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. 2006 Sep 18;74(12):6540–6546. doi: 10.1128/IAI.01106-06

TABLE 3.

Purification of recombinant Map-PtpA

Purification step (fraction) Vol (ml) Total activity (U)a Total protein (mg) Sp act (U/mg of protein) Yield (%) Fold increase
Starting material 10 23.6 1.77 1.33 100 1
Washing with 20 mM imidazole 3 1.65 0.45 1.22 6.99 0.91
Elution with 250 mM imidazole 0.8 22.9 0.15 153 97 115
a

The phosphatase activity was measured by using pNPP as a substrate. One unit of phosphatase activity is defined as the formation of 1 μmol of p-nitrophenol per min.