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Int J Biol Sci 2005; 1(3):114-122. doi:10.7150/ijbs.1.114 This issue Cite

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Purification, properties and alternate substrate specificities of arginase from two different sources: Vigna catjang cotyledon and buffalo liver

Snehal Dabir1, Pankaj Dabir2, Baburao Somvanshi1

1 Department of Biochemistry, Dr BA Marathwada University, Aurangabad – 400 001 (MS), India
2 Department of Biochemistry and JB Tropical Disease Research Centre, Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Sevagram - 442 102, (MS), India

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Dabir S, Dabir P, Somvanshi B. Purification, properties and alternate substrate specificities of arginase from two different sources: Vigna catjang cotyledon and buffalo liver. Int J Biol Sci 2005; 1(3):114-122. doi:10.7150/ijbs.1.114. https://www.ijbs.com/v01p0114.htm
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Abstract

Arginase was purified from Vigna catjang cotyledons and buffalo liver by chromatographic separations using Bio-Gel P-150, DEAE-cellulose and arginine AH Sepharose 4B affinity columns. The native molecular weight of an enzyme estimated on Bio-Gel P-300 column for Vigna catjang was 210 kDa and 120 kDa of buffalo liver, while SDS-PAGE showed a single band of molecular weight 52 kDa for cotyledon and 43 kDa for buffalo liver arginase. The kinetic properties determined for the purified cotyledon and liver arginase showed an optimum pH of 10.0 and pH 9.2 respectively. Optimal cofactor Mn++ ion concentration was found to be 0.6 mM for cotyledon and 2 mM for liver arginase. The Michaelis-Menten constant for cotyledon arginase and hepatic arginase were found to be 42 mM and 2 mM respectively. The activity of guanidino compounds as alternate substrates for Vigna catjang cotyledon and buffalo liver arginase is critically dependent on the length of the amino acid side chain and the number of carbon atoms. In addition to L-arginine cotyledon arginase showed substrate specificity towards agmatine and L-canavanine, whereas the liver arginase showed substrate specificity towards only L-canavanine.

Keywords: Purification, kinetic properties, substrate specificity arginine amidino hydrolase, Vigna catjang cotyledon, buffalo liver

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Dabir, S., Dabir, P., Somvanshi, B. (2005). Purification, properties and alternate substrate specificities of arginase from two different sources: Vigna catjang cotyledon and buffalo liver. International Journal of Biological Sciences, 1(3), 114-122. https://doi.org/10.7150/ijbs.1.114.

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Dabir, S.; Dabir, P.; Somvanshi, B. Purification, properties and alternate substrate specificities of arginase from two different sources: Vigna catjang cotyledon and buffalo liver. Int. J. Biol. Sci. 2005, 1 (3), 114-122. DOI: 10.7150/ijbs.1.114.

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Dabir S, Dabir P, Somvanshi B. Purification, properties and alternate substrate specificities of arginase from two different sources: Vigna catjang cotyledon and buffalo liver. Int J Biol Sci 2005; 1(3):114-122. doi:10.7150/ijbs.1.114. https://www.ijbs.com/v01p0114.htm

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Dabir S, Dabir P, Somvanshi B. 2005. Purification, properties and alternate substrate specificities of arginase from two different sources: Vigna catjang cotyledon and buffalo liver. Int J Biol Sci. 1(3):114-122.

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