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  • Title: Purification and partial characterization of the high and low molecular weight form (S- and F-form) of invertase secreted by Aspergillus nidulans.
    Author: Chen JS, Saxton J, Hemming FW, Peberdy JF.
    Journal: Biochim Biophys Acta; 1996 Sep 05; 1296(2):207-18. PubMed ID: 8814228.
    Abstract:
    Two forms of secreted invertase have been purified from Aspergillus nidulans by ion-exchange and gel-filtration chromatography. S-invertase gave a single, broad, glycoprotein band on PAGE and SDS-PAGE corresponding in size to 185 and 78 kDa, respectively, compared with 94 and 110 kDa for F-invertase. The carbohydrate of S-invertase contained mainly mannose (14%) and less galactose (5%) whereas the F-form yielded mainly galactose (29%) and less mannose (12%). Three sharp bands of enzymically active glycoprotein for both the S-form (pI 4.9-5.2) and the F-form (pI 3-4.2) were observed after isoelectric focusing. Deglycosylation with Endo H simplified this pattern to one enzymically active protein band (pI 5.2). The aglycoenzymes gave narrow bands on PAGE and SDS-PAGE corresponding to 115 kDa and 60 kDa respectively for both S- and F-forms. The specific activity of S-invertase was three-fold higher than that of F-invertase both before and after deglycosylation. The Km values of the two forms of invertase were very similar. Significant homology existed between the N-terminal amino-acid sequences of S-invertase (and of internal peptides derived from it) and sequences of invertase from other species. It is suggested that the higher carbohydrate content in F-invertase results in the native enzyme existing as a monomer and having a greater negative charge and lower specific enzyme activity compared with the dimeric S-enzyme.
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