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An extracellular exoinulinase was purified from the crude extract of Aspergillus fumigatus by ammonium sulfate precipitation, followed by successive chromatographies on DEAE-Sephacel, Sephacryl S-200, concanavalin A-linked amino-activated silica, and Sepharose 6B columns. The enzyme was purified 25-fold, and the specific activity of the purified enzyme was 171 IU/mg of protein. Gel filtration chromatography revealed a molecular weight of about 200 kDa, and native polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE) showed an electrophoretic mobility corresponding to a molecular weight of about 176.5 kDa. Sodium dodecyl sulfate-PAGE analysis revealed three closely moving bands of about 66, 62.7, and 59.4 kDa, thus indicating the heterotrimeric nature of this enzyme. The purified enzyme appeared as a single band on isoelectric focusing, with a pI of about 8.8. The enzyme activity was maximum at pH 5.5 and was stable over a pH range of 4.0–9.5, and the optimum temperature for enzyme activity was 60°C. The purified enzyme retained 35.9 and 25.8% activities after 4 h at 50 and 55°C, respectively. The inulin hydrolysis activity was completely abolished with 1 mM Hg++, whereas EDTA inhibited about 63% activity. As compared to sucrose, stachyose, and raffinose, the purified enzyme had lower K m (0.25 mM) and higher V max (333.3 IU/mg) values for inulin.
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Gill, P.K., Manhas, R.K., Singh, J. et al. Purification and characterization of an exoinulinase from Aspergillus fumigatus . Appl Biochem Biotechnol 117, 19–32 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1385/ABAB:117:1:19
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