Solubilization,purification, and properties of rabbit brain hexokinase |
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Authors: | Mauro Magnani Giordano Serafini Vilberto Stocchi Mario Bossù Marina Dachà |
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Institution: | Istituto di Chimica Biologica, Università degli Studi di Urbino, Via Saffi, 2 61029 Urbino, Italy |
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Abstract: | More than 90% of the total hexokinase activity in rabbit brain was found to be associated with the mitochondrial fraction. The participate enzyme was solubilized in a relatively specific way by glucose 6-phosphate and Triton X-100 and purified to apparent homogeneity by ammonium sulfate fractionation, DEAE-cellulose column chromatography, and affinity chromatography. The solubilized hexokinase activity has been purified 700-fold in 48% yield with a specific activity of 165 units/mg of protein. The molecular weight was found to be approximately 100,000 both for the native and the denatured enzyme. The isoelectric point, pI, was 6.3 pH units by isoelectric focusing and the enzyme was found to be able to phosphorylate several hexoses with different affinities. Mg · ATP, among the nucleotide substrates, was the most effective as a phosphate donor. The present results indicate considerable similarity between this enzyme and the other mammalian type I hexokinases. |
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