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High-yield Purification of Potato Tuber Pyrophosphate: fructose-6-phosphate 1-phosphotransferase

High-yield Purification of Potato Tuber Pyrophosphate: fructose-6-phosphate 1-phosphotransferase

G B Moorhead, W C Plaxton

Protein Expr Purif. 1991 Feb;2(1):29-33.

PMID: 1668267

Abstract:

The procedure of Yuan et al. (1988, Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 154, 111-117) for the isolation of potato pyrophosphate:fructose-6-phosphate 1-phosphotransferase (PFP) has been modified so that a high yield of homogeneous enzyme could be obtained. Modifications included a lower temperature heat step, a lower percentage initial polyethylene glycol fractionation step (0 to 4%, w/v), stepwise elution following an increase from 30 to 50 mM pyrophosphate during affinity chromatography on Whatman P11 phosphocellulose, anion-exchange chromatography using Q-Sepharose "Fast Flow," and gel filtration chromatography with Superose 6 "Prep grade." Our procedure resulted in an overall 42% yield and a final specific activity of 87 mumol fructose 1,6-bisphosphate produced per minute per milligram protein. Rabbit anti-(potato PFP) polyclonal antibodies effectively immunoprecipitated the activity of both the pure enzyme and the enzyme from a crude extract. Western blot analysis demonstrated that the antibodies were monospecific for PFP. A survey of various potato cultivars demonstrated significant differences in PFP activity with respect to fresh weight. This observation should be taken into consideration before any purification of potato PFP is undertaken.

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IAR42416722	Anti-phospho-Fructose 6 Phosphate Kinase (pSer483) antibody produced in rabbit			Price

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