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J. Biol. Chem., Vol. 263, Issue 15, 7000-7006, 05, 1988
K Takagaki, T Nakamura, M Majima and M Endo
Department of Biochemistry, Hirosaki University School of Medicine, Japan.
An endo-beta-glucuronidase acting on chondroitin sulfate was isolated from rabbit liver and purified about 550-fold, using a combination of ammonium sulfate fractionation, DEAE-cellulose chromatography, gel filtration on Sephacryl S-300, affinity chromatography through heparin- Sepharose CL-6B and preparative polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. The pH optimum of this enzyme was 4.0 and the Km value 7 X 10(-3) M for chondroitin sulfate (Mr 40,000). The isoelectric point of the enzyme was found to be at pH 5.4. The molecular weight, estimated by gel filtration through Sephacryl S-200 and by sodium dodecyl sulfate- polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, was 35,000. This enzyme, which was found in the liver, kidney, spleen, and lung, hydrolyzed the glucuronyl galactose linkage of the linkage region of chondroitin sulfate possessing a very small peptide segment. The enzyme did not hydrolyze proteoglycan. It was concluded that an endo-beta-glucuronidase is involved in the catabolism of proteoglycan chondroitin sulfates.
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