Purification and some properties of rabbit liver cytosol thioltransferase

Thioltransferase was purified 650-fold from rabbit liver by procedures including acid treatment, heat treatment, gel filtration on Sephadex G-50, column chromatography on DEAE-cellulose, isoelectric focusing (pH 3.5-10) and gel filtration on Sephadex G-75. The final enzyme preparation was almost homogeneous in polyacrylamide gel electrophoretic analysis. Only one active peak with an apparent molecular weight (Mr) of 13,000 was detected by gel filtration on Sephadex G-50 and only a single protein band with a molecular weight of 12,400 was detected by sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS)-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Isoelectric focusing revealed only one enzyme species, having an isoelectric point (pI) of 5.3. The enzyme has an optimum pH about 3.0 with S-sulfocysteine and GSH as substrates. The purified enzyme utilized some disulfides including S-sulfocysteine, alpha-chymotrypsin, trypsin, bovine serum albumin, and insulin as substrates in the presence of GSH. The enzyme does not act as a protein : disulfide isomerase (the activity of which can be measured in terms of reactivation of randomly reoxidized soybean Kunitz trypsin inhibitor). The enzyme activity was inhibited by chloramphenicol, but not by bacitracin. The inhibition by chloramphenicol was non-competitive (apparent K1 of 0.5 mM). Thioltransferase activity was found in the cytosol of various rabbit tissues.     

Purification and properties of arylsulphatase A from rabbit testis.

Rabbit testis arylsulphatase A was purified 140-fold with a recovery of 20% from detergent extracts of an acetone-dried powder by using DE-52 cellulose column chromatography, gel filtration on Sephadex G-200 and preparative isoelectric focusing. The purified enzyme showed one major band with one minor contaminant on electrophoresis in a 7.5% (w/v) polyacrylamide gel at pH8.3. On sodiumdodecyl sulphate/polyacrylamidegel electrophoresis, a single major band was observed with minor contaminants. The final preparation of enzyme was free from general proteolytic, esterase, hyaluronidase, beta-glucuronidase and beta-galactosidase activities. Rabbit testicular arylsulphatase A exists as a dimer of mol.wt. 110000 at pH7.1. At pH5.0 the enzyme is a tetramer of mol.wt. 220000. Arylsulphatase A appears to consist of two identical subunits of mol.wt. 55000 each. The highly purified enzyme has pI4.6. The enzyme hydrolyses p-nitrocatechol sulphate with Km and Vmax, of 4.1 mM and 80nmol/min respectively, but has no activity toward p-nitrophenyl sulphate. The pH optimum of the enzyme varies with the incubation time. By applying Sephacex G-200 chromatography and preparative isoelectric focusing, one form of enzyme was obtained. The enzyme has properites common to arylsulphatase A of other sources with respect to the anomalous time-activity relationship, pI, inhibition by PO42-, SO32- and Ag+ ions and substrate affinity to p-nitrocatechol sulphate. However, the enzyme shows the temperature optimum of arylsulphatase B of other species.     

Rat-liver lysosomal sialidase. Solubilization, substrate specificity and comparison with the cytosolic sialidase

Purified liver lysosomes, prepared from rats previously injected with Triton WR-1339, exhibited sialidase activity towards sialyllactose, fetuin, submaxillary mucin (bovine) and gangliosides, and could be disrupted hypotonically with little loss in these activities. After centrifugation, the activities with sialyllactose and fetuin were largely recovered in the supernatant, demonstrating that they were originally in the intralysosomal space. The activities towards submaxillary mucin and gangliosides, on the other hand, remained in the pellet. In the supernatant, activity with fetuin or orosomucoid was markedly reduced by protease inhibitors, suggesting that proteolysis of these glycoproteins may be prerequisite to sialidase activity. The intralysosomal sialidase was solubilized from the mitochondrial-lysosomal fraction of rat liver and partially purified by Sephadex G-200, or Sephadex G-200 followed by CM-cellulose. The enzyme was maximally active at pH 4.7 with sialyllactose as substrate and had a minimum relative molecular mass of 60 000 +/- 5000 by gel filtration; it hydrolyzed a variety of sialooligosaccharides , those containing (alpha 2----3)sialyl linkages being better substrates than those with (alpha 2----6)sialyl linkages. The enzyme failed to attack submaxillary mucin and gangliosides. It was also inactive towards fetuin, orosomucoid and transferrin but capable of hydrolyzing glycopeptides from pronase digest of fetuin. In contrast to the intralysosomal sialidase, the sialidase partially purified from rat liver cytosol by (NH4)2SO4 fractionation followed by chromatography on DEAE-cellulose and CM-cellulose hydrolyzed fetuin and orosomucoid to the extent about half that for sialyllactose. The enzyme was maximally active at pH 5.8 and had a relative molecular mass of approximately 60 000. It also hydrolyzed gangliosides but not submaxillary mucin.     

Partial purification and chemical characterization of macrophage cytotoxicity factor (MCF, MAF) and its separation from migration inhibitory factor (MIF)

Macrophage cytotoxicity factor (MCF) was purified in 3 consecutive steps including adsorption chromatography on Matrex Gel Red A, hydrophobic chromatography on phenylalanine-Sepharose, and isoelectric focusing. MCF was characterized as a protein with a m.w. of approximately 30,000 by gel filtration on Sephadex G-100 with 2 isoelectric points at 7.4 and 8.4 in the presence of urea. The unpurified supernatant was fairly stable provided that manipulations favoring adsorption to membrane materials used for dialysis or ultrafiltration were omitted. The partially purified preparation was highly unstable. Trypsin treatment did not affect MCF activity, whereas chymotrypsin destroyed it. Treatment with glycosidases and neuraminidase or cultivation of cells in the presence of 2-deoxy-D-glucose or tunicamycin did not impair the MCF activity. MCF was separated from migration inhibitory factor (MIF) by 2 methods: first, isoelectric focusing in the presence of urea, and second by gel filtration on Ultrogel. MCF could be separated from interferon by chromatography on poly(I)-Sepharose.     

Purification and partial characterization of neuraminidase from type III group B streptococci

Extracellular neuraminidase from a type III fresh clinical isolate of a group B streptococcus was purified by a combination of salt fractionation, affinity chromatography of Affi-Gel blue, ion-exchange chromatography on diethylaminoethylcellulose, and gel filtration on Sephacryl S-200. These procedures yielded enzyme which was purified approximately 1,000-fold compared with the enzyme found in the original supernatant fluid. This type III streptococcal neuraminidase had a molecular weight of approximately 125,000 as estimated by filtration on Sephacryl S-200 and approximately 106,000 when analyzed by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. In contrast to the majority of other bacterial neuraminidases, the type III group B streptococcal enzyme had no effect on colominic acid or N-acetylneuramin-lactose; however, it was quite active on bovine submaxillary mucin.     

Purification and characterization of a sea squirt beta-galactosidase

A beta-galactosidase was extracted from the internal organs of a sea squirt, Styela plicata, and purified 959-fold, with an 18% yield, by successive gel chromatography, anion-exchange chromatography, chromatofocusing, and affinity chromatography on a Con A-Sepharose column. The purified enzyme was fairly homogeneous, as judged on disc PAGE, SDS-PAGE, and gel chromatography on a Sephadex G-200 column. The molecular weight of the enzyme was estimated to be 77,000 and 75,000 by gel chromatography and SDS-PAGE, respectively, and its isoelectric point was determined to be 4.9 by the isoelectric focusing method. The enzyme was substantially stable in the pH range of 3.5 to 7.5, the optimum pH being 4.0. The enzyme was significantly inhibited by 9 mM HgCl2 and 9 mM DFP, while the inhibition by 0.9% PCMB was only 60% at 0 degrees C for 30 min. The purified beta-galactosidase apparently liberated galactose from a sea squirt antigen (H-antigen), two allergenically active glycopeptides (Gp-1 and Gp-2) derived from another sea squirt antigen (Gi-rep), asialo-ovomucoid glycopeptide, asialo-fetuin glycopeptide, GA1, CDH, and an ABEE-derivative (Gal beta 1----3ThrNAc-ABEE) of Gal beta 1----3GalNAc-ol isolated from bovine submaxillary gland mucin.     

Purification of cat submaxillary kallikrein.

The cat submaxillary gland contains 1,000--2,400 kallikrein units (KU)/g of tissue. The submaxillary kallikrein was purified to homogeneity by acetone fractionation, DEAE-Sephadex A-50 chromatography, Sephadex G-75 gel filtration, and Ampholine isoelectric focusing. The kallikrein was separated by isoelectric focusing into 6--7 forms with pI's between 4.2 and 5.1. One mg of the purified kallikrein contained 930--1,260 KU in the dog vasodilator assay, and hydrolyzed 15--25 and 9--12 mumol of N-alpha-benzoyl-L-arginine ethyl ester (BAEE) and N-alpha-toluenesulfonyl-L-arginine methyl ester (TAME), respectively, in 1 min at 25 degrees C and pH 8.0. The Km's of the purified kallikrein with BAEE and TAME were 0.67 and 0.34 mM, respectively. Hydrolysis of N-alpha-benzoyl-L-tyrosine ethyl ester (BTEE), N-alpha-benzoylarginine-p-nitroanilide (BApNA), and casein was small or negligible. The apparent molecular weight of the kallikrein was estimated to be 5 X 10(4) by Sephadex G-100 gel filtration and 4.7 X 10(4) by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis with sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS). The kallikrein was found to contain 18.5% carbohydrate by weight. Trasylol and soybean trypsin inhibitor were not specific inhibitors of this kallikrein.     

Polygalacturonase from Rhizopus stolonifer, an Elicitor of Casbene Synthetase Activity in Castor Bean (Ricinus communis L.) Seedlings

Apparently homogeneous polygalacturonase-elicitor purified from the filtrates of Rhizopus stolonifer cultures stimulates germinating castor bean seedlings to produce greatly increased levels of casbene synthetase activity. The purification procedure involved gel-filtration chromatography on Sephadex G-25 and G-75 columns followed by cation-exchange chromatography on a Sephadex CM C-50 column. Homogeneity of the purified preparation was indicated by the results of cationic polyacrylamide disc gel electrophoresis and isoelectric focusing (pI = 8.0). The identity of the casbene elicitor activity and polygalacturonase were indicated by the coincidence of the two activities at all stages of purification, the coincidence of both activities with the single protein-staining band detected on a cationic polyacrylamide disc gel and an isoelectric focusing gel, and the identical behavior of both activities on an agarose gel affinity column. The purified polygalacturonase-elicitor is a glycoprotein with approximately 20% carbohydrate content and an estimated molecular weight of 32,000 by polyacrylamide disc gel electrophoresis.     

THE DIAPAUSE FACTOR FROM THE SILKWORM, BOMBYX MORI L.: PURIFICATION AND INACTIVATION EXPERIMENTS

The diapause factor, which is responsible for the induction of èmbryonic dia pause in the silkworm ( Bombyx mori L.), has been partially purified from the extract of adult heads by means of protein purification procedures, including the use of gel filtration of Sephadex, column chromatography on Dowex 1, isoelectric focusing and phenol extraction.
Two species of the diapause factor could be recognized in respect to their molecular weight. They were separated by Sephadex G-25 and their molecular weights were estimated to be about 2,000 and 5,000 from the gel filtration results. The smaller species was purified about 90-fold in specific activity, and its isoelectric point was determined by isoelectric focusing to be at about pH 4.5.
The biological activity of the partially purified principle could be abolished by incubation with several proteolytic enzymes (trypsin, α-chymotrypsin and pronase), or by treatment with amino acid-modifying reagents such as tyrosinase, N-bromosuccinimide or 2-hydroxy-5-nitrobenzyl bromide, but was not affected by incubation with neuraminidase, cyanogen bromide or photooxidation in the presence of methylene blue.     

白菜型油菜种子胰蛋白酶抑制剂纯化及部分性质研究

采用热变性、硫酸铵分步盐析及离子交换层析和分子筛层析等方法,从白菜型油菜种子中得到胰蛋白酶抑制剂(BNTI)。SDS-PAGE检测为单一条带,表明纯化的胰蛋白酶抑制剂电泳均一。SDS-PAGE测定其分子量约为14．4kD,等电聚焦测定其等电点约为4．7。BNTI具有较高的热稳定性。本文还考察了温度对溶液中BCH蛋白构象的影响,荧光光谱和测定抑制活力结果表明BNTI中的色氨酸和酪氨酸残基位于疏水部位。     

Isolation of L-dynurenine 3-hydroxylase from the mitochondrial outer membrane of rat liver.

Outer membrane preparations of rat liver mitochondria were isolated, after the mitochondria had been prepared by mild digitonin treatment under isotonic conditions. L-Kynurenine 3-hydroxylase [EC 1.14.13.9] was solubilized on a large scale from outer membrane by mixing with 1% digitonin or 1% Triton X-100, followed by fractionation into a minor fraction I and a major fraction II by DEAE-cellulose column chromatography. The distribution of total L-Dynurenine 3-hydroxylase was roughly 20 and 80% in fraction I and II, respectively. Fraction I consisted of crude enzyme loosely bound to anion exchanger. In the present investigation, fraction I was not used because of its low activity and rapid inactivation. In contrast, fraction II consisted of crude enzyme with high activity, excluded from DEAE-cellulose column chromatography in the presence of 1 M KC1. In addition, fraction II was purified by Sephadex G-200 gel filtration and DEAE-Sephadex A-50 column chromatography with linear gradient elution, adding 1 M KC1 and 1% Triton X-100 to 0.05 M Tris-acetate buffer, pH 8.1. After isoelectric focusing, the purified enzyme preparation was proved to be homogeneous, since the L-kynurenine 3-hydroxylase fraction gave a single band on disc gel electrophoresis. The molecular weight of this enzyme was estimated to be approximately 200,000 or more by SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and from the elution pattern on Sephadex G-200 gel filtration. A 16-Fold increase of the enzyme activity was obtained compared with that of the mitochondrial outer membrane. The isoelectric point of the enzyme was determined to be pH 5.4 by Ampholine isoelectric focusing.     

Purification of RNA-core induced streptolysin S, and isolation and haemolytic characteristics of the carrier-free toxin

RNA-core (RNAase-resistant fraction of yeast RNA) induced streptolysin S (SLS) was purified (40% recovery) to apparent electrophoretic homogeneity by hydroxylapatite chromatography followed by gel filtration on Sephadex G-100 in the presence of 6 M-guanidine. HCl. The specific activity of the purified toxin was 3 X 10(6) haemolytic units (mg protein)-1. The Mr of the toxin was below 4000 on the basis of SDS-PAGE and 20 000 by gel filtration in guanidine. HCl. High-voltage isoelectric focusing of the purified toxin allowed the isolation of the carrier-free SLS peptide for the first time. This peptide was basic (pI 9.2) as compared to native SLS (pI 3.6). The native toxin and the peptide had similar haemolytic properties except for the high lability of the peptide, which was stabilized by RNA-core. The Mr of the denatured peptide was about 1800, as estimated by gel filtration.     

Purification of (Ca2+-Mg2+)-ATPase from rat liver plasma membranes

The Ca2+-stimulated, Mg2+-dependent ATPase from rat liver plasma membranes was solubilized using the detergent polyoxyethylene 9 lauryl ether and purified by column chromatography using Polybuffer Exchanger 94, concanavalin A-Sepharose 4B, and Sephadex G-200. The molecular weight of the enzyme, estimated by gel filtration in the presence of the detergent on a Sephadex G-200 column, was 200,000 +/- 15,000. The enzyme was purified at least 300-fold from rat liver plasma membranes and had a specific activity of 19.7 mumol/mg/min. Polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis under nondenaturing conditions of the purified enzyme indicated that the enzymatic activity correlated with the major protein band. In sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, one major band in the molecular weight range of 70,000 +/- 5,000 was seen. The isoelectric point of the purified enzyme was 6.9 +/- 0.2 as determined by analytical isoelectric focusing. The enzyme was activated by Ca2+ with an apparent half-saturation constant of 87 +/- 2 nM for Ca2+. Calmodulin and trifluoperazine at the concentration of 1 microgram/ml and 100 microM, respectively, had no effect on the enzymatic activity.     

Staphylococcal L-asparaginase: purification and properties of enzymic protein

Staphylococcal L-asparaginase has been purified 400-fold with 40% recovery. The procedure involves ammonium sulphate precipitation and a column chromatography on Sephadex G-200 gel filtration). The enzyme is composed of not identical subunits. protein (pI 4.4) with the approximate molecular weight of 125,000 (estimated by Sephadex G-200 gel filtration). The enzyme is composed of not identical subunits. The polyacrylamide-SDS gel electrophoresis indicated two subunits with molecular weight 18,000 and 22,000.     

Human alpha-fetoprotein /AFP/ I. Isolation of homogenous AFP from cord blood serum

Summary The AFP from human cord blood was isolated by means of affinity chromatography with the use of antibodies as ligands and by gel filtration. The preliminary purification was achieved by affinity chromatography on CNBr-Sepharose 4B coupled with anti AFP-antibody. Further purification was obtained by the use of immunoadsorbent with anti-human serum protein antibodies. Final purification was achieved by gel filtration on Sephadex G-200. Homogeneity of the purified AFP was demonstrated by means of gel filtration, polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, isoelectric focusing and immunoelectrophoresis.Supported by Polish National Cancer Programm within the project PR 6 0227/02/.     

Purification and characterization of a bovine colostrum low molecular weight cysteine proteinase inhibitor

Large amounts of cysteine proteinase inhibitors were found in bovine colostrum. One had a molecular weight of 90,000, and the other a molecular weight of 10,500. The concentrations of both these inhibitors were highest the day after parturition, and were about one-tenth as much on day 7. The lower molecular weight inhibitor was purified by acid treatment, ammonium sulfate fractionation, gel filtration on Sephadex G-50, CM-Sephadex chromatography and rechromatography on Sephadex G-50. The purified preparation gave a single band on SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. This inhibitor contained one tryptophanyl residue and one cystinyl residue, and did not contain a free thiol group. Values obtained for its isoelectric point (pI) were 10.0 and 10.3. This material strongly inhibited cathepsin B, cathepsin H, and papain. the higher molecular weight inhibitor was partially purified. It had a pI of 4.2 and inhibited papain, cathepsin H, and cathepsin B.     

beta-Glucosidases from fungus Geotrichum candidum]

beta-Glucosidases from Geotrichum candidum 3C cellulase preparation were separated from C1 enzymes and beta-1,4-glucanases by means of DEAE-Sephadex A-50 chromatography, gel filtration through P-150 Biogel and chromatography on CM-cellulose, and then were fractionated by isoelectric focusing using carrier ampholites with pH ranges 3-6 and 4-6. beta-Glucosidases with pI 3.8, 4.2, 4.6, 5.1, 5.6 and 6.2 were found in cellulase preparation from G. candidum 3C. Molecular weight of beta-glucosidases with pI 3.8, 4.2, 4.6 and 6.2, isolated under isoelectric focusing, were estimated by means of gel filtration through Sephadex G-200 to be 35000, 123000, 188000 and 223000 respectively. beta-Glucosidases with pI 3.8, 4.6, 5.6 and 6.2 hydrolyzed cellobiose and did not attack p-nitrophenyl-beta-D-glucopyranoside; those with pI 4.2 and 5.6 hydrolyzed p-nitrophenyl-beta-D-glucopyranoside and plant glucoside, protodioscin, and did not split cellobiose. All the beta-glucosidases studied did not hydrolyze laminaribose, beta-D-methylsylopyranoside, alder O-methylglucuronoxylane, o-nitrophenyl-beta-D-galactopyranoside and p-nitrophenyl-alpha-D-glucopyranoside. beta-Cellobiase with pI 6.2 hydrolzed lactoses, cellobioses with pI 3.8 and pI 5.6 splited gentiobiose. beta-Glucosidase with pI 4.6 did not attack any substrate studied, except cellobiose.     

Purification and properties of Streptococcus pneumoniae neuraminidase

Considerable amounts (200 units/ml) of neuraminidase activity were detected in middle ear effusion of children (age 1 month-10 years) and its presence was highly correlated with the presence of Streptococcus pneumoniae. When isolates of this organism are cultured, neuraminidase activity appears in the growth medium during the exponential phase of growth. In order to study the role of this enzyme in the pathology of otitis media we have developed a method for its purification. The enzyme was purified over 5,800-fold by removing the organism and passing the culture broth through a series of affinity and ion-exchange columns. The overall yield was 2 mg enzyme protein and the final specific activity was 1.8 X 10(6) units/mg protein. A molecular weight of 65,000 was estimated by SDS-PAGE and gel filtration chromatography. The Stokes radius of neuraminidase was calculated to be 32 A, its isoelectric point was 7.2, and its pH optimum was 6.0. In terms of specificity, the enzyme catalyzed the hydrolysis of sialic acid linkages in mucin, glycoproteins, and gangliosides: bovine submaxillary mucin supported the highest catalytic efficiency, and alpha-1-antitrypsin the lowest. Neuraminidase acted on at least three linkage classes of substrates, alpha-2,6 and alpha-2,3 linkages of N-acetylneuraminic acid to galactose, and alpha-2,6 linkages to N-acetyl-galactosamine.     

Purification and characterization of mucopolysaccharidase from an oral strain of Bacteroides sp.

A mucopolysaccharidase in the cell extract of an oral strain of Bacteroides sp. was purified to homogeneity by ammonium sulfate precipitation, DEAE-cellulose column chromatography, gel filtration on Sephadex G-200, and isoelectric focusing. Specific activity increased 110-fold and recovery was 2%. The molecular weight was determined to be 89,000 by gel filtration, and the isoelectric point was 7.0. The optimum pH for the activity was 6.5. The enzyme was inactivated by heating at 60 degrees C for 5 min. The purified mucopolysaccharidase degraded hyaluronic acid more rapidly than chondroitin and chondroitin sulfate A and C. However, it had no activity against chondroitin sulfate B, heparin, and heparan sulfate. Since unsaturated disaccharides were derived from the enzyme substrate, this enzyme was considered to be a mucopolysaccharide lyase.     

Purification and characterization of neuraminidase from Clostridium perfringens.

Clostridium perfringens cells were cultivated on a large scale using an automatic system. Neuraminidase secreted by the cells into the culture medium was purified 380 000-fold by: precipitation with ammonium sulfate between 50 and 85% saturation, filtration on Sephadex G-75, electrophoresis on polyacrylamide gel, and by isoelectric focusing. Three enzyme fractions with different migration rates were obtained by preparative disc electrophoresis in polyacrylamide gel, and five fractions with isoelectric points between pH 4.7 and 5.4 were observed after isoelectric focusing. This microheterogeneity disappeared after denaturation of the enzyme in 0.1% sodium dodecylsulfate or 8M urea. The isoelectric point of the denatured enzyme corresponded to pH 4.3. All enzyme fractions were identical with regard to their immunological and kinetic properties; they had the same molecular weights. The origin of the different "conformers" of neuraminidase is discussed. The existence of genuine isoenzymes could largely be excluded. The yield of neuraminidase was 65%, which corresponded to about 10 mg of pure enzyme from 100 l of culture medium. The enzyme was free of protease and various other glycosidase activities. The neuraminidase preparation appeared not to be contaminated by other proteins as judged by electrophoretic analysis using either the native enzyme or the enzyme denatured by sodium dodecylsulfate or urea; ultracentrifugation; chromatography on Sephadex G-200; and immunological methods. The molecular weights of the native or denatured enzyme were found to be in the range between 60 000 and 69 000 (on an average 63 750) using four independent methods. The existence of subunits of neuraminidase was excluded. The neuraminidase exhibited a spec. act. of 580 or 615 U/mg protein with glycopeptides from edible birds' nests or sialyllactose, respectively, as substrates. Additional kinetic properties and the UV-absorption spectrum of the enzyme are described.