title: A novel acid phosphatase excreted by Penicillium funiculosum that hydrolyzes both phosphodiesters and phosphomonoesters with aryl leaving groups.
abstract: An acid phosphatase has been purified from the culture broth of Penicillium funiculosum by procedures including SP-Sephadex column chromatography and Sephacryl S-200 gel filtration. The phosphatase appears to be a 76 kDa heterodimer composed of 51 and 26 kDa subunits on sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. The enzyme hydrolyzes both phosphodiesters and phosphomonoesters, but only those with aryl leaving groups. At the early phase of degradation of bis-p-nitrophenyl phosphate by the enzyme, inorganic phosphate and the intermediary product, p-nitrophenyl phosphate, are liberated at approximately the same rate. This indicates that the intermediary phosphomonoester produced on the enzyme is further hydrolyzed in situ or dissociates into the medium at approximately the same probability.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Tohoku University, Miyagi.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Oikawa
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ikeda
authors.forename: E T
authors.initials: ET
authors.lastname: Reese
mesh_terms: D000135:Acid Phosphatase / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D007700:Kinetics; D008970:Molecular Weight; D010755:Organophosphates / Q000378:metabolism*; D009943:Organophosphorus Compounds / Q000378:metabolism*; D010407:Penicillium / Q000201:enzymology*; D013379:Substrate Specificity
chemical_list: D010755:Organophosphates; D009943:Organophosphorus Compounds; D000135:Acid Phosphatase