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Query: EC:3.2.1.23 (beta-galactosidase)
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Several vectors were used to express the complementary DNA for breast cancer estrogen-induced protein BCEI (also called pS2) in Escherichia coli. The best results were obtained by using the pUR 290 expression vector after deletion of the sequence encoding the signal peptide of the protein. In these conditions, beta-galactosidase-BCEI/pS2 fusion protein accounted for approximately 20% of total proteins in bacterial extracts. It was purified by chromatography on DEAE-Trisacryl or by gel electrophoresis and electroelution. Polyclonal antibodies were obtained by immunization of rabbits and goats, and monoclonal antibodies were raised in mice. Two types of monoclonal antibodies were obtained: one class recognized the native protein and was very efficient for the immunoprecipitation and immunopurification of the protein from breast cancer cells; a second class recognized the denatured protein and was especially effective for immunoblot studies. BCEI/pS2 could be detected by immunocytochemistry in breast cancer biopsies using monoclonal antibodies on frozen or paraffin-embedded sections. One of the antibodies (mBCEI11) exhibited high affinity for the protein and could be used at 1.9 micrograms/ml concentration for immunolabeling of histological sections. The mBCEI11 antibody was used in immunoaffinity chromatography to purify the peptide in a single step from culture media of estrogen-treated MCF-7 cells.
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PMID:Monoclonal antibodies against native ant denatured forms of estrogen-induced breast cancer protein (BCEI/pS2) obtained by expression in Escherichia coli. 218 May 69

The beta-galactosidase (EC 3.2.1.32) of Corynebacterium murisepticum (inducible by lactose and galactose) was purified by successive column chromatography on Sephadex G-200, DEAE-Sephadex A-50 and DEAE-cellulose (DE52). The enzyme was found to be a dimer of identical subunits of molecular mass 100,000 daltons. The Km values of the enzyme for the substrates lactose and o-nitrophenyl-beta-D-galactopyranoside (ONPG) are 16.7 mM and 4.4 mM, respectively, indicating, its low affinity for the substrates. The Ouchterlony immunodiffusion method exhibited immunological homogeneity of the enzyme preparation. The catalytic site of the enzyme does not take part in antigen-antibody reaction.
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PMID:Purification and characterisation of an inducible beta-galactosidase from Corynebacterium murisepticum. 249 96

Extracellular beta-galactosidase from P. canescens culture medium was purified by ion-exchange chromatography on DEAE and CM-Sepharose CL-6B and gel filtration. The enzyme active form was shown to be a monomer with a molecular weight of about 120 kDa; the isoelectric point is 6.7 and the sedimentation coefficient is 6.5. In terms of physico-chemical and catalytic properties, the purified enzyme is similar to beta-galactosidases of other fungi of genus Penicillium. The amino acid composition and the NH2-terminal sequence of 24 residues non-homologous to the corresponding sequences of bacterial and yeast beta-galactosidases were determined.
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PMID:[Molecular characteristics of beta-galactosidase secreted by Penicillium canescens]. 251 Aug 32

An improved method is described for the preparation of bovine testicular beta-galactosidase that allows the isolation of enzyme fractions that bind avidly to phosphomannosyl receptors. The procedure permits removal of a contaminating beta-hexosaminidase and yields nearly homogeneous beta-galactosidase. Enzyme eluted from DEAE-Sephacel was arbitrarily divided into pools that exhibited differing ability to bind phosphomannosyl receptors. A high binding fraction was rapidly assimilated by cultured cells and bound to both low and high molecular weight phosphomannosyl receptors. Carbohydrate analysis of the high binding fraction indicates an average content of one complex and one high mannose oligosaccharide chain per molecule and an average mannose 6-phosphate content of two residues per molecule. However, electrofocusing studies indicated that all the fractions were heterogeneous with respect to sialic acid and phosphate content. The purification procedure also provides highly purified beta-galactosidase suitable for removing beta-galactosidase residues from a variety of complex carbohydrates.
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PMID:Bovine testicular beta-galactosidase: purification of enzyme fractions that exhibit high affinity for phosphomannosyl receptors. 255 93

Various lysosomal acid hydrolases from tissues of Niemann-Pick mice, a mutant strain of C57BL/KsJ mice (spm/spm), were examined and compared to those from control mice. Activities of beta-hexosaminidase, beta-galactosidase, acid phosphatase, and cathepsin L were elevated in the liver and spleen of the affected mice, whereas no significant changes in beta-glucosidase and acid alpha-glucosidase were observed. Alpha-Mannosidase and neutral alpha-glucosidase activities were rather decreased in the affected mouse liver. The level of beta-hexosaminidase in the Niemann-Pick mice was raised sixfold in the liver and two- to threefold in the spleen and brain, whereas its total activity was decreased in the kidney. Sixty to ninety percent of total activity of lysosomal hydrolases was solubilized with 0.1% Triton X-100 in control mice, but most of the beta-hexosaminidase activity of the Niemann-Pick mice remained associated with the membrane fraction of liver lysosomes. The beta-hexosaminidase of the Niemann-Pick mice was appreciably stable when heated at 55 degrees C, while hydrolases of the affected mice and all of the enzymes tested in control mice were heat labile. The relative content of two beta-hexosaminidase fractions separated by DEAE-cellulose column chromatography was 8% for beta-hexosaminidase I and 92% for beta-hexosaminidase II in the case of the control mouse liver. The isozyme pattern of hexosaminidases in Niemann-Pick mice was similar to that of control enzymes. However, the beta-hexosaminidase II accumulated in Niemann-Pick mouse liver was different from that of the control in optimum pH, Km values and thermostability.
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PMID:Properties of lysosomal beta-hexosaminidase accumulated in Niemann-Pick mouse liver. 294 29

A neutral beta-galactosidase has been purified by concanavalin A-Sepharose affinity chromatography, DEAE-cellulose chromatography, Sephadex G-200 gel filtration and hydroxylapatite chromatography. The enzyme was purified 126-fold with a yield of about 21%. This form has a neutral optimal pH (7.5) and it is located in the cytosolic fraction. It shows a wide pH stability from pH 4.5 to 8.0, but it is very unstable at low pH values. Its isoelectric point is 4.9 and this value does not change on neuraminidase treatment. The estimated molecular weight was 47 000. The neutral form shows beta-D-galactosidase, beta-D-fucosidase and beta-D-glucosidase activities, all of them associated in a single peak in all the purification steps. p-Nitrophenyl beta-D-galactosides, p-nitrophenyl beta-D-fucosides and p-nitrophenyl beta-D-glucosides competed fully for a common active site in mixed-substrate experiments. Using gamma-D-galactonolactone as competitive inhibitor the Ki values were always coincident for the three activities. The effect of NaCl, methyl mannoside and some sugars (fucose, galactose and glucose) was studied.
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PMID:Properties and kinetics of a neutral beta-galactosidase from rabbit kidney. 301 54

The cationic form of beta-galactosidase (EC 3.2.1.23) from the germinating seeds of Vigna sinensis has been separated from its other isoforms by DEAE-cellulose (DE-52) column chromatography and further purified by gel filtration and affinity chromatography. Polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of the purified enzyme imparted a single protein band. The molecular mass of the enzyme as determined by Sephadex G-150 gel filtration is 58,800 Da. The optimum temperature and the optimum pH are 60 degrees C and 4.5, respectively. Most of the metal ions tested were inhibitory to the enzyme activity. The enzyme has Km for p-nitrophenyl beta-D-galactoside and o-nitrophenyl beta-D-galactoside of 0.56 and 2.0 mM, respectively. The Ki values of galactose and lactose are 2.4 and 70.0 mM, respectively. The energy of activation of PNPG for the enzyme is 10.3 kcal/mol.
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PMID:Cationic form of beta-galactosidase in the germinating seeds of Vigna sinensis (Linn) Savi. 309 79

An artificial bifunctional enzyme, beta-galactosidase/galactokinase, has been prepared by gene fusion. The hybrid protein catalyzes the hydrolysis of lactose followed by phosphorylation of galactose. The protein has been purified using DEAE-Sephacel chromatography and gel filtration on Sephacryl S-400 Superfine. The configuration of the hybrid protein is mainly tetrameric but also higher aggregates can be detected. The monomer Mr is 160,000 as judged from sodium dodecyl sulfate/polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and the native Mr has been calculated to be 600,000-650,000 from gel filtration experiments. beta-Galactosidase/galactokinase has different thermostability curves, pH/activity profiles and Km values as compared with the native enzymes. By using a third enzyme, galactose dehydrogenase, which competes with galactokinase for the galactose formed by beta-galactosidase, substrate channeling can be detected. This proximity effect becomes even more pronounced in an assay mixture containing poly(ethylene glycol).
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PMID:Characterization of an artificial bifunctional enzyme, beta-galactosidase/galactokinase, prepared by gene fusion. 310 37

Methods for isolation and purification of beta-galactosidase from Bacillus subtilis, st. IBP-101 are described. The bacterial cells were disrupted by different procedures such as freezing and thawing with subsequent autolysis at 37 degrees C, disrupting in a French press DKM-3 or in ultrasonic disintegrators UZDN-1 (USSR) and Soniprep-150. It is shown that the specific activity and yield of the enzyme depends to a great extent on the disrupting procedure used. The best results were obtained in case of sonication. The preparation was purified by precipitation with ammonium sulphate (25-75% saturated) and chromatography on DEAE-cellulose and DEAE-Sephadex. The purified enzyme had a specific activity of 3155 units per mg protein. The molecular weight of the homogeneous according to gel polyacrylamide electrophoresis preparation was 215,000, as estimated by gel filtration, and 105,000, as estimated by SDS gel electrophoresis. The enzyme retains the activity in the presence of Na+, Mn2+ or Mg2+ ions or the thiolic reagents, dithiothreitol or 2-mercaptoethanol. The pH optimum of the enzyme activity is 6.3 and it is stable in water solutions at pH from 6 to 9 and can be lyophilized. The given preparation of beta-galactosidase has a high affinity for synthetic substrates such as o- and p-nitrophenyl-beta-D-galactopyranosides and 4-methylumbelliferyl-beta-D-galactopyranoside.
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PMID:[Isolation of a highly active preparation of beta-D-galactosidase]. 311 62

Percoll density gradient centrifugation was used for isolating large quantities of bradyzoites of Sarcocystis suicanis, which were used for enzymatic analysis. Crude extracts of bradyzoites contained activities suggestive of several acid hydrolases. Levels of acid and alkaline phosphatase were higher than those of beta-N-acetylhexosaminidase and beta-galactosidase. Acid phosphatase was purified 156-fold with an overall recovery of 54% using DEAE-Sepharose 4B and Sephadex G-200 chromatography. The partially purified enzyme was not a glycoprotein and had a molecular weight of approximately 170,000. The enzyme was markedly inhibited by Cu++, Hg++, and iodoacetamide, suggesting the presence of a sulfhydryl group. Sodium tartrate caused strong inhibition of the enzyme. The acid phosphatase of S. suicanis appears to be a unique enzyme that cannot be classified under high or low molecular weight acid phosphatases of widely diverse origin.
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PMID:Studies on the enzymes of Sarcocystis suicanis: purification and characterization of an acid phosphatase. 311 63


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