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. 1994 Mar 15;298(Pt 3):751–755. doi: 10.1042/bj2980751

Purification and some characteristics of the acetylxylan esterase from Schizophyllum commune.

N Halgasová 1, E Kutejová 1, J Timko 1
PMCID: PMC1137924  PMID: 8141793

Abstract

Acetylxylan esterase from Schizophyllum commune was purified using ion-exchange and hydrophobic chromatography. The enzyme has a molecular mass of 31 kDa, as determined by SDS/PAGE, or 18 kDa, according to gel filtration. Glycosylation of the enzyme was not detected. Acetylxylan esterase is relatively stable under laboratory conditions; it retains full activity at pH 6.2-8.5 upon incubation at 25 degrees C for 7 h, but loses nearly the whole activity upon incubation at 60 degrees C for 30 min. The pH optimum of the enzyme activity is 7.7 and its temperature optimum lies between 30 and 45 degrees C. Ca2+ and Co2+ inhibit markedly the activity of acetylxylan esterase at a concentration of 10 mM, as do Mn2+, Zn2+, Fe2+ and Cu2+ at a concentration of 1 mM.

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