Title

Extracellular A Galactosidase (E.C. 3.2.1.22) From Aspergillus Ficuum Nrrl 3135 Purification And Characterization

Abstract

Extracellular a-galactosidase, a glycoprotein from the extracellular culture fluid of Aspergillus ficuum grown on glucose and raffinose in a batch culture system, was purified to homogeneity in five steps by ion exchange and hydrophobic interaction chromatography. The molecular mass of the enzyme was 70.8 Kd by SDS polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and 74.1 Kd by gel permeation HPLC. On the basis of a molecular mass of 70.7 Kd, the molar extinction coefficient of the enzyme at 279 nm was estimated to be 6.1 X104 M-1 cm-1. The purified enzyme was remarkably stable at 0° C. It had a broad temperature optimum and maximum catalytic activity was at 60° C. It retained 33% of its activity after 10 min. at 65° C. It had apH optimum of 6.0. It retained 62% of its activity after 12 hours at pH 2.3. The Kms for p-nitrophenyl-a-D-galactopyranoside, o-nitrophenyl-a-D-galactopyranoside and m-nitrophenyl-a-D-galactopyranoside are: 1462,839 and 718 uM. The enzyme was competitively inhibited by mercury (19.8μM), silver (21.5 μM), copper (0.48 mM), zinc (0.11 mM), galactose (64.0 mM) and fructose (60.3 mM). It was inhibited non-competitively by glucose (83.2 mM) and uncompetitively by mannose (6.7 mM). © 1990, Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. All rights reserved.

Publication Date

9-1-1990

Publication Title

Preparative Biochemistry

Volume

20

Issue

3-4

Number of Pages

263-296

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1080/00327489008050201

Socpus ID

0025672650 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/0025672650

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