Purification and characterization of an exoglucanase from Streptomyces flavogriseus

1984 ◽  
Vol 30 (9) ◽  
pp. 1171-1178 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. R. Mackenzie ◽  
D. Bilous ◽  
K. G. Johnson

Streptomyces flavogriseus, a mesophilic actinomycete, produces high levels of extracellular enzymes capable of hydrolyzing cellulose and xylan. One such enzyme, an exoglucanase, has been purified to molecular homogeneity by a sequence involving DEAE Bio-Gel A chromatography, gel permeation chromatography on Bio-Gel P-60, preparative isoelectric focusing, and concanavalin A affinity chromatography. This purification sequence disclosed the presence of several distinct endoglucanase and xylanase fractions. Homogeneity of the purified enzyme was demonstrated by analytical isoelectric focusing and sodium dodecyl sulphate – polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. The purified enzyme had a molecular weight of approximately 45 000 and an isoelectric point of 4.15. The enzyme demonstrated negligible activity with carboxymethylcellulose as the substrate. It was able to extensively hydrolyse acid-swollen cellulose; the main product of enzyme action was cellobiose.

1986 ◽  
Vol 239 (3) ◽  
pp. 699-704 ◽  
Author(s):  
S Chaudhuri ◽  
J M Lambert ◽  
L A McColl ◽  
J R Coggins

A procedure has been developed for the purification of 3-dehydroquinase from Escherichia coli. Homogeneous enzyme with specific activity 163 units/mg of protein was obtained in 19% overall yield. The subunit Mr estimated from polyacrylamide-gel electrophoresis in the presence of sodium dodecyl sulphate was 29,000. The native Mr, estimated by gel permeation chromatography on Sephacryl S-200 (superfine) and on TSK G3000SW, was in the range 52,000-58,000, indicating that the enzyme is dimeric. The catalytic properties of the enzyme have been determined and shown to be very similar to those of the biosynthetic 3-dehydroquinase component of the arom multifunctional enzyme of Neurospora crassa.


1998 ◽  
Vol 64 (2) ◽  
pp. 789-792 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giuliano Degrassi ◽  
Benedict C. Okeke ◽  
Carlo V. Bruschi ◽  
Vittorio Venturi

ABSTRACT Bacillus pumilus PS213 was found to be able to release acetate from acetylated xylan. The enzyme catalyzing this reaction has been purified to homogeneity and characterized. The enzyme was secreted, and its production was induced by corncob powder and xylan. Its molecular mass, as determined by gel filtration, is 190 kDa, while sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis showed a single band of 40 kDa. The isoelectric point was found to be 4.8, and the enzyme activity was optimal at 55°C and pH 8.0. The activity was inhibited by most of the metal ions, while no enhancement was observed. The Michaelis constant (Km ) andV max for α-naphthyl acetate were 1.54 mM and 360 μmol min−1 mg of protein−1, respectively.


1983 ◽  
Vol 29 (10) ◽  
pp. 1361-1368 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas P. Poirier ◽  
Stanley C. Holt

Capnocytophaga ochracea acid (AcP; EC 3.1.3.2) and alkaline (AlP; EC 3.1.3.1) phosphatase was isolated by Ribi cell disruption and purified by sodium dodecyl sulphate – polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS–PAGE.) Both phosphatases eluted from Sephadex G-150 consistent with molecular weights (migration) of 140 000 and 110 000. SDS–PAGE demonstrated a 72 000 and 55 000 subunit molecular migration for AcP and AlP, respectively. The kinetics of activity of purified AcP and AIP on p-nitrophenol phosphate and phosphoseryl residues of the phosphoproteins are presented.


2001 ◽  
Vol 67 (8) ◽  
pp. 3746-3749 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yu-Huan Liu ◽  
Ying-Cheng Chung ◽  
Ya Xiong

ABSTRACT A dimethoate-degrading enzyme from Aspergillus nigerZHY256 was purified to homogeneity with a specific activity of 227.6 U/mg of protein. The molecular mass of the purified enzyme was estimated to be 66 kDa by gel filtration and 67 kDa by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. The isoelectric point was found to be 5.4, and the enzyme activity was optimal at 50°C and pH 7.0. The activity was inhibited by most of the metal ions and reagents, while it was induced by Cu2+. The Michaelis constant (K m ) andV max for dimethoate were 1.25 mM and 292 μmol min−1 mg of protein−1, respectively.


1985 ◽  
Vol 226 (1) ◽  
pp. 217-223 ◽  
Author(s):  
S Chaudhuri ◽  
J R Coggins

A procedure was developed for the purification of shikimate dehydrogenase from Escherichia coli. Homogeneous enzyme with specific activity 1100 units/mg of protein was obtained in 21% overall yield. The subunit Mr estimated by polyacrylamide-gel electrophoresis in the presence of sodium dodecyl sulphate was 32 000. The native Mr, estimated by gel-permeation chromatography on a TSK G2000SW column, was also 32 000. E. coli shikimate dehydrogenase is therefore a monomeric NADP-linked dehydrogenase.


1998 ◽  
Vol 64 (3) ◽  
pp. 982-991 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. W. Farchaus ◽  
W. J. Ribot ◽  
S. Jendrek ◽  
S. F. Little

ABSTRACT Bacillus anthracis, the etiologic agent for anthrax, produces two bipartite, AB-type exotoxins, edema toxin and lethal toxin. The B subunit of both exotoxins is an M r83,000 protein termed protective antigen (PA). The human anthrax vaccine currently licensed for use in the United States consists primarily of this protein adsorbed onto aluminum oxyhydroxide. This report describes the production of PA from a recombinant, asporogenic, nontoxigenic, and nonencapsulated host strain of B. anthracis and the subsequent purification and characterization of the protein product. Fermentation in a high-tryptone, high-yeast-extract medium under nonlimiting aeration produced 20 to 30 mg of secreted PA per liter. Secreted protease activity under these fermentation conditions was low and was inhibited more than 95% by the addition of EDTA. A purity of 88 to 93% was achieved for PA by diafiltration and anion-exchange chromatography, while greater than 95% final purity was achieved with an additional hydrophobic interaction chromatography step. The purity of the PA product was characterized by reversed-phase high-pressure liquid chromatography, sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS)-capillary electrophoresis, capillary isoelectric focusing, native gel electrophoresis, and SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. The biological activity of the PA, when combined with excess lethal factor in the macrophage cell lysis assay, was comparable to previously reported values.


1980 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 131 ◽  
Author(s):  
JB Caldwell ◽  
LG Sparrow

An aminopeptidase with specificity for N-terminal glutamic and aspartic acid residues has been purified to apparent homogeneity from pea seeds (Pisum sativum cv. Greenfeast). It also catalyses the hydrolysis of the glutaryl-phenylalanine bond of the synthetic chymotrypsin substrate glutaryl- L-phenylalanine p-nitroanilide. The native enzyme, which has a molecular weight of approximately 500 000, gives a single band on polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis but two major bands when subjected to electrophoresis in the presence of sodium dodecyl sulfate after reduction. Its behaviour with various inhibitors suggests that a sulfhydryl group is important for its activity.


1982 ◽  
Vol 60 (1) ◽  
pp. 28-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
Albert Hercz

α1-Globulin-type protease inhibitors were isolated from goat serum by two methods, namely preparative isoelectric focusing and preparative electrophoresis in polyacrylamide gel. The fractions obtained by the first method showed varying isoprotein compositions by analytical isoelectric focusing. Sodium dodecyl sulfate – polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS–PAGE) revealed the presence of one protein in the fractions with the same velocity of migration as purified human α1-antitrypsin and a second protein with a slightly higher migration velocity. The ratios of trypsin-inhibiting to chymotrypsin-inhibiting capacities in all the fractions were the same and both inhibitors were stable upon storage. The reaction of the inhibitors with trypsin and chymotrypsin was also demonstrated by analytical isoelectric focusing.The fractions obtained by preparative gel electrophoresis (the second method) contained the same proteins but their proportions varied widely in different fractions as demonstrated by analytical electrofocusing in the presence of urea and by SDS–PAGE. The early fractions, which consisted predominantly of α1-antitrypsin, showed a high inhibiting capacity for trypsin and none or only negligible capacity for chymotrypsin. Conversely, in the late fractions, the proportions of the proteins and inhibiting capacities were reversed. At 4 °C the trypsin-inhibiting capacity was stable for weeks but the chymotrypsin-inhibiting capacity of the preparation rapidly decreased.These observations indicate that the inhibition of proteases by goat α1-globulins is due to at least two closely associated but distinguishable proteins. One of these, corresponding to human α1-antitrypsin, would have an appreciable capacity to inhibit trypsin, but unlike the latter, little or no capacity for chymotrypsin inhibition. The inhibition of chymotrypsin is due to the second, unidentified α1-globulin.


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