Further Purification and Some Properties of Kynureninase.

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  • Y HAGINO
چکیده

The enzyme kynureninase converts kynurenine and hydroxykynurenine to alanine and anthranilic acid and to alanine and hydroxyanthranilic acid, respectively14>. Previously, Knox 51, Jakoby et al. 4>, a~d Wiss et al. 6> have described the purification and some properties of kynureninase. According to their reports, this enzyme obtained from bacteria was activated with magnesium ions, while it from pig liver was not observed such effect. In the course of the studies on the relation between the increased excretion of xanthurenic acid and the enzyme activities in vitamin Bs deficient rats 7>, the author tried to further purification of this enzyme with DEAE-cellulose column chromatography. The present paper will be described about the purification procedures and some properties of kynureninase prepared from rat and pig livers.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Nagoya journal of medical science

دوره 26  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1964