Purification of 7 alpha-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase from Escherichia coli strain 080 |
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Authors: | V Prabha M Gupta D Seiffge K G Gupta |
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Institution: | Department of Microbiology, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India. |
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Abstract: | 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. |
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