Sulfohydrolase Activity and Carrageenan Biosynthesis in Chondrus crispus (Rhodophyceae) |
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Authors: | Wong K F Craigie J S |
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Affiliation: | Atlantic Regional Laboratory, National Research Council of Canada, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 3Z1. |
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Abstract: | An enzyme catalyzing the conversion of μ- to κ-carrageenan has been demonstrated in both haploid and diploid plants of Chondrus crispus. It acts at the polymer level producing 3,6-anhydro-d-galactose with the stoichiometric release of sulfate. Two-thirds of the recoverable enzyme was associated with the 15,000g pellet most of which could be solubilized by passage through a Ribi Cell Fractionator. The enzyme precipitated between 2.65 and 4.24 m (NH4)2SO4 and was partly purified on DEAE-cellulose columns. This sulfohydrolase has a pH optimum near 6.5 and is inhibited by molybdate, phosphate, sulfate, tungstate, cysteine, ATP, GTP, UDP, and by λ-carrageenan. No activator was found. The enzyme showed a similar affinity for several preparations of μ-carrageenan and for the κ-carrageenase-resistant fraction from κ-carrageenan thus confirming that the latter is a biosynthetically unfinished molecule. |
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