The preparation and properties of immobilised dipeptidyl-aminopeptidase I (cathepsin C)

Biochim Biophys Acta. 1987 Nov 5;916(1):1-4. doi: 10.1016/0167-4838(87)90203-2.

Abstract

Dipeptidyl-aminopeptidase I (dipeptidyl-peptide hydrolase, EC 3.4.14.1) from bovine spleen has been immobilized by hydrophobic bonding to alkyl- or aryl-Sepharoses. Optimum binding occurred with octyl- and phenyl-Sepharoses. The activity of the immobilised dipeptidyl-aminopeptidase I has been determined using glycylarginyl-p-nitroanilide as substrate and the pH optimum of the immobilised enzyme determined as well as the stability of the enzyme to repeated use. Preliminary studies using immobilised dipeptidyl-aminopeptidase I for the digestion of methionine enkephalin have been carried out using reverse-phase HPLC to analyse the reaction.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Cathepsin C
  • Cattle
  • Dipeptidyl-Peptidases and Tripeptidyl-Peptidases / metabolism*
  • Enzymes, Immobilized / metabolism*
  • Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
  • Spleen / enzymology

Substances

  • Enzymes, Immobilized
  • Dipeptidyl-Peptidases and Tripeptidyl-Peptidases
  • Cathepsin C