Abstract
The smallest of the three molecular weight forms of acid phosphatase from bovine liver was purified to a specific activity of 100 μmol min −1 mg −1 (measured at pH 5.5 and 37 °C with p-nitrophenyl phosphate). Using several chromatographie and electrophoretic methods, no evidence of heterogeneity was detected. The enzyme was characterized with respect to its stability as a function of pH, molecular weight, amino acid composition, steady-state kinetic parameters in the pH range 4–7 and inhibition by common acid phosphatase inhibitors at pH 5.5. The amino acid composition differed somewhat from a previous literature report. The enzyme was stoichiometrically inactivated upon incubation with Hg 2+, Ag +, and iodoacetate. Inactivation also occurred upon photoinactivation in the presence of Rose Bengal but no inactivation occurred with diethyl pyrocarbonate. The alkylation of one of five cysteine residues by iodoacetate was shown to cause complete inactivation of the enzyme. This alkylation was prevented by the presence of phosphate ion. A tryptic dipeptide containing this essential cysteine was isolated following inactivation with iodo[2- 14C]acetate.
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