Abstract
High-performance immunoaffinity chromatography (HPIAC) with anti-glutamine synthetase polyclonal antibodies bound to epoxyactivated silica was used to purify and determine this enzyme from the cyanobacterium Synechocystis. A single-step HPIAC procedure with cell-free extracts yielded electrophoretically homogeneous glutamine synthetase. In the determination of glutamine synthetase by HPIAC a linear response in the range 10–60 μg of enzyme was observed. Recoveries of 70% of the loaded enzymatic activity and 100% of protein were obtained. The determination of glutamine synthetase protein by HPIAC was compared with that obtained by rocket immunoelectrophoresis. The chromatographic method is proposed as a possible alternative to other immunochemical quantitative techniques, particularly when non-limiting amounts of samples are available.
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