title: Determination of some kinetic and characteristic properties of glutathione S-transferase from bovine erythrocytes.
abstract: Glutathione S-transferase was purified from bovine erythrocytes and some kinetic and characteristic properties of the enzyme were investigated. The purification procedure was composed of preparation of homogenate and Glutathione-Agarose affinity chromatography. Thanks to the procedure, the enzyme was purified 6,800 fold with 97% yield and a specific activity of 136 EU/mg proteins. On sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS/PAGE), one band with a mass of 27 kDa was found. The native molecular weight of the enzyme was found to be approximately 53 kDa by Sephadex G-100 gel filtration chromatography. Optimum pH, stable pH, optimum temperature, and optimum ionic strength were determined as 7.0, 6.5 in K-phosphate buffer, 20 degrees C, 0.1 M K-phosphate, respectively. The best activity was obtained with 1-chloro-2,4-dinitrobenzene (CDNB) in a study performed with different substrates. Vmax, Km, and kcat values were calculated as 402.63 +/- 4.99 EU/mg proteins, 0.7447 +/- 0.0007 mM, and 11436 min(-1) for CDNB, and 88.00 +/- 2.30 EU/mg proteins, 0.3257 +/- 0.0012 mM, and 477 min(-1) for GSH, respectively, by using Lineweaver-Burk graphs obtained from 1/V versus 1/[CDNB] and 1/[GSH].
authors.affiliation: Atatürk University, Arts and Science Faculty, Department of Chemistry, 25240 Erzurum-Turkey.
authors.forename: Serdar
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Güvercin
authors.forename: Mustafa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Erat
authors.forename: Halis
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sakiroğlu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D002846:Chromatography, Affinity; D002850:Chromatography, Gel; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000201:enzymology*; D005982:Glutathione Transferase / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D007700:Kinetics; D008970:Molecular Weight; D013379:Substrate Specificity
chemical_list: D005982:Glutathione Transferase