title: Purification and properties of synephrinase from Arthrobacter synephrinum.
abstract: Synephrinase, an enzyme catalyzing the conversion of (-)-synephrine into p-hydroxyphenylacetaldehyde and methylamine, was purified to apparent homogeneity from the cell-free extracts of Arthrobacter synephrinum grown on (+/-)-synephrine as the sole source of carbon and nitrogen. A 40-fold purification was sufficient to produce synephrinase that is apparently homogeneous as judged by native polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and has a specific activity of 1.8 mumol product formed/min/mg protein. Thus, the enzyme is a relatively abundant enzyme, perhaps comprising as much as 2.5% of the total protein. The enzyme essentially required a sulfhydryl compound for its activity. Metal ions like Mg2+, Ca2+, and Mn2+ stimulated the enzyme activity. Metal chelating agents, thiol reagents, denaturing agents, and metal ions like Zn2+, Hg2+, Ag1+, and Cu2+ inhibited synephrinase activity. Apart from (-)-synephrine, the enzyme acted upon (+/-)-octopamine and beta-methoxysynephrine. Molecular oxygen was not utilized during the course of the reaction. The molecular mass of the enzyme as determined by Sephadex G-200 chromatography, was around 156,000. The enzyme was made up of four identical subunits with a molecular mass of 42,000.
mesh_terms: D001173:Arthrobacter / Q000201:enzymology*; D002413:Cations, Divalent; D003067:Coenzymes / Q000494:pharmacology; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D008670:Metals / Q000494:pharmacology; D008970:Molecular Weight; D000587:Oxidoreductases Acting on CH-NH Group Donors / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D013053:Spectrophotometry; D013379:Substrate Specificity; D013438:Sulfhydryl Compounds / Q000494:pharmacology; D013578:Synephrine / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D002413:Cations, Divalent; D003067:Coenzymes; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D008670:Metals; D013438:Sulfhydryl Compounds; D000587:Oxidoreductases Acting on CH-NH Group Donors; C049570:synephrinase; D013578:Synephrine