at pH7.5, or by gel filtration on Sephadex G-200, and both have been obtained in a pure state. One is a typical bacterial aldolase (class II) in that it is strongly inhibited by metal-chelating agents and is reactivated by bivalent metal ions, e.g. Ca2+, Zn2+. It is a dimer with a molecular weight of approx. 70000, and the Km value for fructose diphosphate is about 0.85mm. The other aldolase is not dependent on metal ions for its activity, but is inhibited by reduction with NaBH4 in the presence of substrate. The Km value for fructose diphosphate is about 20μm (although the Lineweaver–Burk plot is not linear) and the enzyme is probably a tetramer with molecular weight approx. 140000. It has been crystallized. On the basis of these properties it is tentatively assigned to class I. The appearance of a class I aldolase in bacteria was unexpected, and its synthesis in E. coli is apparently favoured by conditions of gluconeogenesis. Only aldolase of class II was found in E. coli that had been grown on glucose. The significance of these results for the evolution of fructose diphosphate aldolases is briefly discussed.

scholarly journals Purification and Characterization ofα -l-Arabinopyranosidase andα -l-Arabinofuranosidase from Bifidobacterium breve K-110, a Human Intestinal Anaerobic Bacterium Metabolizing Ginsenoside Rb2 and Rc

2003 ◽  
Vol 69 (12) ◽  
pp. 7116-7123 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ho-Young Shin ◽  
Sun-Young Park ◽  
Jong Hwan Sung ◽  
Dong-Hyun Kim
Keyword(s):  
Ammonium Sulfate ◽  
Column Chromatography ◽  
Specific Activity ◽  
Gel Filtration ◽  
Deae Cellulose ◽  
Bifidobacterium Breve ◽  
Ammonium Sulfate Fractionation ◽  
Apparent Homogeneity ◽  
Sds Page ◽  
Ginsenoside Rb2

ABSTRACT Two arabinosidases, α-l-arabinopyranosidase (no EC number) and α-l-arabinofuranosidase (EC 3.2.1.55), were purified from ginsenoside-metabolizing Bifidobacterium breve K-110, which was isolated from human intestinal microflora. α-l-Arabinopyranosidase was purified to apparent homogeneity, using a combination of ammonium sulfate fractionation, DEAE-cellulose, butyl Toyopearl, hydroxyapatite Ultrogel, QAE-cellulose, and Sephacryl S-300 HR column chromatography, with a final specific activity of 8.81 μmol/min/mg.α -l-Arabinofuranosidase was purified to apparent homogeneity, using a combination of ammonium sulfate fractionation, DEAE-cellulose, butyl Toyopearl, hydroxyapatite Ultrogel, Q-Sepharose, and Sephacryl S-300 column chromatography, with a final specific activity of 6.46 μmol/min/mg. The molecular mass ofα -l-arabinopyranosidase was found to be 310 kDa by gel filtration, consisting of four identical subunits (77 kDa each, measured by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis [SDS-PAGE]), and that ofα -l-arabinofuranosidase was found to be 60 kDa by gel filtration and SDS-PAGE. α-l-Arabinopyranosidase and α-l-arabinofuranosidase showed optimal activity at pH 5.5 to 6.0 and 40°C and pH 4.5 and 45°C, respectively. Both purified enzymes were potently inhibited by Cu2+ and p-chlormercuryphenylsulfonic acid.α -l-Arabinopyranosidase acted to the greatest extent on p-nitrophenyl-α-l-arabinopyranoside, followed by ginsenoside Rb2. α-l-Arabinofuranosidase acted to the greatest extent on p-nitrophenyl-α-l-arabinofuranoside, followed by ginsenoside Rc. Neither enzyme acted on p-nitrophenyl-β-galactopyranoside or p-nitrophenyl-β-d-fucopyranoside. These findings suggest that the biochemical properties and substrate specificities of these purified enzymes are different from those of previously purified α-l-arabinosidases. This is the first reported purification ofα -l-arabinopyranosidase from an anaerobic Bifidobacterium sp.

scholarly journals PURIFICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF SALIVARY AMYLASE INHIBITOR EXTRACTED FROM BARLEY

2016 ◽  
Vol 47 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Abood & Hakeem
Keyword(s):  
Ammonium Sulfate ◽  
Specific Activity ◽  
Gel Filtration ◽  
Deae Cellulose ◽  
Exchange Chromatography ◽  
Alpha Amylase ◽  
Ionic Exchange ◽  
Inhibition Activity ◽  
Amylase Inhibitors

Amylase inhibitors were purified by many sequential steps included concentration by gradual addition of ammonium sulfate at  saturation ratios. ranged from 0 to 90% . The best ratio of saturation was found to be 70% as the specific activity and inhibition activity toward Human alpha-amylase(HAS)  were the highest ( 8 U/mg and 6 U/ml respectively as compared to those of the rest ratios, the ratio of saturation with ammonium sulfate 60 % and then 50%, (5.8 ,5.5  )U/ml and( 7.7 ،7 )U/mg respectively for inhibition activity and specific activity and for  40% ,30%20%  saturation  the inhibition activity and specific activity were(5 ،4.8 ،4 ) u/ml (6.6 ،6 ،5.8) u/mg respectively .The precepitation step was followed by ionic exchange chromatography technique by DEAE-cellulose column( 3×11 )cm and the results showed that there was one peak with inhibition activity toward (HAS). Further  purification steps were conducted using gel filtration on Sephacryl S-200 column    (1.5  ×  60)cm; the purification folds was5.59 times with outcome of 46.5%.The results of alpha-amylase inhibitors characterization showed that the molecular weight was about 23.44 and 22.9  kDa  as determined by electrophoresis and gel filteration respectively.                                         

scholarly journals Measurement of vitamin B12-binding proteins of plasma. I. Technique

Blood ◽  
1975 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 281-286
Author(s):  
JA Begley ◽  
CA Hall
Keyword(s):  
Vitamin B12 ◽  
Ammonium Sulfate ◽  
Anion Exchange ◽  
Isoelectric Focusing ◽  
Binding Proteins ◽  
Gel Filtration ◽  
Deae Cellulose ◽  
Total Plasma ◽  
Step Procedure ◽  
The Mean

The unsaturated binding capacities (UBBC) of individual vitamin B12- binding proteins in plasma were measured by a two-step procedure. Transcobalamin II (TC II) was separated by precipitation with ammonium sulfate; the “R”-type binders remaining soluble were then divided into two components by bath separation with anion exchange on DEAE- cellulose. The two R components were designated alpha1-R (TC 1) and alpha2-R (third binder, fetal binder, PV binder, TC III). Ten normal sera were studied by this technique giving a separation into TC III and total plasma R identical to that obtained simultaneously by gel filtration. The mean UBBC of TC II was 969 plus or minus 204 pg of 57 Co B12 per ml of serum. The mean contamination of the precipitated TC III with plasma R was 3%. The UBBCs of alpha 2-R and alpha 1-R were 127 plus or minus 42 and 40 plus or minus 12 pg/ml, respectively. The mean contamination of the R fraction by TC II was 14% as evaluated by gel filtration. By isoelectric focusing it was found that the alpha1-R contained principally those components isoelectric at pH isoelectric at pH of 2.9–3.2, while alpha2-R was made up of those components isoelectric at pH of 3.6 or greater.

scholarly journals Enzymes of Trichomonas foetus. Separation and properties of two β-galactosidases

1970 ◽  
Vol 117 (4) ◽  
pp. 667-675 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. J. Harrap ◽  
Winifred M. Watkins
Keyword(s):  
Metal Ions ◽  
Gel Filtration ◽  
Galactosidase Activity ◽  
Ph Optimum ◽  
Crude Preparation ◽  
Hydrolysis Of

The β-galactosidase activity in extracts of Trichomonas foetus is separable into two fractions by gel filtration on Sephadex G-200. When o-nitrophenyl β-d-galactoside is used as substrate the first fraction to be eluted, β-galactosidase 1, has 50 times the activity (units per mg of protein) of the crude preparation. This fraction is activated by Mn2+ and Co2+ and inhibited by Hg2+ and EDTA. In the presence of Mn2+ the pH optimum for the hydrolysis of o-nitrophenyl β-d-galactoside or lactose is 5.8–6.0. β-Galactosidase 1 is an exoglycosidase that releases β-linked galactose joined to aliphatic and various carbohydrate aglycones. Hydrolysis is prevented, however, by a substituent on either the subterminal sugar or the terminal non-reducing β-galactosyl residue in an oligosaccharide. The second fraction, β-galactosidase 2, is not activated by metal ions or inhibited by EDTA and has a broad pH optimum from 4.5 to 6.0.

scholarly journals The Modified β-Ketoadipate Pathway in Rhodococcus rhodochrous N75: Enzymology of 3-Methylmuconolactone Metabolism

1998 ◽  
Vol 180 (24) ◽  
pp. 6668-6673 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chang-Jun Cha ◽  
Ronald B. Cain ◽  
Neil C. Bruce
Keyword(s):  
Ammonium Sulfate ◽  
Gel Filtration ◽  
Sole Source ◽  
Anion Exchange Chromatography ◽  
Exchange Chromatography ◽  
Rhodococcus Rhodochrous ◽  
Natural Substrate ◽  
Ph Optimum ◽  
A Subunit ◽  
Hydrolysis Of

ABSTRACT Rhodococcus rhodochrous N75 is able to metabolize 4-methylcatechol via a modified β-ketoadipate pathway. This organism has been shown to activate 3-methylmuconolactone by the addition of coenzyme A (CoA) prior to hydrolysis of the butenolide ring. A lactone-CoA synthetase is induced by growth of R. rhodochrous N75 on p-toluate as a sole source of carbon. The enzyme has been purified 221-fold by ammonium sulfate fractionation, hydrophobic chromatography, gel filtration, and anion-exchange chromatography. The enzyme, termed 3-methylmuconolactone-CoA synthetase, has a pH optimum of 8.0, a native M r of 128,000, and a subunitM r of 62,000, suggesting that the enzyme is homodimeric. The enzyme is very specific for its 3-methylmuconolactone substrate and displays little or no activity with other monoene and diene lactone analogues. Equimolar amounts of these lactone analogues brought about less than 30% (most brought about less than 15%) inhibition of the CoA synthetase reaction with its natural substrate.

Purification of Oidiodendron kalrai proteases

1976 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 327-333 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. M. Cino ◽  
R. P. Tewari
Keyword(s):  
Ammonium Sulfate ◽  
Proteolytic Activity ◽  
Column Chromatography ◽  
Crude Extract ◽  
Proteolytic Enzymes ◽  
Deae Cellulose ◽  
Ammonium Sulfate Precipitation ◽  
Proteolytic Activities ◽  
Yeast Phase ◽  
Cellulose Column

Oidiodendron kalrai yeast-phase cells demonstrate proteolytic activity. Some of the proteolytic enzymes of the crude extract were purified by a combination of ammonium sulfate precipitation, Sephadex G-200, and diethylaminoethyl (DEAE) cellulose column chromatography. At least six proteins exhibiting a range of proteolytic activities could be identified by these procedures. Purity of the enzyme fractions obtained from the DEAE-cellulose columns was tested by running polyacrylamide gels.

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