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The thermal inactivation of alkali phosphatases from bacteria Escherichia coli (ECAP), bovine intestines (bovine IAP), and chicken intestines (chicken IAP) was studied in different buffer solutions and in the solid state. The conclusion was made that these enzymes had maximum stability in the solid state, and, in a carbonate buffer solution, their activity decreased most rapidly. It was found that the bacterial enzyme was more stable than animal phosphatases. It was noted that, for ECAP, four intermediate stages preceded the loss of enzyme activity, and, for bovine and chicken IAPs, three intermediate stages were observed. The activation energy of thermal inactivation of ECAP over the range 25–70°C was determined to be 80 kJ/mol; it corresponded to the dissociation of active dimers into inactive monomers. Higher activation energies (∼200 kJ/mol) observed at the initial stage of thermal inactivation of animal phosphatases resulted from the simultaneous loss of enzyme activity caused by dimer dissociation and denaturation. It was shown that the activation energy of denaturation of monomeric animal alkali phosphatases ranged from 330 to 380 kJ/mol depending on buffer media. It was concluded that the inactivation of solid samples of alkali phosphatases at 95°C was accompanied by an about twofold decrease in the content of β structures in protein molecules.
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Original Russian Text © L.F. Atyaksheva, B.N. Tarasevich, E.S. Chukhrai, O.M. Poltorak, 2009, published in Zhurnal Fizicheskoi Khimii, 2009, Vol. 83, No. 2, pp. 391–396.
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Atyaksheva, L.F., Tarasevich, B.N., Chukhrai, E.S. et al. Thermal inactivation of alkali phosphatases under various conditions. Russ. J. Phys. Chem. 83, 318–323 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0036024409020307
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