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J Biosci ; 2003 Dec; 28(6): 709-14
Artigo em Inglês | IMSEAR | ID: sea-110844

RESUMO

The biological significance of the carbohydrate moiety of a glycoprotein has been a matter of much speculation. In the present work, we have chosen stem bromelain from Ananas comosus as a model to investigate the role of glycosylation of proteins. Stem bromelain is a thiol protease which contains a single hetero-oligosaccharide unit per molecule. Here, the deglycosylated form of the enzyme was obtained by periodate oxidation. The differences in the glycosylated and deglycosylated forms of the glycoprotein have been studied at various temperatures and pH values, using probes such as loss of enzyme activity and by the changes in fluorescence and circular dichroism spectra. Deglycosylated bromelain showed decreased enzyme activity and perturbed fluorescence and circular dichroism spectra. In addition to this, a comparative study of their activities in different organic solvents showed a marked decrease in case of deglycosylated form of the enzyme. It is thus concluded that glycosylation contributes towards the functional stability of glycoenzymes.


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Álcoois/farmacologia , Bromelaínas/metabolismo , Dicroísmo Circular , Estabilidade Enzimática , Glicosilação , Concentração de Íons de Hidrogênio , Espectrometria de Fluorescência , Especificidade por Substrato , Temperatura
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