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  • Title: Purification and characterization of two endopolygalacturonases from Sclerotinia sclerotiorum.
    Author: Waksman G, Keon JP, Turner G.
    Journal: Biochim Biophys Acta; 1991 Jan 23; 1073(1):43-8. PubMed ID: 1991145.
    Abstract:
    The endopolygalacturonase (EC 3.2.1.15) enzyme produced in vitro by Sclerotinia sclerotiorum were found to consist of numerous isoforms covering a broad pI range. Two of the isoforms, labelled PG2 and PG3, were purified using gel-filtration chromatography, isoelectric focusing and anion-exchange chromatography. The pIs of PG2 and PG3 were, respectively, 4.8 and 4.9. Their molecular weights were similar. Both enzymes hydrolysed 0.9% of the bonds in reaching a 50% reduction in viscosity. However, their enzymic parameters were different. Their amino acid compositions differed only in the aspartic acid-asparagine content. The N-terminal sequences differed at the fourth amino acid only. PG2 and PG3 exhibited a high level of glycosylation compared to a similar enzyme isolated from Aspergillus niger. Antibody raised against PG3 was shown to crossreact with PG2, but not with the enzyme purified from Aspergillus niger.
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