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Prikl Biokhim Mikrobiol
; 53(2): 164-72, 2017.
Article
in Russian
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-29508977
ABSTRACT
N-hydroxysuccinimide ester of monomethoxy polyethylene glycol hemisuccinate was synthesized. It acylated amino groups in a molecule of recombinant L-asparaginase from Erwinia carotovora. A method of L-asparaginase modification by the obtained activated polyethylene glycol derivative was developed. The best results were produced by modification of the enzyme with a 25-fold excess of reagent relative to the enzyme tetramer. The modified L-asparaginase was isolated from the reaction mixture by gel filtration on Sepharose CL-6B. The purified bioconjugate did not contain PEG unbound to the protein, demonstrated high catalytic activity, and exhibited antiproliferative action on cell cultures.