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The catalytic activity of β-galactosidases from fungi Penicillium canescens and Aspergillus oryzae is maximum in a weakly acidic medium and does not depend on the presence of magnesium cations in the reaction medium. The enzyme from Aspergillus oryzae fungi is more active, and that from Penicillium canescens is stabler. One of stability indications is the presence of an induction period in the kinetic curves of thermal inactivation. This period disappears at 54°C for the enzyme from Aspergillus oryzae and at 59°C for the enzyme from Penicillium canescens. The temperature dependences of the effective rate constants for the inactivation of the tetrameric enzyme from Penicillium canescens show that the main reason for enzyme inactivation is the dissociation of oligomeric forms below 66°C (E act = 85 kJ/mol) and enzyme denaturation at higher temperatures (E act = 480 kJ/mol). The dissociation stage is absent for monomeric β-galactosidase from Aspergillus oryzae fungi, and the activation energy of inactivation is 450 kJ/mol over the whole temperature range studied (53–60°C).
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Pilipenko, O.S., Atyaksheva, L.F., Poltorak, O.M. et al. The catalytic properties and stability of β-galactosidases from fungi. Russ. J. Phys. Chem. 82, 2250–2254 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0036024408130165
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