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type Journal Article
authors Sasaki, T.; Tanaka, T.; Nakagawa, S.; Kainuma, K.
title Purification and properties of Cellvibrio gilvus cellobiose phosphorylase
journal Biochem J
Activity 2.4.1.1
ui 83256357
year (1983)
volume 209
number 3
pages 803-7.
 
keywords Catalysis
abstract The cellobiose phosphorylase (EC 2.4.1.20) of Cellvibrio gilvus, which is an endocellular enzyme, has been purified 196-fold with a recovery of 11% and a specific activity of 27.4 mumol of glucose 1-phosphate formed/min per mg of protein. The purification procedure includes fractionation with protamine sulphate, and hydroxyapatite and DEAE- Sephadex A-50 chromatography. The enzyme appears homogeneous on polyacrylamide-gel electrophoresis, and a molecular weight of 280 000 was determined by molecular-sieve chromatography. Sodium dodecyl sulphate/polyacrylamide-gel electrophoresis revealed a single band and mol.wt. 72 000, indicating that cellobiose phosphorylase consists of four subunits. The enzyme had a specificity for cellobiose, requiring Pi and Mg2+ for phosphorylation, but not for cellodextrin, gentibiose, laminaribiose, lactose, maltose, kojibiose and sucrose. The enzyme showed low thermostability, an optimum pH of 7.6 and a high stability in the presence of 2-mercaptoethanol or dithiothreitol. The Km values for cellobiose and Pi were 1.25 mM and 0.77 mM respectively. Nojirimycin acted as a powerful pure competitive inhibitor (with respect to cellobiose) of the enzyme (Ki = 45 microM). Addition of thiol-blocking agents to the enzyme caused 56% inhibition at 500 microM- N-ethylmaleimide and 100% at 20 microM-p-chloromercuribenzoate.
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