Rapid purification and biochemical characteristics of lumbrokinase III from earthworm for use as a fibrinolytic agent

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作者
Park, YD [1 ]
Kim, JW [1 ]
Min, BG [1 ]
Seo, JW [1 ]
Jeong, JM [1 ]
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[1] Seoul Natl Univ, Coll Med, Dept Biomed Engn, Seoul 151, South Korea
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10.1023/A:1005384625974
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Q81 [生物工程学(生物技术)]; Q93 [微生物学];
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071005 ; 0836 ; 090102 ; 100705 ;
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A fibrinolytic enzyme was purified from the earthworm (Lumbricus rubellus) by column chromatography and identified as lumbrokinase type III. Affinity chromatography and NH2-terminal amino acid sequences indicated that this lumbrokinase III-2 (34.2 kDa) had additional amino acids at the carboxyl terminus of lumbrokinase III-1 (34 kDa). The lumbrokinase III-1 was considerably stable at pH 2 to 11 and at up to 65 degrees C. It had trypsin-like characteristics with high substrate specificity against fibrin, suitable as a fibrinolytic agent. Degradation profiles of fibrinogen by lumbrokinase III-1 and their peptide sequences were also investigated.
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