title: Purification and some characteristics of the acetylxylan esterase from Schizophyllum commune.
abstract: Acetylxylan esterase from Schizophyllum commune was purified using ion-exchange and hydrophobic chromatography. The enzyme has a molecular mass of 31 kDa, as determined by SDS/PAGE, or 18 kDa, according to gel filtration. Glycosylation of the enzyme was not detected. Acetylxylan esterase is relatively stable under laboratory conditions; it retains full activity at pH 6.2-8.5 upon incubation at 25 degrees C for 7 h, but loses nearly the whole activity upon incubation at 60 degrees C for 30 min. The pH optimum of the enzyme activity is 7.7 and its temperature optimum lies between 30 and 45 degrees C. Ca2+ and Co2+ inhibit markedly the activity of acetylxylan esterase at a concentration of 10 mM, as do Mn2+, Zn2+, Fe2+ and Cu2+ at a concentration of 1 mM.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Molecular Biology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Halgasová
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kutejová
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Timko
mesh_terms: D000115:Acetylesterase / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism; D002413:Cations, Divalent; D002845:Chromatography; D002850:Chromatography, Gel; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D004795:Enzyme Stability; D006031:Glycosylation; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D008670:Metals / Q000494:pharmacology; D008970:Molecular Weight; D012567:Schizophyllum / Q000201:enzymology*; D013696:Temperature
chemical_list: D002413:Cations, Divalent; D008670:Metals; D000115:Acetylesterase; C081851:acetylxylan esterase