[58] Endo-β-galactosidase from Flavobacterium keratolyticus

Manabu Kitamikado, Makoto Ito, Yu Teh Li

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Abstract

This chapter presents the procedure for purification and assay of endo-β-galactosidase from Flavobacterium keratolyticus. The organism from the slant culture is used to inoculate 50-ml flasks each containing l0 ml of liquid medium. The flasks are incubated without shaking at 25 ° for 2 days. Each culture is then transferred to a 2-liter flask containing 1 liter of liquid medium, and incubated stationary at the same temperature for 5 days. All flasks are plugged with cotton. The cultures are centrifuged at 17,000g for 30 rain. From 15 liters of the liquid culture, 14,060 ml of a clear culture supernatant are obtained. The steps of purification are (1) ammonium sulfate precipitation, (2) sephadex G-100 chromatography, (3) chromatography on a combined column of CM-Sephadex C-50 and DEAE-Sephadex A-50, (4) matrex gel Blue A chromatography, and (5) DEAE-Sephadex A-50 chromatography. The final preparation shows one major band on polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Keratan sulfate isolated from whale nasal cartilage is used as substrate in assay.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)619-625
Number of pages7
JournalMethods in enzymology
Volume83
Issue numberC
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jan 1 1982

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Biochemistry
  • Molecular Biology

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