title: Purification and properties of rabbit spermatozoal acrosomal neuraminidase.
abstract: Treatment of rabbit spermatozoa with 50mM-MgCl2 removes the plasma and the outer acrosomal membranes. Subsequent treatment with the detergents Hyamine 2389 and Triton X-100 solubilizes spermatozoal neuraminidase bound to the inner acrosomal membrane. The enzyme was further purified by DEAE-cellulose, Sephadex G-150 and Bio-Gel P-300 column chromato. The enzyme showed a single major band, with the possibility of some minor contaminants, on disc-gel electrophoresis. It had a specific activity of 0.37 micronmal of sialic acid released/min per mg with purified boar Cowper's-gland mucin as the substrate. The enzyme had marked specificity for 2 leads to 6'-linked sialic acid in glycoproteins. The Km of spermatozoal neuraminidase was 1.72 X 10(-6)M with Cowper's-gland mucin, 1.17 X 10(-5)M with fetuin and 8.8 X 10(-4)M with sialyl-lactose as a substrates. The Vmax. was 0.112 micronmol/min per mg with the Cowper's-gland mucin, 0.071 micronmol/min per mg with fetuin and 0.033 micronmol/min per mg with sialyl-lactose as substrate. The enzyme hydrolysed sheep submaxillary-gland mucin as readily as the Cowper's-gland mucin. The optimum of enzyme activity was at pH 5.0 on the Cowper's-gland mucin and at pH4.3 on sialyl-lactose. The enzyme activity was unaffected by 20mM-Na+ and-K+, but was inhibited by 20mM-Ca2+,-Mn2+,-Co2+ and -Cu2+. The enzyme was unstable in dilute solutions, but could be stored indefinitely freeze-dried at --20 degrees C.
mesh_terms: D000177:Acrosome / Q000201:enzymology*; D000818:Animals; D002848:Chromatography, DEAE-Cellulose; D002850:Chromatography, Gel; D004573:Electrolytes / Q000494:pharmacology; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D007700:Kinetics; D007785:Lactose / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D009077:Mucins / Q000378:metabolism; D009439:Neuraminidase / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism; D011817:Rabbits; D012794:Sialic Acids / Q000378:metabolism; D013094:Spermatozoa / Q000201:enzymology*; D000509:alpha-Fetoproteins / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D004573:Electrolytes; D009077:Mucins; D012794:Sialic Acids; D000509:alpha-Fetoproteins; C000020:N-acetylneuraminoyllactose; D009439:Neuraminidase; D007785:Lactose