Purification and characterization of an alpha-galactosidase from Aspergillus fumigatus

Aspergillus fumigatus secreted invertase (beta-fructofuranosidase) and alpha-galactosidase enzymatic activities able to hydrolyzing raffinose oligosaccharides (RO). alpha-Galactosidase was induced by galactose, melibiose and raffinose, but galactose was the most efficient inducer. It was purified by gel filtration and two ion exchange chromatographies and showed Mw of 54.7 kDa. The purified enzyme showed maximal activity against p-nitrophenyl-alpha-D-galactopyranoside (pNPGal) at pH 4.5-5.5 and 55 °C, and retained about 80% of the original activity after incubation for 90 minutes at 50ºC. The KM for pNPGal was 0.3 mM. Melibiose was hydrolyzed by the enzyme but raffinose was very poor substrate.

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Auteurs principaux: Rezende,Sebastião Tavares de, Guimarães,Valéria Monteze, Rodrigues,Marília de Castro, Felix,Carlos Roberto
Format: Digital revista
Langue:English
Publié: Instituto de Tecnologia do Paraná - Tecpar 2005
Accès en ligne:http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-89132005000200005
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