Purification and some properties of alpha-galactosidase from Penicillium purpurogenum

Biosci Biotechnol Biochem. 1995 Dec;59(12):2333-5. doi: 10.1271/bbb.59.2333.

Abstract

alpha-Galactosidase was purified by ion-exchange chromatographies on DEAE-cellulose and SE-cellulose columns from the culture filtrate of Penicillium purpurogenum No. 618. The final preparation was judged homogeneous by SDS-PAGE and its molecular mass and isoelectric point were estimated to be 67 kDa and 4.1, respectively. The N-terminal amino acid sequence of the enzyme was analyzed and aligned with those of other alpha-galactosidases. In addition, the enzyme acted on the stubbed alpha-galactosyl residue connected to the beta-1,4-manno-oligosaccharide chain, indicating that this specificity was quite different from that of Mortierella vinacea alpha-galactosidase.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Carbohydrate Sequence
  • Chromatography, Ion Exchange
  • Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel
  • Fungal Proteins / isolation & purification*
  • Fungal Proteins / metabolism
  • Galactose / metabolism
  • Mannose / metabolism
  • Membranes, Artificial
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Oligosaccharides / metabolism
  • Penicillium / enzymology*
  • Polyvinyls
  • Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
  • Substrate Specificity
  • alpha-Galactosidase / isolation & purification*
  • alpha-Galactosidase / metabolism*

Substances

  • Fungal Proteins
  • Membranes, Artificial
  • Oligosaccharides
  • Polyvinyls
  • polyvinylidene fluoride
  • alpha-Galactosidase
  • Mannose
  • Galactose