PURIFICATION OF AN UDP-GLUCOSE - FLAVONE, 7-O-GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE, FROM SILENE-LATIFOLIA USING A SPECIFIC INTERACTION BETWEEN THE ENZYME AND PHENYL-SEPHAROSE
P. Vellekoop et al., PURIFICATION OF AN UDP-GLUCOSE - FLAVONE, 7-O-GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE, FROM SILENE-LATIFOLIA USING A SPECIFIC INTERACTION BETWEEN THE ENZYME AND PHENYL-SEPHAROSE, FEBS letters, 330(1), 1993, pp. 36-40
An UDP-glucose:flavonoid, 7-O-glucosyltransferase, from Silene latifol
ia was isolated from petals and purified 450-fold using a combination
of gel-filtration. affinity chromatography and anion-exchange chromato
graphy. Affinity chromatography on a phenyl-Sepharose CL-4B column in
combination with elution with the substrate, isovitexin (6-C-glucosyla
pigenin), was an especially effective purification step. A purificatio
n factor between 10 and 20 could be reached using this column. A possi
ble mechanism for the specific interaction of the enzyme with the phen
yl-Sepharose will be discussed. This method of purification may also b
e applicable to other enzymes which use aromatic compounds as substrat
es. On a SDS-PAGE gel a band of 54 kDa, which co-purified with enzyme
activity, could be detected in the purest fraction.