scholarly journals Coal Depolymerising Activity and Haloperoxidase Activity of Mn Peroxidase fromFomes durissimusMTCC-1173

2011 ◽  
Vol 2011 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sunil Kumar Singh ◽  
Meera Yadav ◽  
Sudha Yadava ◽  
Kapil Deo Singh Yadav

Mn peroxidase has been purified to homogeneity from the culture filtrate of a new fungal strainFomes durissimusMTCC-1173 using concentration by ultrafiltration and anion exchange chromatography on diethylaminoethyl (DEAE) cellulose. The molecular mass of the purified enzyme has been found to be 42.0 kDa using SDS-PAGE analysis. The values using MnSO4and H2O2as the variable substrates in 50 mM lactic acid-sodium lactate buffer pH 4.5 at were 59 μM and 32 μM, respectively. The catalytic rate constants using MnSO4and H2O2were 22.4 s−1and 14.0 s−1, respectively, giving the values of 0.38 μM−1s−1and 0.44 μM−1s−1, respectively. The pH and temperature optima of the Mn peroxidase were 4 and , respectively. The purified MnP depolymerises humic acid in presence of H2O2. The purified Mn peroxidase exhibits haloperoxidase activity at low pH.

2011 ◽  
Vol 58 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jian Sun ◽  
Yongchang Zhao ◽  
Hongmei Chai ◽  
Hexiang Wang ◽  
Tzi Bun Ng

A novel protease with a molecular mass of 15 kDa was purified from fresh fruiting bodies of the wild mushroom Amanita farinosa. The purification protocol entailed anion exchange chromatography on DEAE-cellulose, affinity chromatography on Affi-gel blue gel, cation exchange chromatography on SP-Sepharose, and gel filtration by fast protein liquid chromatography on Superdex 75. The protease was unadsorbed on DEAE-cellulose but adsorbed on Affi-gel blue gel and SP-Sepharose. It demonstrated a single 15-kDa band in sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS/PAGE) and a 15-kDa peak in gel filtration. The optimal pH and optimal temperature of the protease were pH 8.0 and 65 °C, respectively. Proliferation of human hepatoma HepG2 cells was inhibited by the protease with an IC(50) of 25 µM. The protease did not have antifungal or ribonuclease activity.


1980 ◽  
Vol 187 (3) ◽  
pp. 647-653 ◽  
Author(s):  
K Arakawa ◽  
M Yuki ◽  
M Ikeda

Tryptensin, a vasopressor substance generated from human plasma protein fraction IV-4 by trypsin, has been isolated and the amino acid composition analysed. The procedures used for the isolation were: (a) adsorption of the formed tryptensin on Dowex 50W (X2; NH4+ form); (b) gel filtration through Sephadex G-25; (c) cation-exchange chromatography on CM-cellulose; (d) anion-exchange chromatography on DEAE-cellulose; (e) re-chromatography on CM-cellulose; (f) gel filtration on Bio-Gel P-2; (g) partition chromatography on high-pressure liquid chromatography. The homogeneity of the isolated tryptensin was confirmed by thin-layer chromatography and thin-layer electrophoresis. The amino acid analysis of the hydrolysate suggested the following proportional composition: Asp, 1; Val, 1; Ile, 1; Tyr, 1; Phe, 1; His, 1; Arg, 1; Pro, 1. This composition is identical with that of human angiotensin.


2011 ◽  
Vol 31 (6) ◽  
pp. 465-475 ◽  
Author(s):  
Syed Rashel Kabir ◽  
Md. Abu Zubair ◽  
Md. Nurujjaman ◽  
Md. Azizul Haque ◽  
Imtiaj Hasan ◽  
...  

A lectin (termed NNTL) was purified from the extracts of Nymphaea nouchali tuber followed by anion-exchange chromatography on DEAE-cellulose, hydrophobic chromatography on HiTrap Phenyl HP and by repeated anion-exchange chromatography on HiTrap Q FF column. The molecular mass of the purified lectin was 27.0 ± 1.0 kDa, as estimated by SDS/PAGE both in the presence and in the absence of 2-mercaptoethanol. NNTL was an o-nitrophenyl β-D-galactopyranoside sugar-specific lectin that agglutinated rat, chicken and different groups of human blood cells and exhibited high agglutination activity over the pH range 5–9 and temperatures of 30–60°C. The N-terminal sequence of NNTL did not show sequence similarity with any other lectin and the amino acid analysis revealed that NNTL was rich in leucine, methionine and glycine residues. NNTL was a glycoprotein containing 8% neutral sugar and showed toxicity against brine shrimp nauplii with an LC50 value of 120 ± 29 μg/ml and exerted strong agglutination activity against four pathogenic bacteria (Bacillus subtilis, Sarcina lutea, Shigella shiga and Shigella sonnei). In addition, antiproliferative activity of this lectin against EAC (Ehrlich ascites carcinoma) cells showed 56% and 76% inhibition in vivo in mice at 1.5 and 3 mg·kg−1·day−1 respectively. NNTL was a divalent ion-dependent glycoprotein, which lost its activity markedly in the presence of denaturants. Furthermore, measurement of fluorescence spectra in the presence and absence of urea and CaCl2 indicated the requirement of Ca2+ for the stability of NNTL.


Author(s):  
Nguyen Thi My Trinh ◽  
Tran Linh Thuoc ◽  
Dang Thi Phuong Thao

Background: The recombinant human granulocyte colony stimulating factor con-jugated with polyethylene glycol (PEGylated GCSF) has currently been used as an efficient drug for the treatment of neutropenia caused by chemotherapy due to its long circulating half-life. Previous studies showed that Granulocyte Colony Stimula-ting Factor (GCSF) could be expressed as non-classical Inclusion Bodies (ncIBs), which contained likely correctly folded GCSF inside at low temperature. Therefore, in this study, a simple process was developed to produce PEGylated GCSF from ncIBs. Methods: BL21 (DE3)/pET-GCSF cells were cultured in the LiFlus GX 1.5 L bioreactor and the expression of GCSF was induced by adding 0.5 mM IPTG. After 24 hr of fermentation, cells were collected, resuspended, and disrupted. The insoluble fraction was obtained from cell lysates and dissolved in 0.1% N-lauroylsarcosine solution. The presence and structure of dissolved GCSF were verified using SDS-PAGE, Native-PAGE, and RP-HPLC analyses. The dissolved GCSF was directly used for the con-jugation with 5 kDa PEG. The PEGylated GCSF was purified using two purification steps, including anion exchange chromatography and gel filtration chromatography. Results: PEGylated GCSF was obtained with high purity (~97%) and was finally demonstrated as a form containing one GCSF molecule and one 5 kDa PEG molecule (monoPEG-GCSF). Conclusion: These results clearly indicate that the process developed in this study might be a potential and practical approach to produce PEGylated GCSF from ncIBs expressed in Escherichia coli (E. coli).


1987 ◽  
Vol 42 (4) ◽  
pp. 387-393 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hilda-K. Hund ◽  
Brigitte Keller ◽  
Franz Lingens

Abstract The enzymes of the terminal steps of phenylalanine and tyrosine biosynthesis, chorismate mutase, prephenate dehydratase, arogenate dehydratase, prephenate dehydrogenase and aroge­ nate dehydrogenase were studied in 13 sporeforming members of the order Actinomycetales. In these organisms tyrosine is synthesized exclusively via arogenate, phenylalanine, however, via phenylpyruvate. The regulation pattern of the corresponding enzymes was determined: No feed­ back inhibition of arogenate dehydrogenase by L-phenylalanine and ʟ-tyrosine was observed. Chorismate mutase was found to be inhibited in all organisms by ʟ-tyrosine and in most organisms by ʟ-tryptophan. ʟ-Phenylalanine was shown to inhibit prephenate dehydratase in the majority of bacteria tested and ʟ-tyrosine activated this enzyme in most cases. The elution profiles for the phenylalanine and tyrosine biosynthetic enzymes were studied in three members of the order Actinomycetales by anion exchange chromatography on DEAE-cellulose.


2013 ◽  
Vol 8 (10) ◽  
pp. 1934578X1300801 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arvind Dabhade ◽  
Priti Patel ◽  
Ulhas Patil

A thermo-stable, proteinaceous protease inhibitor (LPI) from Lawsonia inermis is reported. The LPI was purified from Lawsonia inermis seeds by subsequent ammonium sulfate precipitation, ion exchange chromatography (DEAE-Cellulose) and gel permeation chromatography (Sephadex-50). The purified protease inhibitor is effective against a wide range of proteases viz. papain, trypsin, pepsin and metallo-protease. The apparent molecular weight of the protease inhibitor is 19 kDa, determined by SDS-PAGE electrophoresis. The protease inhibitor was found to be stable at 70 °C for 30 min. It was also examined for antibacterial activity against Pseudomonas aeruginosa MTCC 7926 and Staphylococcus aureus NCIM 2079; the IC50 values of the purified LPI were 11.4 μg/mL and 16.6 μg/mL respectively.


1975 ◽  
Vol 53 (7) ◽  
pp. 735-746 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. W. Gray

Snake venom phosphodiesterase liberates the O2′-methylnucleoside (Nm) constituents of RNA as the corresponding 5′-nucleotides (pNm), which, in contrast to normal 5′-nucleotides (pN), are resistant to dephosphorylation by venom 5′-nucleotidase. This property provides the basis of a convenient and highly reproducible quantitative assay for Nm residues in RNA. The assay method involves: (1) hydrolysis of RNA with whole or partially-purified snake venom; (2) isolation of the pNm derivatives, as a group, by anion-exchange chromatography on DEAE-cellulose; (3) resolution of the individual pNm compounds by two-dimensional paper chromatography; (4) identification and quantitative measurement of pNm derivatives by ultraviolet absorption spectrophotometry. Using this procedure, the molar proportions of the Nm constituents of wheat embryo, yeast, and Escherichia coli tRNA have been determined. The close correspondence between the values measured by venom hydrolysis and those obtained by analysis of alkali-stable dinucleotide (Nm-Np) sequences attests to the validity of the venom assay, and further indicates that alkali-stable sequences larger than dinucleotides are not present in significant amounts in the tRNA of the above three organisms.During the present investigation, several ultraviolet-absorbing components, not immediately identifiable as ribose-methylated nucleotides, were isolated along with the expected O2′-methylnucleoside 5′-phosphates. Preliminary characterization of one of these compounds suggests that it is a derivative of a novel nucleoside, O2′-methyl-5-carboxymethyluridine (cm5Um). Venom hydrolysis of yeast tRNA liberates the 5′-nucleotide of cm5Um in the form of a carboxyl-blocked derivative (pU-2). During alkaline hydrolysis of yeast tRNA, the blocking group in U-2 is labilized and cm5Um is released as part of an alkali-stable dinucleotide, cm5Um-Ap. The proportion of pU-2 in venom hydrolysates of yeast tRNA (0.02 mol%, the same as the content of cm5Um-Ap in alkaline hydrolysates) suggests that O2′-methyl-5-carboxymethyluridine may be confined to a single isoaccepting species of tRNA in yeast.In an allied study, reinvestigation of the alkali-stable dinucleotide sequences of baker's yeast tRNA has confirmed previous results concerning the sequence distribution of O2′-methylribose in yeast tRNA (Gray, M. W. &Lane, B. G. (1967) Biochim. Biophys. Acta 134, 243–257).


1988 ◽  
Vol 60 (03) ◽  
pp. 471-475 ◽  
Author(s):  
H Erdjument ◽  
D A Lane ◽  
H Ireland ◽  
V Di Marzo ◽  
M Panico ◽  
...  

SummaryAntithrombin Milano is an unusual antithrombin variant, exhibiting an abnormal, fast moving component on crossed immunoelectrophoresis (in the absence of heparin). Antithrombin isolated from the propositus could be resolved into two peaks on anion-exchange chromatography; anti thrombin Milano peak 1 of Mr ∼60,000 which could inhibit thrombin, and antithrombin Milano peak 2 of Mr ∼120,000 which was inactive. The latter component also reacted with antisera to both antithrombin and albumin on immunoblotting. Under reducing conditions, the ∼120,000 Mr component migrated on SDS-PAGE as two distinct bands with Mr ∼60,000, one of which reacted with antiserum to antithrombin and the other (of slower mobility) of which reacted with antiserum to albumin only. These and other results established the ∼120,000 Mr component to be an inactive, disulphide-linked variant antithrombin and albumin complex. The variant antithrombin was isolated, following reduction and S-carboxy-methylation, by reverse-phase HPLC and then it was fragmented with CNBr. A major CNBr pool containing the sequence Gly339-Met423 was treated with trypsin, followed by V8 protease. The resulting peptides were analysed by fast atom bombardment mass spectrometry (Fab-MS) mapping. A peptide of molecular mass 1086, corresponding to the normal sequence Ala382-Arg393, was almost absent from the mass spectrum, but an additional peptide of mass number 1772 was present. These results are almost identical to those found in another variant antithrombin, North-wick Park (Erdjument et al., J Biol Chem, 262: 13381, 1987; Erdjument et al., J Biol Chem, 263: 5589-5593, 1988), indicating the same single amino acid substitution of Arg393 to Cys.


1980 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 279 ◽  
Author(s):  
RN Murdoch ◽  
Louise E Buxton ◽  
DJ Kay

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.


2015 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Theerasak Somdee ◽  
Anchana Somdee

For the first time, different types of diethylaminoethyl (DEAE) anion-exchange resins, widely used in previous studies, were investigated to determine the most effective resin for the purification of microcystins (MCs). MCs were extracted from freeze-dried Microcystis aeruginosa cells that had been harvested from the Bueng Nong Khot reservoir, Khon Kaen, Thailand. The toxins were precipitated with ammonium sulfate and then fractionated using five different anion-exchange chromatography resins, followed by chromatography with a C18 cartridge. The toxins were further identified via liquid chromatography–electrospray ionization–mass spectrometry (LC-ESI-MS) analysis, and the yields and purity were determined by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) with ultraviolet detection. DEAE Sephadex A-25 exhibited the best overall performance for MC purification regarding both yield and purity, followed by DEAE cellulose, DEAE Sephacel, DEAE Sepharose Fast Flow and Toyopearl DEAE. Four MC variants, MC-RR, MC-FR, [Dha7]MC-LR and MC-WR, were obtained, and [Dha7]MC-LR was the major variant, with a total yield of 53.08 mg and a purity of 95% using the Sephadex resin. This study indicates that protein precipitation and single-column chromatography using DEAE Sephadex A-25 constitute an effective method for the purification of a wide range of MC variants.


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