ISSN:
1750-3841
Source:
Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
Topics:
Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Fishery, Domestic Science, Nutrition
,
Process Engineering, Biotechnology, Nutrition Technology
Notes:
β-Galactosidase was purified to apparent homogeneity from cell-free extracts of Kluyveromyces fragilis by acetone precipitation, pseudo-affinity chromatography, hydroxylapatite chromatography and DEAE-Sephadex A-50 chromatography. The molecular weight was 201,000 and the partial specific volume was 0.715. No carbohydrate was detected. Electron microscopy indicated a molecular diameter of about 160Å with 9-10 subunits present. Isoelectric point of the major isozyme was 5.1. The extinction coefficient was 1.58 cm3 mg protein-1 at 280 nm. The amino-acid composition was quite different from the β-galactosidase of Escherichia coli. Enzyme activity was rapidly lost on incubation with p-chloromercuribenzoate; formation of 5-6 moles of mercaptide per mole of protein gave complete loss of activity.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2621.1978.tb02360.x
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