PMID:1102308
| Citation |
van Heijenoort, J, Parquet, C, Flouret, B and van Heijenoort, Y (1975) Envelope-bound N-acetylmuramyl-L-alanine amidase of Escherichia coli K 12. Purification and properties of the enzyme. Eur. J. Biochem. 58:611-9 |
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| Abstract |
N-Acetylmuramyl-L-alanine amidase activity was detected in Escherichia coli K 12 by usine N-acetylmuramyl-L-alanyl-gamma-D-glutamyl-(L)-meso-[3H]diaminopimelic acid as a radioactive substrate. This activity cleaves the amide bond between the residues of N-acetylmuramyl acid and L-alanine. It was readily obtained in a soluble form either by mechanical disruption of the cells or by spheroplast formation. In the latter case the release of most of the activity into the sucrose medium seems to indicate that it is either periplasmic or associated with the outer membrane of the envelope of E. coli K 12. The enzyme was purified to near homogeneity. A molecular weight of 39 000 was determined by gel filtration and confirmed by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Further characterisation of this N-acetylmuramyl-L-alanine amidase activity was carried out by investigating several of its properties. |
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Alanine/metabolism; Amidohydrolases/isolation & purification; Amidohydrolases/metabolism; Cell Membrane/enzymology; Diaminopimelic Acid/metabolism; Escherichia coli/enzymology; Molecular Weight; Muramic Acids/metabolism; Oligopeptides/metabolism; Spheroplasts/enzymology; Temperature |
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