PURIFICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF COPPER-METALLOTHIONEINS FROM ASPERGILLUS-NIGER

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KERMASHA, S [1 ]
PELLERIN, F [1 ]
ROVEL, B [1 ]
GOETGHEBEUR, M [1 ]
METCHE, M [1 ]
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[1] INST NATL POLYTECH LORRAINE, BIOCHIM APPL LAB, F-54505 VANDOEUVRE LES NANCY, FRANCE
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10.1271/bbb.57.1420
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Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
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071010 ; 081704 ;
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Copper metallothioneins were extracted from Aspergillus niger after an induction period of five hours in a copper-containing suspension medium. The crude extract (FI) was obtained by cell homogenization and the partially purified extract (FII) was obtained by heat treatment at 60-degrees-C for 10 min. The partially purified extract (FII) was further purified by successive chromatographies on size-exclusion (Biogel P-30) and ion-exchange (TSK-HW 65-DEAE) chromatography columns. All protein fractions were analyzed for their protein and induced copper contents. The Cu/protein ratio increased steadily throughout the purification process; the most purified fraction (FIV) showed a 24-fold increase, with a recovery of 13%. The molecular weight of the Cu-metallothionein fraction FIV was 11,000 and the ratio of moles of copper per mole of protein was 6.6.
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