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  • Title: Purification and characterization of a thermostable carboxypeptidase (carboxypeptidase Taq) from Thermus aquaticus YT-1.
    Author: Lee SH, Minagawa E, Taguchi H, Matsuzawa H, Ohta T, Kaminogawa S, Yamauchi K.
    Journal: Biosci Biotechnol Biochem; 1992 Nov; 56(11):1839-44. PubMed ID: 1369078.
    Abstract:
    A thermostable carboxypeptidase, which we named carboxypeptidase Taq, was purified from Thermus aquaticus YT-1 and characterized. The molecular weight of the enzyme was estimated to be about 56,000 and 58,000 on SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and gel filtration, respectively, indicating that the enzyme has a monomeric structure. The optimum pH of the enzyme was 8.0, and the optimum temperature for the reaction was 80 degrees C. The enzyme activity was dependent on cobalt ion and was inhibited by metal-chelating reagents, indicating that the enzyme is a metalloenzyme. The enzyme had high thermostability independent of cobalt ion; about 90% of its activity remained even after treatment at 80 degrees C for 5 h. The enzyme showed broad substrate specificity, although proline at the C-terminus of peptides was not cleaved. The enzyme released amino acids sequentially from the C-terminus.
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