title: Crystallization and properties of acylphosphatase from porcine skeletal muscle.
abstract: A crystalline acylphosphatase has been obtained from porcine skeletal muscle. The purification procedure consists of extraction with water, phosphocellulose column chromatography, CM-cellulose column chromatography, and crystallization. The enzyme was homogeneous by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. A high yield (39%) of the pure enzyme was attained by the use of buffers containing 10 mM 2-mercaptoethanol to prevent dimerization of the enzyme in the purification process. Activity assay in the presence of bovine serum albumin showed a high specific activity of the enzyme (about 7,000 mumol/min/mg at 25 degrees C with benzoyl phosphate as substrate). The molecular weight was determined to be 11,100 by sedimentation equilibrium. The amino acid composition of the enzyme was determined. The amino-terminus of the enzyme was blocked and the carboxyl-terminal residue was tyrosine.
mesh_terms: D017766:Acid Anhydride Hydrolases; D000596:Amino Acids / Q000032:analysis; D000818:Animals; D003460:Crystallization; D007700:Kinetics; D008970:Molecular Weight; D009132:Muscles / Q000201:enzymology*; D010744:Phosphoric Monoester Hydrolases / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism; D013552:Swine; D000097024:Acylphosphatase
chemical_list: D017766:Acid Anhydride Hydrolases; D000596:Amino Acids; D010744:Phosphoric Monoester Hydrolases; D000097024:Acylphosphatase