Glycosidases of Molluscs. Purification and Properties of alpha-l-Fucosidase from Chamelea gallina L.
作者:Angel REGLERO、Jose A. CABEZAS
DOI:10.1111/j.1432-1033.1976.tb10527.x
日期:1976.7
An α‐l‐fucosidase has been purified approximately 300‐fold from the liver (hepatopancreas) of the marine mollusc Chamelea gallina L. (=Venus gallina L.).During the different steps of the purification procedure it was difficult to remove the contaminant N‐acetylglucosaminidase activity; but, after electrofocusing, a final preprration free of this and other glycosidades present in the crude extract was obtained. The purified enzyme has a broad specificity; it hydrolyzes p‐nitrophenyl α‐l‐fucoside and natural substrates such as oligosaccharides containing fucosidic residues with α 1–2, α 1–3 and α 1–4 linkages; also it hydrolyzes fucose‐containing glycopeptides, such as thyroglobulin glycopeptide, and glycoproteins as porcine submaxillary mucin (previously rendered free of sialic acid). The enzyme has a pH optimum of 5.2 ± 0.2, with a Km of 7 × 10−5 M using p‐nitrophenyl l‐fucoside as substrate. It is inhibited by Hg2+ and some sugars, and activated by CN−, Zn2+, Ca2+ and EDTA. It shows two peaks by isoelectric focusing (at 6.3 and 6.6). The molecular weight of the α‐l‐fucosidase by gel filtration was over 200000.