Purification and Characterization
Purification and Characterization
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DOI:
10.1002/0470080124.ch3
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发表时间:
2006-04
影响因子:
5.6
通讯作者:
M. Torruella;M. Flawiá;C. Eisenschlos;L. M. Vedia;C. Rubinstein;H. Torres
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作者:
M. Torruella;M. Flawiá;C. Eisenschlos;L. M. Vedia;C. Rubinstein;H. Torres
Adenylate cyclase activity associated with Trypanosoma cruzi sedimentable fractions was solubilized by treatment with the non-ionic detergent Lubrol PX and 0.5 M-(NH4)2SO4. The following hydrodynamic and molecular parameters were established for a partially purified enzyme-detergent complex: sedimentation coefficient 6.2 S; Stokes radius 5.65 nm; partial specific volume 0.83 ml/g; Mr 244000; frictional ratio 1.33. A Mr of about 124000 was calculated for the detergent-free protein from these parameters. The pl of this enzyme activity was 6.2. A monoclonal antibody to T. cruzi adenylate cyclase was obtained, which inhibited cyclase activities from several lower eukaryotic organisms. The T. cruzi adenylate cyclase was further purified by using this antibody in immunoaffinity chromatographic columns. Fractions obtained after this chromatography showed, on SDS/polyacrylamide-gel electrophoresis, a main polypeptide band with an apparent Mr of about 56000, which specifically reacted with the monoclonal antibody.