title: Purification and characterization of a glutathione S-transferase from the fungus Cunninghamella elegans.
abstract: Cunninghamella elegans grown on Sabouraud dextrose broth had glutathione S-transferase (GST) activity. The enzyme was purified 172-fold from the cytosolic fraction (120000 x g) of the extract from a culture of C. elegans, using Q-Sepharose ion exchange chromatography and glutathione affinity chromatography. The GST showed activity against 1-chloro-2,4-dinitrobenzene, 1,2-dichloro-4-nitrobenzene, 4-nitrobenzyl chloride, and ethacrynic acid. Sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis gel filtration chromatography revealed that the native enzyme was homodimeric with a subunit of M(r) 27000. Comparison by Western blot analysis implied that this fungal GST had no relationship with mammalian alpha-, mu-, and pi-class GSTs, although it showed a small degree of cross-reactivity with a theta-class GST. The N-terminal amino acid sequence of the purified enzyme showed no significant homology with other known GSTs.
authors.affiliation: Division of Microbiology, National Center for Toxicological Research, US Food and Drug Administration, Jefferson, AR 72079, USA.
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Cha
authors.forename: B F
authors.initials: BF
authors.lastname: Coles
authors.forename: C E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Cerniglia
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D020093:Cunninghamella / Q000201:enzymology*; D005982:Glutathione Transferase / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism*; D015151:Immunoblotting; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D013379:Substrate Specificity
chemical_list: D005982:Glutathione Transferase