• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.40-45
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• 1992

Aspergillus niger로부터 acidic nucleotidase를 Sepharose CL-6B gel 여과와 DEAE-Sephacel 이온교환수지를 이용하여 부분정제하였다. 5'-AMP 와 3'-AMP를 기질로 사용했을 경우에 효소의 최적 pH는 4.5, 그리고 최적온도는 $55^{\circ}C$였다. 그러나, p-nitrophenyl phosphate를 기질로 사용했을 경우에는 최적 pH는 변화가 없었으나, 최적 온도는 $70^{\circ}C$였다. 효소의 활성화에너지는 3'-AMP, 5'-AMP 그리고 p-nitrophenyl phosphate를 기질로 사용했을 경우에 각각 4.76kcal/mole, 6.95kcal/mole 그리고 11.82kcal/mole 였다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제21권5호
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• pp.483-493
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• 2011

An acid phosphatase (HppA) activated by $NH_4Cl$ was purified 192- and 34-fold from the periplasmic and membrane fractions of Helicobacter pylori, respectively. SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis revealed that HppA from the latter appears to be several kilodaltons larger in molecular mass than from the former by about 24 kDa. Under acidic conditions (pH${\leq}$4.5), the enzyme activity was entirely dependent on the presence of certain mono- and/or divalent metal cations (e.g., $K^+$,$ NH_4{^+}$, and/or $Ni^{2+}$). In particular, $Ni^{2+}$ appeared to lower the enzyme's $K_m$ for the substrates, without changing $V_{max}$. The purified enzyme showed differential specificity against nucleotide substrates with pH; for example, the enzyme hydrolyzed adenosine nucleotides more rapidly at pH 5.5 than at pH 6.0, and vice versa for CTP or TTP. Analyses of the enzyme's N-terminal sequence and of an $HppA^-$ H. pylori mutant revealed that the purified enzyme is identical to rHppA, a cloned H. pylori class C acid phosphatase, and shown to be the sole bacterial 5'-nucleotidase uniquely activated by $NH_4Cl$. In contrast to wild type, $HppA^-$ H. pylori cells grew more slowly. Strikingly, they imported $Mg^{2+}$ at a markedly lowered rate, but assimilated urea rapidly, with a subsequent increase in extracellular pH. Moreover, mutant cells were much more sensitive to extracellular potassium ions, as well as to metronidazole, omeprazole, or thiophenol, with considerably lowered MIC values, than wild-type cells. From these data, we suggest that the role of the acid phosphatase HppA in H. pylori may extend beyond 5'-nucleotidase function to include cation-flux as well as pH regulation on the cell envelope.