It had a pH optimum at 8.0-9.0 and quite broad specificity for various Cers. Of the Cers of different fatty acid moieties tested, those composed of C6-C24 fatty acids were well hydrolyzed, and Cers with mono unsaturated fatty acids were much more hydrolyzed than those with saturated fatty acids. Using N-dodecanoyl-7-nitrobenz-2-oxa-1,3-4-diazole (NBD)-D-erythro-sphingosine (C12-NBD-Cer) as substrates
神经酰胺酶(CDase)催化神经酰胺(Cer)
水解为
鞘氨醇(Sph)和
脂肪酸。我们已经报道了分枝杆菌CDase(MtCDase)的分子克隆和初步表征(J.Biol.Chem。,274,36616-36622(1999))。为了进一步确定其功能,MtCDase在大肠杆菌中表达并通过Ni-Sepharose和凝胶过滤纯化。纯化的
重组酶在
SDS-PAGE上显示一条条带,分子量估计为71 kDa。它的最适pH为8.0-9.0,对各种Cers具有相当广泛的特异性。在测试的不同
脂肪酸部分的Cer中,由C6-C24
脂肪酸组成的Cer被很好地
水解,具有单不饱和
脂肪酸的Cer的
水解程度远高于具有饱和
脂肪酸的Cer。使用N-
十二烷酰基-7-
硝基苯-2-氧杂-1 以3-4-二唑(NBD)-D-赤型
鞘氨醇(C12-NBD-Cer)为底物,反应遵循正常的Michaelis-Menten动力学。C12-NBD-Cer的表观Km和Vmax值分别为98