TABLE 3.
Purification steps | Activity | Specific activity | Purification |
---|---|---|---|
unitsa | units/mg protein | -fold | |
Crude extract | 116,000 | 170 | 1 |
Ammonium sulfate (35–75% fraction) | 85,000 | 290 | 2 |
DE52 column (0.3 m NaCl) | 51,000 | 1,500 | 9 |
Sephacryl-100 column | 15,000 | 15,200 | 89 |
a One unit of enzyme is defined as 1 nmol of maltose converted to glycogen in a 20-min incubation.