title: Purification and properties of Aspergillus niger beta-glucosidase.
abstract: Beta-glucosidase was purified from a crude cellulase preparation from Aspergillus niger by affinity chromatography on a methacrylamide-N-methylene-bis-methacrylamide copolymer bearing cellobiamine. The purified enzyme was a dimer with an isoelectric point of 4.0. The molecular mass of the enzyme was estimated to be 240 kDa by gel-permeation chromatography. The enzyme hydrolyzed specifically beta-glucosidic bonds and catalyzed transglucosylation of the beta-glucosyl group of cellobiose to yield 4-O-beta-gentiobiosylglucose in the presence of organic solvents or under neutral conditions.
authors.affiliation: Wood Research Institute, Kyoto University, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yoshioka
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Koshijima
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kuwahara
mesh_terms: D001234:Aspergillus niger / Q000201:enzymology*; D002236:Carbohydrate Conformation; D002240:Carbohydrate Sequence; D002846:Chromatography, Affinity; D002850:Chromatography, Gel; D002852:Chromatography, Ion Exchange; D007700:Kinetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D008970:Molecular Weight; D009844:Oligosaccharides / Q000378:metabolism; D013379:Substrate Specificity; D001617:beta-Glucosidase / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D009844:Oligosaccharides; D001617:beta-Glucosidase