Purification of a soluble ATPase from rat liver mitochondria by AMP-Sepharose affinity chromatography.

ATPase (ATP phosphohydrolase, EC 3.6.1.3) activity was shown in the soluble fraction of rat liver micochondria. Two molecular forms (ATPase 1 and 2) were isolated. ATPase 1 has already been studied. The present paper deals with the purification method of ATPase 2 which was achieved by the following steps: (NH4)2SO4 precipitation. DEAE-cellulose chromatography, hydroxyapatite chromatography, Sephadex G100 filtration and AMP-Sepharose affinity chromatography. The purified protein was characterized by bidimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Molecular weight evaluated by SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and Sephadex G100 gel filtration was found to be 61 500 +/- 3000.     

小鼠腹水型肝癌H22a细胞浆胞内磷蛋白磷酸酶的纯化和性质

 磷蛋白磷酸酶是磷酸化/脱磷酸化作用中重要的调节酶。本文建立了小鼠腹水型肝癌细胞胞浆内磷蛋白磷酸酶(PrP)的纯化方法。用~(32)P-酪蛋白为底物测定活力。经纯化的酶纯度提高1380倍,聚丙烯酰胺梯度凝胶电泳检查,只有一条泳带。用凝胶过滤法和聚丙烯酰胺梯度凝胶电泳法测得该酶分子量为200,000。该酶催化~(32)P-酪蛋白脱磷酸化反应的最适pH7.2,对热不稳定。     

Purification and properties of bovine pituitary follitropin.

A reproducible procedure was developed for the purification of follitropin from frozen bovine pituitary glands. The method involved precipitation with (NH4)2SO4 and acetone, followed by ion-exchange column chromatography on CM-cellulose and DEAE-cellulose and gel filtration on Sephadex G-100. A specific radioligand-receptor assay for follitropin was used to locate the activity in eluates after column chromatography and gel filtration. The potency of the highly purified bovine follitropin as measured by Steelman-Pohley bioassay was 164 times that of NIH-FSH-S1 standard preparation. They yield of bovine follitropin was 2.9 mg/kg of frozen pituitary glands. Electrophoretically, bovine follitropin was more acidic in nature and migrated further towards the anode than lutropin and thyrotropin. The elution volume of bovine follitropin by gel filtration on Sephadex G-100 was very similar to that of bovine lutropin. The amino acid composition of bovine follitropin was similar to that of sheep and human follitropin, being rich in lysine, aspartic acid, threonine, serine, glutamic acid and half-cystine.     

Highly acidic proteins from human brain: purification and properties of Glu-50 protein

Three extremely acidic proteins were isolated from human brain and purified to apparent homogeneity. One of them, Glu-50 protein, contained much glutamic acid (about 50% of the total amino acids). Its purification involved ammonium sulfate fractionation, DEAE-Sephadex A-50 chromatography, and gel filtration on Sephadex G-100 and G-75. Its molecular weight was determined to be 11,000 by SDS polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and 34,000-36,000 by gel filtration on Sephadex G-75, suggesting that it consists of three identical polypeptide chains. Its isoelectric point was pH 3.9. Its N-terminal amino acid sequence was NH2-Asp-Glu-Pro-Pro-Asp-Glu and its C-terminal amino acid was Lys. It contained no detectable carbohydrate.     

Resistance of Escherichia coli to penicillins. VII. Purification and characterization of a penicillinase mediated by the R factor R1

The penicillinase mediated by the R factor R1 in Escherichia coli has been purified and characterized. The purification procedure contained the following three steps: spheroplast formation, chromatography of the spheroplast supernatant fluid on DEAE cellulose, and preparative polyacrylamide-gel electrophoresis. The protein obtained gave only one band in analytical polyacrylamide-gel electrophoresis. To obtain milligram quantities of the enzyme, gel filtration on Sephadex G75 was run before the last step in the purification. By gel filtration on Sephadex G75, the molecular weight was estimated as 22,000. The pH optimum, tested in universal buffer, was 7.0. The turnover numbers for benzylpenicillin, d-ampicillin, and 6-aminopenicillanic acid were 4.2 x 10(4), 6.3 x 10(4), and 2.2 x 10(4) moles of substrate hydrolyzed per min by 1 mole of enzyme, whereas the Michaelis constants were 100, 160, and 440 mum, respectively. Cephalosporins were much poorer substrates for the R1 penicillinase than were the penicillins. The turnover number for cephalosporin C, cephaloridine, and 7-amino-cephalosporanic acid were 2.4 x 10(3), 5 x 10(2), and less than 2 x 10(2), respectively. These properties show that the R1 penicillinase is quite different from the chromosomally mediated penicillinase of E. coli (11). However, the R1 enzyme resembles another R-factor penicillinase previously purified by Richmond and Datta.     

Purification and properties of acid phosphatase from cultured tobacco cells

One component of acid phosphatase was purified from cultured tobacco cells. The purified enzyme was homogeneous on polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis with or without sodium dodecyl sulfate. The enzyme possesses high activity toward nucleoside di- and triphosphate, much less activity toward nucleoside monophosphates and sugar esters. The MWs of the phosphatase determined by Sephadex G-100 gel filtration and dodecyl sulfate gel electrophoresis were 74000 and 76000, respectively. The phosphatase showed high affinity for concanavalin A-Sepharose and single superimposed bands of protein and carbohydrate on gel electrophoresis, suggesting that it is a glycoprotein.     

蜈蚣碱性蛋白SSmp-d的分离纯化及其部分理化性质的鉴定

少棘巨蜈蚣（ＳｃｏｌｏｐｅｎｄｒａｓｕｂｓｐｉｎｉｐｅｓｍｕｔｉｌａｎｓＬ．Ｋｏｃｈ）经９５％乙醇脱脂后,再经４℃水冷渗,水提液低温旋转浓缩,冻干,得到的冻干粉先后经过ＳｅｐｈａｄｅｘＧ－２５柱,等电聚焦制备电泳,再经ＳｅｐｈａｄｅｘＧ－１５０柱,ＳｅｐｈａｄｅｘＧ－１００柱,最后经ＨＰＬＣ制备得到一个纯的碱性蛋白,命名为ＳＳｍｐ－ｄ．该蛋白经ＨＰＬＣ、超薄等电聚焦电泳检验是均一的．采用ＨＰＬＣ和Ｐｒｏｔｅｉｎ－ＰａｋＴＭ１２５柱测定其分子量为２４．６４ｋＤ．ＩＥＦ－ＨＰＣＥ显示其等电点为９．２７．氨基酸分析表明ＳＳｍｐ－ｄ含较多的Ａｒｇ、Ｌｙｓ等碱性氨基酸,另外还含有较多的Ａｌａ、Ｌｅｕ．使用蛋白质自动序列分析仪测定了ＳＳｍｐ－ｄＮ端的１１个氨基酸,序列为ＮＨ３＋－Ａｓｐ－Ｖａｌ－Ａｓｎ－Ｐｈｅ－Ａｒｇ－Ｌｅｕ－Ｓｅｒ－Ｇｌｙ－Ａｌａ－Ａｓｐ－Ｐｒｏ．     

Purification and initial characterization of guinea pig testicular acrosin

Guinea pig (GP) acrosin was purified following acid extraction of testicular acetone powder, pH precipitation of the soluble extract, gel filtration on Sephadex G-100, ion-exchange chromatography on SP-Sephadex, and affinity chromatography on Concanavalin A-Sepharose. Final purification was achieved by re-chromatography on Sephadex G-100. Enzymatic activity was detected by following the hydrolysis of N-benzyloxycarbonylarginyl amide of 7-amino-4-trifluoromethylcoumarin at 37 degrees C, pH 8.0, before and after activation. GP testicular acrosin exhibited a molecular weight of 48,000 by gel filtration and 34,000 by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE). Following SDS-PAGE in gels containing 0.1% gelatin, protease activity was observed to comigrate with the major protein detected by silver staining. The purified GP acrosin showed cross-reactivity with a monospecific polyclonal rabbit antiserum directed against boar sperm acrosin and exhibited reversible pH-dependent activation. The physiochemical characteristics of the purified protein, including the amino acid composition, resemble those reported for acrosins from other species.     

Isolation and partial characterization of high and low molecular weight acid phosphatases from chicken liver

Two acid phosphatase forms were isolated from chicken liver by gel filtration on Sephadex G-100. These enzymes, termed I and II, have similar Km- and Vmax-values, but differ in molecular weight, optimum pH, sensitivity to various inhibitors and substrate specificity. The results were compared with the numerous literature reports of mammalian acid phosphatases.     

Evaluation of gel filtration resins for the removal of PCR-inhibitory substances from soils and sediments

A variety of gel filtration resins (Sephadex G200 and G150; Sepharose 6B, 4B and 2B; Bio-Gel P100, P200; and Toyopearl HW 55, HW 65, and HW 75) were evaluated for their efficacy in removing PCR-inhibitory substances from feedlot soil DNA crude extracts using gravity-flow disposable columns. Sepharose resins demonstrated the best properties for DNA purification when compared to other gel filtration resins, and Sepharose 2B was the most efficient purification resin based upon flow rate and the elution of DNA and humic acids from the columns. A method for purifying large solution volumes of DNA extract economically was also developed using low-cost disposable Disposaflex columns. Crude DNA extracts of cattle feedlot soil and aquifer sediment impacted by animal and human wastes were easily purified using the Disposaflex column method regardless of whether a gentle chemical lysis or a bead mill homogenization DNA extraction method was employed.     

Isolation and characterization of calcitonin from pericardium and esophagus of eel.

Calcitonin was extracted from the pericardium and esophagus of eel in quantities sufficient to permit purification and chemical characterization. Homogeneous calcitonin could be isolated by a six-step fractionation starting from acetone powder of the organs. The fractionation procedure consisted of acid extraction, gel filtration on Sephadex G-75, chromatography on SP-Sephadex C-25, gel filtration on the Sephadex G-50, chromatography on carboxymethylcellulose, and gel filtration on Sephadex G-50. Fractionation of the hormone was monitored by assay of its biological activity and from its behaviour on thin layer chromatography and polyacrylamide gel disc electrophoresis. The hormone contained 32 amino acid residues, like calcitonins from other species of animals, but its amino acid composition was different from those of previously characterized hormones. Eel calcitonin possessed almost the same, or higher, biological activity as the salmon or chicken hormone, which show the highest specific activity among calcitonins so far isolated.     

Purification and subunit structure of a high-molecular-weight phosphoprotein phosphatase (phosphatase II) from rat liver

1. Phosphatase II is a form of phosphoprotein phosphatase originally found in rat liver extract; it has a molecular weight of 160 000 by gel filtration and is highly active towards phosphorylase alpha. This phosphatase has been purified 1800-fold by using DEAE-cellulos (DE-52), aminohexyl--Sepharose-4B, protamine--Sepharose-4B and Sephadex G-200 chromatography. Throughout the purification steps, the original molecular weight and substrate specificity of phosphatase II were almost perfectly preserved. 2. The product of the final purification step migrated predominantly as a single protein band on non-denaturing gel electrophoresis. Sodium dodecyl sulfate gel electorphoresis revealed that the enzyme contains two types of subunit, alpha and beta, with molecular weights of 35 000 and 69 000, respectively. When treated with 0.2 M 2-mercaptoethanol at -20 degrees C, phosphatase II was dissociated to release the catalytically active alpha subunit. The beta subunit may be catalytically inactive but interacts with the alpha subunit so that phosphatase II becomes much less susceptible than the alpha subunit to inactivation by ATP or pyrophosphate.     

Purification of 7 alpha-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase from Escherichia coli strain 080

Purification studies of 7 alpha-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (7 alpha-HSDH) (EC 1.1.1.159) from Escherichia coli 080 showed that 1.59-fold purification could be achieved by heating (60 degrees C for 10 min) the ultracentrifuged enzyme preparation, and 6.46-fold purification was achieved by subsequent precipitation with ammonium sulfate. Further purification on Sephadex G-100 gel gave 10.1-fold purification. After pooling and concentrating the active fractions obtained from the Sephadex G-100 filtration, an 11.1-fold purification was achieved using DEAE-cellulose chromatography. The purified enzyme produced a single band on polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and its molecular weight was determined to be 54,000. The enzyme was immunogenic and showed immunoprecipitation with homologus antisera.     

The Purification of Amyloid Fibril Proteins

Amyloid fibril concentrates have been fractionated and shown to have homogeneous fragments of the variable region of immunoglobulin proteins as their major protein constituent. Amyloid fibril protein purification was performed on ten amyloid preparations by sequential gel filtration on Sepharose 4 B and Sephadex G-100 columns equilibrated with 5 M guanidine-HCl in 1 N acetic acid.     

Trypsin inhibitor from bambara pea

An antitryptic activity has been identified in the flour of dry non-germinated seed of an African leguminous plant, the bambara pea (Voandzeia subterranea). This inhibitor has been purified by trichloracetic acid and ammonium sulphate precipitations followed by gel filtration on Sephadex G25, ion exchange chromatography and gel filtration on Sephadex G75. Antitryptic activity increased 50-fold. Its purity has been verified by electrophoresis on polyacrylamide gel and gel chromatography. Its MW is 13 200 in the denatured and reduced forms and 26 300 in the native form. It is resistant to thermal denaturation and appears to be in monomeric form when entirely denatured.     

The regulation of glycogen metabolism. Purification and characterisation of protein phosphatase inhibitor-1 from rabbit skeletal muscle.

Inhibitor-1 is a protein which inhibits phosphorylase phosphatase only when it has been phosphorylated by cyclic-AMP-dependent protein kinase [Huang, F. L. and Glinsmann, W. H. (1976) Eur. J. Biochem. 70, 419--426]. Inhibitor-1 was purified by a heat treatment at 90 degrees C, precipitation with ammonium sulphate, chromatography on DEAE-cellulose, gel filtration on Sephadex G-100, and finally rechromatography of the phosphorylated protein on DEAE-cellulose, The protein was purified 4000-fold and 1.5 mg per 1000 g muscle was obtained in seven days corresponding to an overall yield of 15-20%. The purified protein was in a state approaching homogeneity as judged by the criteria of polyacrylamide-gel electrophoresis and ultracentrifugal analysis. The concentration of inhibitor-1 in vivo was calculated to be 1.5 micron, which is at least as high as the concentration of phosphorylase phosphatase. The amino acid composition of inhibitor-1 showed several unusual features. Glutamic acid and proline accounted for nearly one third of the residues, tyrosine, tryptophan and cysteine were absent, and the content of aromatic amino acids was very low. The molecular weight measured by sedimentation equilibrium centrifugation was 19200 and by amino acid analysis was 20800. These values were lower than the mol. wt 26000 determined empirically by gel electrophoresis in the presence of sodium dodecyl sulphate, and much lower than the apparent molecular weight of 60000 estimated by gel filtration on Sephadex G-100. The gel filtration behaviour, stability to heating at 100 degrees C and amino acid composition suggest that inhibitor-1 may possess little ordered structure. The phosphorylated from of inhibitor-1 contained close to one molecule of covalently bound phosphate per mole of protein, which is consistent with the previous finding of a unique decapeptide sequence at the site of phosphorylation, Ile-Arg-Arg-Arg-Arg-Pro-Thr(P)-Pro-Ala-Thr- [Cohen, P., Rylatt, D. B. and Nimmo, G. A. (1977) FEBS Lett. 76, 182-186].the phosphorylated form of inhibitor-1 inhibited phosphorylase phosphatase activity (0.02U) by 50% at a concentration of only 7.0 nM in the standard assay, but the phosphorylated decapeptide was 1000-2000 times less effective as an inhibitor.     

A method for purification of bacterial R-type lipopolysaccharides (lipooligosaccharides)

A new gel filtration method was developed for purification of R-type lipopolysaccharides (lipooligosaccharides) from some nonenteric gram-negative bacteria, including Neisseria meningitidis, Haemophilus influenzae, and Bordetella pertussis. These wild-type lipooligosaccharides are poorly extractable by the phenol-chloroform-ether extraction method of C. Galanos, O. Luderitz, and O. Westphal [1969) Eur. J. Biochem. 9, 245-249) and therefore a new procedure was developed for their isolation. The lipooligosaccharides (LOS) were first extracted by hot phenol-water, treated with RNase, then disaggregated in deoxycholic acid, and purified by gel filtration on Sephadex G-75. By comparison the conventional hot phenol-water purification method using repeated ultracentrifugations yielded less LOS. The yield of LOS by gel filtration was 30 to 108% higher and the purity was better.     

A simplified method for the purification of riboflavin-binding protein from hen's egg yolk

A simple and efficient procedure for the purification of the riboflavin-binding protein from hen's egg yolk is described. This method involves the removal by exclusion of lipoproteins and subsequent fractionation of soluble yolk proteins held on a DEAE-cellulose column by a salt gradient which is followed by purification by gel filtration on Sephadex G-100. The protein thus isolated is homogeneous by various physicoehemical, immunological, and functional criteria.     

Partial purification of superoxide dismutase and peroxidase from ber (Zizyphus mauritiana Lamk.) fruit using anion exchange chromatography

Partial purification of the two enzymes i.e. superoxide dismutase (SOD) and peroxidase (POX) from ber pulp has been obtained by passing the ammonium sulphate fraction through a diethyl amino ethyl-cellulose (DEAE-Cellulose) column. The fractions showing SOD and POX activity were pooled separately and passed through a Sephadex G100 column for further purification. SOD was purified 12.2 fold with 12.6% yield while POX was purified 15.6 fold with 19.3% yield. Approximate molecular mass for SOD and POX, as judged by gel filtration method was 35.6 and 81.5 kDa, respectively.Key words: Ber fruit, superoxide dismutase, peroxidase, DEAE-cellulose chromatography, fold purification, yield, Zizyphus mauritiana Lamk     

Purification and characterization of human seminal plasma acid phosphatase

A 81-fold purification of human seminal plasma acid phosphatase was obtained by a three-step procedure, involving ammonium sulfate precipitation, DEAE-cellulose chromatography and Sephadex G-200 gel filtration. Homogeneity of the preparation during purification steps was tested by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and only one major band was obtained after the final step. The pH optimum for the activity of the purified enzyme was 5.6 and thermal stability was obtained even up to 40 degrees C. PNPP was the most specific synthetic substrate. The Km of purified seminal acid phosphatase towards PNPP was 1.5 X 10(-3) M. Among the metal ions tested, Hg+2 showed an I50 value of 4.2 X 10(-7) M. Studies with PCMB, PMSF and EDTA did not show any inhibition, whereas NaF and L(+)tartrate, at 1 mM concentration, inhibited the enzyme by 95% and 85%, respectively.