@article{,
title = {Purification of turkey pancreatic phospholipase A2},
author = { R. Ben Salah and N. Zouari and J. Reinbolt and H. Mejdoub},
year = {2003},
date = {2003-01-01},
journal = {Biosci Biotechnol Biochem},
volume = {67},
number = {10},
pages = {2139-44},
abstract = {Turkey pancreatic phospholipase (TPP) has been purified from delipidated pancreases. The purification included ammonium sulfate fractionation, acidic (pH 5) treatment, followed by sequencial column chromatographies on DEAE-cellulose, Sephadex G-75, and reverse phase high pressure liquid chromatography. The purified enzyme was found to be a monomeric protein with molecular mass of 14 kDa. The optimal activity was measured at pH 8 and 37 degrees C using egg yolk emulsion as substrate. Our results show that the enzyme (TPP) was not stable for 1 h at 60 degrees C, and that bile salt and Ca2+ were required for the expression of the purified enzyme. The sequence of the N-terminal amino acids of the purified enzyme shows a very close similarity between TPP and all other known pancreatic phospholipases.},
note = {0916-8451
Journal Article},
keywords = {*Turkeys, &, A/*isolation, Acid, acids, Amino, Ammonium, and, Animals, Bile, Calcium, Chromatography, Concentration, Data, Hydrogen-Ion, Molecular, Pancreas/*enzymology, Phospholipases, purification, Salts, Sequence, Sulfate, Temperature, Weight},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}
Turkey pancreatic phospholipase (TPP) has been purified from delipidated pancreases. The purification included ammonium sulfate fractionation, acidic (pH 5) treatment, followed by sequencial column chromatographies on DEAE-cellulose, Sephadex G-75, and reverse phase high pressure liquid chromatography. The purified enzyme was found to be a monomeric protein with molecular mass of 14 kDa. The optimal activity was measured at pH 8 and 37 degrees C using egg yolk emulsion as substrate. Our results show that the enzyme (TPP) was not stable for 1 h at 60 degrees C, and that bile salt and Ca2+ were required for the expression of the purified enzyme. The sequence of the N-terminal amino acids of the purified enzyme shows a very close similarity between TPP and all other known pancreatic phospholipases.