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An enzyme catalyzing the hydrolysis of purine nucleosides was found to occur in the extract of Azotobacter vinelandii, strain 0, and was highly purified by ammonium sulfate fractionation, DEAE-cellulose chromatography, hydroxylapatite chromatography and gel filtration on Sephadex G-150. A strict substrate specificity of the purified enzyme was shown with respect to the base components. The enzyme specifically attacked the nucleosides without amino groups in the purine moiety: inosine gave the maximum rate of hydrolysis and xanthosine was hydrolyzed to a lesser extent. The pH optimum of inosine hydrolysis was observed from pH 7 to 9, while xanthosine was hydrolyzed maximally at pH 7. The K m values of the enzyme for inosine were 0.65 and 0.85 mM at pH 7.1 and 9.0, respectively, and the value for xanthosine was 1.2 mM at pH 7.1.
Several nucleotides inhibited the enzyme: the phosphate portions of the nucleotides were suggested to be responsible for the inhibition by nucleotides. Although the inhibition of the enzyme by nucleotides was apparently non-competitive type with respect to inosine, allosteric (cooperative) binding of the substrate was suggested in the presence of the inhibitor. The physiological significance of the enzyme was discussed in connection with the degradation and salvage pathways of purine nucleotides.
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Yoshino, M., Tsukada, T. & Tsushima, K. Inosine nucleosidase from Azotobacter vinelandii . Arch. Microbiol. 119, 59–64 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00407928
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