title: Purification and characterization of microsomal and lysosomal beta-glucuronidase from rat liver by use of immunoaffinity chromatography.
abstract: Rat liver beta-glucuronidase (EC 3.2.1.31), both from microsomal and lysosomal fractions, were purified about 9500-fold over the homogenate with high yield using affinity chromatography prepared by coupling purified specific immunoglobulin G against rat preputial gland beta-glucuronidase to Sepharose 2B and isoelectric focusing. The purified enzymes appeared homogeneous on electrophoresis in polyacrylamide gel and had a molecular weight of approximately 310000. In dodecylsulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, the microsomal beta-glucuronidase showed a single band corresponding to a molecular weight of 79000, while the lysosomal beta-glucuronidase had three distinct bands which consisted of one major and two minor bands corresponding to molecular weight of 79000, 74000, and 70000, respectively. A broad pH activity curve with a single optimum at pH 4.4 was observed in both the microsomal and the lysosomal beta-glucuronidases. Immunological gel diffusion technique with rabbit antiserum against rat liver lysosomal beta-glucuronidase revealed that both enzymes had the same or quite similar antigenic determinants.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002846:Chromatography, Affinity; D000939:Epitopes; D005260:Female; D005966:Glucuronidase / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D007120:Immunochemistry; D005779:Immunodiffusion; D007122:Immunoelectrophoresis; D007700:Kinetics; D008099:Liver / Q000201:enzymology*; D008247:Lysosomes / Q000201:enzymology*; D008862:Microsomes, Liver / Q000201:enzymology*; D008970:Molecular Weight; D051381:Rats
chemical_list: D000939:Epitopes; D005966:Glucuronidase