Artigo Acesso aberto

Properties of purified squalene‐hopene cyclase from Bacillus acidocaldarius

1990; Wiley; Volume: 194; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1111/j.1432-1033.1990.tb19429.x

ISSN

1432-1033

Autores

Dietmar Ochs, Cord H. TAPPE, Peter Gärtner, Roland Kellner, Karl Poralla,

Tópico(s)

Enzyme Catalysis and Immobilization

Resumo

The squalene‐hopene cyclase from Bacillus acidocaldarius cytoplasmic membrane, was purified to homogeneity by solubilization with Triton X‐100, chromatography on DEAE‐cellulose, phenyl Sepharose and two gel‐filtration columns. The enzyme monomer had a molecular mass of 75 kDa. The sequence of the first 23 amino acids was determined by Edman degradation. The enzyme activity was efficiently inhibited by n ‐alkyldimethylammonium halides with alkyl chain lengths between 12 and 18 C atoms. Inhibition was also observed with (5‐hydroxycarvacryl)trimethylammonium chloride 1‐piperidine carboxylate, dodecyldimethylamine N ‐oxide, azasqualene and farnesol. Competitive inhibition with dodecyltrimethylammonium bromide, (5‐hydroxycarvacryl)trimethylammonium chloride 1‐piperidine carboxylate and dodecyldimethylamine N ‐oxide was demonstrated by Lineweaver‐Burk plots.

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