Arginase from rat fibrosarcoma. Purification and properties

Arginase from rat fibrosarcoma was purified about 1900-fold and its properties were compared with those of the enzyme from liver and kidney. Arginase from fibrosarcoma was a neutral protein of molecular weight 120,000 with a K_m value of 11 mM for arginine. The activation energy was 7.2 kcal/mol and the pH optimum was 10. The fibrosarcoma enzyme was immunologically different from that of the liver. The arginase from fibrosarcoma closely resembled the arginase from the kidney in its electrophoretic, kinetic and immunological properties.