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. 1985 Feb;47(2):508–513. doi: 10.1128/iai.47.2.508-513.1985

Purification and characterization of hyaluronidase from oral Peptostreptococcus species.

Y C Tam, E C Chan
PMCID: PMC263200  PMID: 3881352

Abstract

Hyaluronidase was purified to apparent homogeneity from the spent medium of Peptostreptococcus sp. strain 84H14S. The enzyme was purified 310-fold by ethanol precipitation, gel chromatography, and cation-exchange chromatography with a recovery of 42% of the original activity in the culture medium. The molecular weight of the purified enzyme was estimated to be 160,000 by gel filtration with Sephacryl S-300. Like bacterial mucopolysaccharidases of other sources, the enzyme carried out an eliminative reaction with the substrate, producing 4,5-unsaturated disaccharides as the final end products. Its optimum temperature of activity is 46 degrees C. The purified peptostreptococcal hyaluronidase was different from previously reported bacterial hyaluronidases in several respects. It degraded hyaluronic acid rapidly and also exhibited some activity against chondroitin sulfate A and chondroitin sulfate C. The KmS for hyaluronic acid, chondroitin sulfate A, and chondroitin sulfate C were 0.14, 1.4, and 2.6 mg/ml, respectively. The specific activity of hyaluronidase was much higher than that of any previously purified mucopolysaccharidases. The Vmax against hyaluronic acid reached 400 mmol of product per min per mg of protein at 22 degrees C. The peptostreptococcal hyaluronidase was also unique in that its optimum pH of activity was around neutrality, whereas other bacterial hyaluronidases were most active at acidic pHs.

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