scholarly journals Extraction and Purification of Organophosphorus hydrolase Enzyme from Soil Microorganism Pseudomonas diminuta

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 416 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maheshwari D. T. ◽  
Thygaraj Varsha ◽  
N. S. Kumar

<p class="p1">Synthetic organophosphorus compounds are highly toxic hence, widely used as pesticides, insecticides and chemical warfare agents. Organophosphorus hydrolase (OPH) is an organophosphotriester hydrolyzing enzyme; effectively hydrolyze a range of organophosphate esters. The objective of the present study was extraction and purification of OPH enzyme from Pseudomonas <em>diminuta </em>bacteria (soil microorganism) and to study kinetic properties of the purified enzyme. Enzyme was extracted and purified from bacteria by ammonium sulphate precipitation and ion exchange chromatography. Purity of an enzyme was determined by sodium dodecyl sulphate-polyacryamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE). Purified OPH enzyme specific activity was found to be 27.7 fold of 32.8U/mg protein, molecular weight of 72 Kda and it is a homodimer since it has shown a single band in SDS-PAGE separation. Maximum activity of the free OPH enzyme was found at Optimum pH 7.5 and temperature 35<span class="s2"><sup>o</sup></span>C with the incubation time of 10 min. Michaelis constant (K<span class="s3">m</span>) and maximum velocity (V<span class="s3">max</span>) values of free OPH enzyme for methyl parathion as substrate was found to be 286.2μM and 2.5 μM/min respectively.</p>

1978 ◽  
Vol 175 (2) ◽  
pp. 391-406 ◽  
Author(s):  
R Jones ◽  
M B Wilkins ◽  
J R Coggins ◽  
C A Fewson ◽  
A D B Malcolm

Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase from the Crassulacean plant Bryophyllum fedtschenkoi has been purified to homogenetity by DEAE-cellulose treatment, (NH4)2SO4 fractionation,, and chromatography on DEAE-cellulose and hydroxyapatite. Poly(ethylene glycol) is required in the extraction medium to obtain maximum enzyme activity. The purified enzyme has a specific activity of about 26 units/mg of protein at 25 degrees C. It gives a single band on sodium dodecyl sulphate/polyacrylamide-gel electrophoresis, corresponding to a mol.wt. of 105,000, and gives a single band on non-denaturing gel electrophoresis at pH8.4. Cross-linking studies at pH8.0 indicate that the subunit structure is tetrameric but that the dimer may also be an important unit of polymerization. Gel filtration results at pH6.7 confirm that the native enzyme is tetrameric with a concentration-dependent dissociation to a dimer. The kinetic behaviour is characterized by (i) relatively small variations in maximum velocity between pH5.5 and 9.0 with a double optimum, (ii) a reversible temperature-dependent inactivation between 30 and 45 degrees C, (iii) inhibition by malate, which is pH-sensitive, and (iv) almost Michaelis-Menten behaviour with phosphoenolpyruvate as the varied ligand but sigmoidal behaviour under suitable conditions with malate as the varied ligand. The findings are related to other studies to the possible role phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase in controlling a circadian rhythm of CO2 fixation.


2019 ◽  
Vol 23 (10) ◽  
pp. 46
Author(s):  
Saif M. Hasan ◽  
Firas T. Maher ◽  
Nagham Q. Kadhim

This study was done to partially purification of  topoisomerase IB from serum of diabetic patients using Gel filtration technique, by using Sephadex G 100 gel. A single peak in fraction four has been obtained, and the degree of purification (17.1) fold, enzyme yield (108.2%) and specific activity (0.189ng/mg). Kinetics studies for the partial purified enzyme were carried out which showed optimal concentration of  substrate which was (0.1ng/ml), Michael's - Menten constant (Km=0.033ng) and maximum velocity (Vmax=0.90 ng/ml), while optimum Temperature was (37C°) and optimum pH was (7.5). The molecular weight of the partial purified enzyme has been determined by gel electrophoresis method, in presence of polyacrylamide  gel and sodium dodecyl sulphate (SDS-PAGE) which showed that the approximated molecular weight was (66KD).   http://dx.doi.org/10.25130/tjps.23.2018.168 


1990 ◽  
Vol 258 (2) ◽  
pp. C344-C351 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Schmidt ◽  
G. Wegener

White skeletal muscle of crucian carp contains a single isoenzyme of glycogen phosphorylase, which was purified approximately 300-fold to a specific activity of approximately 13 mumol.min-1.mg protein-1 (assayed in the direction of glycogen breakdown at 25 degrees C). Tissue extracts of crucian muscle produced three distinct peaks of phosphorylase activity when separated on DEAE-Sephacel. Peaks 1 and 3 were identified, in terms of kinetic properties and by interconversion experiments, as phosphorylase b and a, respectively. Peak 2 was shown to be a phospho-dephospho hybrid. The three interconvertible forms of phosphorylase were purified and shown to be dimeric molecules at 20 degrees C. At 5 degrees C, a and the hybrid tended to form tetramers. The Mr of the subunit was estimated to be 96,400 from sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. The hybrid is kinetically homogeneous, and its kinetic properties are intermediate between those of b and a forms. The b, hybrid, and a forms of phosphorylase can be isolated from rapidly frozen muscle of crucian but in different proportions, depending on whether fish were anesthetized or forced to muscular activity for 20 s. Muscle of anesthetized crucian had 36, 36, and 28% of phosphorylase b, hybrid, and a forms, respectively, whereas the corresponding values for exercised fish were 12, 37, and 51%. Results suggest that three interconvertible forms of phosphorylase exist simultaneously in crucian muscle and that hybrid phosphorylase is active in contracting muscle in vivo.


2018 ◽  
pp. 52-58

Purificación Parcial y Caracterización de Alfa Amilasa de granos germinados de Chenopodium quinoa (Quinua) Partial Purification and Characterization of Alpha Amylase from germinated grains from Chenopopdium quinoa (Quinua) Melissa Bedón Gómez, Oscar Nolasco Cárdenas, Carlos Santa Cruz C. y Ana I. F. Gutiérrez Román Universidad Nacional Federico Villarreal, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Matemática, Laboratorio de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Jr. Río Chepén S/N, El Agustino. Telefax: 362 - 3388 DOI: https://doi.org/10.33017/RevECIPeru2013.0007/ Resumen Las alfa amilasas son las enzimas más estudiadas e importantes en el campo biotecnológico e industrial; ya que han reemplazado por completo la hidrólisis química del almidón. Estas enzimas son imprescindibles en la elaboración de productos alimenticios, combustibles, medicamentos y detergentes con la finalidad de optimizar procesos y conservar el medio ambiente. La α-amilasa puede ser purificada de diferentes organismos como plantas, animales, hongos y bacterias; actualmente un gran número de α-amilasas bacterianas en especial del género Bacillus están disponibles comercialmente y son las más utilizadas en las industrias. Sin embargo, la producción de éstas no satisfacen los requerimientos industriales en el mundo; ya que, la demanda de esta enzima se ha incrementado en los últimos dos años y el empleo de α-amilasas bacterianas ha provocado alergias afectando al 15% de la población a nivel mundial. . En este estudio, como fuente de α-amilasa se emplearon semillas de Chenopodium quinoa (quinua) var hualhuas blanca durante el proceso de germinación; esta enzima fue parcialmente purificada por precipitación con sulfato de amonio obteniendo una actividad específica final de 35.60U/mg y un grado de purificación de 5 veces. La purificación fue confirmada por SDS-PAGE, encontrando un peso molecular de 44kDa. La actividad enzimática se evaluó mediante el método de Miller mostrando máxima actividad a pH 7 y a temperatura de 37ºC. La linealización de Lineweaver-Burk nos dio un Km de 16mg/mL y Vmax de 100µM de maltosa/min. Por lo tanto, esta caracterización reúne los pre-requisitos necesarios para la aplicación en la industria. Descriptores: Chenopodium quinoa, alfa amilasa, germinación, purificación parcial. Abstract The alpha amylases are the enzymes most studied and important in biotechnology and industry; because they have completely replaced the starch’s chemical hydrolysis. These enzymes are essential in the food production, medicines and detergents in order to optimize processes and conserve the environment. The α-amylase can be isolated from different organisms such as plants, animals, fungi and bacteria, now a large number of bacterial α-amylases especially from genus Bacillus are commercially available and they are the most used in industry. However, the production of these do not meet industry requirements in the world, because the demand for this enzyme has increased in the last two years and the use of bacterial α-amilase has caused allergies affecting the 15% of the global population. In this study, as a source of α-amylase used the seeds from Chenopodium quinoa (quinoa). Var. white hualhuas during the germination process, this enzyme was partially purified by ammonium sulfate precipitation to obtain a final specific activity of 35.60U/mg, and a grade of purification of 5 times. The purification was confirmed by SDS-PAGE, where the molecular weight was 44kDa. The enzyme activity was evaluated by Miller method showing maximum activity at pH 7 and 37ºC. The Lineweaver-Burk linearization shows a Km of 16mg/mL and Vmax of 100μM the maltose / min. Therefore, these characterizations meet the prerequisites need for industry. Keywords: Chenopodium quinoa; alpha amylase; germination; partial purification


2017 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dzun Noraini Jimat ◽  
Intan Baizura Firda Mohamed ◽  
Azlin Suhaida Azmi ◽  
Parveen Jamal

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.


Marine Drugs ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (11) ◽  
pp. 546
Author(s):  
Jie Pan ◽  
Ni-Na Wang ◽  
Xue-Jing Yin ◽  
Xiao-Ling Liang ◽  
Zhi-Peng Wang

Tannase plays a crucial role in many fields, such as the pharmaceutical industry, beverage processing, and brewing. Although many tannases derived from bacteria and fungi have been thoroughly studied, those with good pH stabilities are still less reported. In this work, a mangrove-derived yeast strain Rhodosporidium diobovatum Q95, capable of efficiently degrading tannin, was screened to induce tannase, which exhibited an activity of up to 26.4 U/mL after 48 h cultivation in the presence of 15 g/L tannic acid. The tannase coding gene TANRD was cloned and expressed in Yarrowia lipolytica. The activity of recombinant tannase (named TanRd) was as high as 27.3 U/mL. TanRd was purified by chromatography and analysed by SDS-PAGE, showing a molecular weight of 75.1 kDa. The specific activity of TanRd towards tannic acid was 676.4 U/mg. Its highest activity was obtained at 40 °C, with more than 70% of the activity observed at 25–60 °C. Furthermore, it possessed at least 60% of the activity in a broad pH range of 2.5–6.5. Notably, TanRd was excellently stable at a pH range from 3.0 to 8.0; over 65% of its maximum activity remained after incubation. Besides, the broad substrate specificity of TanRd to esters of gallic acid has attracted wide attention. In view of the above, tannase resources were developed from mangrove-derived yeasts for the first time in this study. This tannase can become a promising material in tannin biodegradation and gallic acid production.


2005 ◽  
Vol 37 (6) ◽  
pp. 363-370 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ye-Yun Li ◽  
Chang-Jun Jiang ◽  
Xiao-Chun Wan ◽  
Zheng-Zhu Zhang ◽  
Da-Xiang Li

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.


Blood ◽  
1999 ◽  
Vol 94 (4) ◽  
pp. 1300-1312
Author(s):  
Maria J. Prendes ◽  
Edith Bielek ◽  
Margareta Zechmeister-Machhart ◽  
Erika Vanyek-Zavadil ◽  
Veronica A. Carroll ◽  
...  

The occurrence of protein C inhibitor (PCI) in human platelets and megakaryocytes was analyzed. As judged from enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISAs), PCI was present in platelets at a concentration of 160 ng/2 × 109 cells. Its specific activity was 5 times higher than that of plasma PCI. Consistently, mainly the 57-kD form (active PCI) and some high molecular weight (Mr) forms, but no bands corresponding to cleaved PCI, were detected when platelet lysates were immunoprecipitated with monoclonal anti-PCI-IgG and analyzed by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) and Western blotting. The localization of PCI in platelets was studied by immunofluorescence histochemistry and immunotransmission electron microscopy: PCI was detected in  granules, in the open canalicular system, and on the plasma membrane. At these sites, colocalization with plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 was seen. Studies were performed to clarify whether platelet PCI is endogenously synthesized or taken up from plasma. Internalization of biotinylated-PCI was analyzed using platelets in suspension and gold-labeled streptavidin for visualization of incorporated biotin. Dose- and time-dependent uptake of PCI was found. PCI mRNA was detected in platelets by reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and Southern blotting, as well as in megakaryocytes by in situ hybridization of human bone marrow cryosections. We therefore conclude that platelets contain a functionally active PCI pool that is derived from both endogenous synthesis as well as internalization.


2012 ◽  
Vol 550-553 ◽  
pp. 1747-1754
Author(s):  
Ya Li Peng ◽  
Fei Hu

Limit dextrinase is one of three main amylases in malted barley, which plays a significant role during the mashing stage of brewing. Due to very low content and similar properties compared to other amylases in malted barley, limit dextrinase is hard to separate effectively. Our work had been directed towards the extraction and purification of limit dextrinase from malted barley. Final products were obtained through fraction precipitation with ammonium sulfate and column chromatography, and purified limit dextrinase acquired a high purity of 31.23 times as much as that of crude extracts. The previous results were also confirmed by sodiumdodecyl sulphate poly-acrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) revealing a single band of protein (~97KDa). Effect of temperature, pH value, and metal ion on hydrolysis characterization of limit dextrinase was investigated. The results indicated that the maximum activity of purified samples changed significantly compared with that of crude extracts. The activity of purified limit dextrinase could be activated by lower concentration of Mg2+、Ca2+、Mn2+ and inhibited by the action of Zn2+、Fe2+. But this influence was not so obvious for K+.


1985 ◽  
Vol 79 (1) ◽  
pp. 105-117
Author(s):  
H. Harris ◽  
S.E. Zalik

Embryos of the frog Xenopus laevis at cleavage, blastula, gastrula and neurula stages contain a galactose-specific lectin. Extracts of gastrula embryos show the highest specific activity for this lectin compared to the other stages. Haemagglutinating activity of crude extracts is inhibited by lactose, alpha-galactose, beta-galactose, alpha Gal(1----4) beta Gal, beta Gal(1----3) alpha GalNAc, beta Gal(1----3) beta GlcNAc, beta Gal (1----4) beta GlcNAc, and most effectively by the disaccharide alpha Gal(1----3) beta Gal. Lectin from all stages was purified by absorption to galactose-linked immunoadsorbent or by affinity chromatography on a column of p-aminophenyl-beta-D-lactoside coupled to Sepharose 4B. In order to identify a single lectin band under reducing conditions in sodium dodecyl sulphate/polyacrylamide electrophoresis SDS/PAGE, it was necessary to treat aqueous suspensions of the purified lectin with chloroform/methanol (2:1, v/v). The lectin remained in the aqueous layer and gave rise on SDS/PAGE to a distinct band of 65 500 +/− 2780 molecular weight. Aqueous suspensions of the purified lectin that were not subjected to extraction with chloroform/methanol gave rise to several bands. Isoelectric focussing of the purified lectin resulted in two bands that separated at pI 4.3 and 4.5. In aqueous solution in the presence of lactose the chloroform/methanol-treated lectin appears to be an aggregate of apparent molecular weight of 375 000; the non-treated lectin under the same conditions has an apparent molecular weight of 490 000.


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