title: Reactivation of heterodimer and individual subunits of penicillin acylase from E. coli after inactivation in urea.
abstract: Individual subunits of penicillin acylase from E. coli were isolated by gel-filtration under denaturing conditions (8 M urea). Recovery of the catalytic activity of the penicillin acylase heterodimer was studied after removal of urea. In the case of the heterodimer, 40-60% of the initial activity was recovered, whereas the activity of individual subunits was not recovered. Combination of native enzyme subunits with subunits isolated from the enzyme pre-inactivated with the irreversible inhibitor phenylmethylsulfonyl fluoride resulted in heterodimers which were active only in the case of involvement of the beta-subunit of the active enzyme.
authors.affiliation: Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, 119899, Russia.
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Shamolina
authors.forename: V K
authors.initials: VK
authors.lastname: Svedas
mesh_terms: D019281:Dimerization; D004789:Enzyme Activation; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000201:enzymology*; D007700:Kinetics; D010399:Penicillin Amidase / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D014508:Urea / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D014508:Urea; D010399:Penicillin Amidase