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  • Title: The purification and some properties of pig liver hyaluronidase.
    Author: Joy MB, Dodgson KS, Olavesen AH, Gacesa P.
    Journal: Biochim Biophys Acta; 1985 Feb 15; 838(2):257-63. PubMed ID: 3970970.
    Abstract:
    Hyaluronidase (hyaluronate 4-glycanohydrolase, EC 3.2.1.35) has been isolated from pig liver and purified 1720-fold with an overall yield of 9.5%. The enzyme was purified using an acid-extraction technique followed by successive chromatography on DEAE-cellulose, two boronate affinity columns and Sephadex G-75. This final preparation, which was essentially homogeneous as determined by gel electrophoresis, was a single subunit enzyme of apparent molecular weight 70 000 with an isoelectric point of 5.0. No contaminant enzymes capable of degrading glycosaminoglycans could be detected in the final preparation. The substrate specificity of the enzyme was the same as for bovine testicular hyaluronidase; however, both the Km and V values were significantly lower for the pig liver enzyme with all of the substrates tested (hyaluronate, chondroitin 4-sulphate, chondroitin 6-sulphate). A full kinetic analysis of the enzyme using hyaluronate as a substrate showed that the activity of pig liver hyaluronidase was uncompetitively activated by either protons or NaCl.
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