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N-acetyl-beta-d-glucosaminidase in marmoset kidney, serum and urine.

ABSTRACT: N-Acetyl-beta-D-glucosaminidase activities were determined in homogenates of marmoset kidney, in serum and in urine by using the 4-methylumbelliferyl substrate. The enzyme activity was separated into several components by DEAE-cellulose ion-exchange chromatography, starch-gel electrophoresis and isoelectric focusing. The kidney contained two major forms of the enzyme, A and B, which had similar pH optima and Km values. The A-form bound to DEAE-cellulose at pH 6.8, migrated towards the anode on starch-gel electrophoresis and had a pI of 5.0. The B-form did not bind to DEAE-cellulose at pH 6.8, remained near the origin on starch-gel electrophoresis and had a pI of 7.64. The isoenzymes also differed in heat stability, the B-form being the more stable. Serum contained B-form activity and, in addition, two intermediate forms (I1 and I2) were loosely bound to DEAE-cellulose. The serum A-form activity was less firmly bound to DEAE-cellulose than was the tissue A-form and was designated As. Serum from a pregnant marmoset contained a form which may be analogous to the human P-isoenzyme. Urine contained only a small amount of B-form activity, the majority being present in the A-form. The kidney A- and B-forms both had mol.wts. of 96000--100000 and the activity was predominantly lysosomal. Partial purification of the kidney A isoenzyme was undertaken. Immunoprecipitation studies indicated a relationship between marmoset kidney A-form and human liver A-form activity.

SUBMITTER: Pierce RJ

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1186147 | biostudies-other | 1978 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other

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