title: High-capacity method for purification of human liver hexosaminidase B using hydrophobic chromatography.
abstract: Hydrophobic chromatography was investigated as a purification procedure for human liver hexosaminidases. Both phenyl-Sepharose and valine-Sepharose have a high binding capacity of hexosaminidases. A degree of resolution between the A and B ioszymes is achieved with phenyl-Sepharose. Both hydrophobic supports must be used close to their capacity in order to recover the applied enzyme. Two purification procedures for human liver hexosaminidase B were employed, which resulted in recoveries of approximately 48 and 24% with final specific activities of 33,400 and 4840 nmole/min.mg, respectively.
mesh_terms: D002852:Chromatography, Ion Exchange / Q000379:methods*; D006596:Hexosaminidases / Q000032:analysis* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000032:analysis / Q000201:enzymology*
chemical_list: D006596:Hexosaminidases