Abstract
Poly(ethylene glycol) of 5 000 daltons has been attached covalently to preparations of urate oxidase (urate: oxygen oxidoreductase, EC 1.7.3.3) from hog liver and Candida utilis. Attachment of sufficient poly(ethylene glycol) to either urate oxidase renders the enzyme incapable of eliciting antibody production in mice, or of reacting with antibodies to the unmodified enzyme. The poly(ethylene glycol) : urate oxidase conjugates exhibit higher K m and lower V values than the unmodified urate oxidases. Optimal pH values are increased for the poly(ethylene glycol) : urate oxidases, and optimal temperatures are decreased. The blood circulating lives of the modified urate oxidases following intravenous injection are much longer than those of the unmodified urate oxidases; repetitive injections over a period of 90 days did not alter the blood circulating lives of the poly(ethylene glycol) : urate oxidases. The unmodified enzymes, on the other hand, were cleared from the blood with extreme rapidity after a few intravenous injections.
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