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ArticleVeterinary world2017

Partial purification and characterization of glutathione S-transferase from the somatic tissue of

Sakil Ahmed, Aamir Sohail, Sabiha Khatoon, Shabnam Khan, Mohammad Khalid Saifullah

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Article in Veterinary world, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Sakil AhmedSection of Parasitology, Department of Zoology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Aamir SohailDepartment of Biochemistry, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Sabiha KhatoonSection of Parasitology, Department of Zoology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Shabnam KhanSection of Parasitology, Department of Zoology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Mohammad Khalid SaifullahSection of Parasitology, Department of Zoology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Aligarh Muslim University · IN

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Abstract

aimAim of the present study was to carry out the partial purification and biochemical characterization of glutathione S-transferase (GST) from the somatic tissue of ruminal amphistome parasite, MATERIALS AND

methodsThe crude somatic homogenate of Gc was subjected to progressive ammonium sulfate precipitation followed by size exclusion chromatography in a Sephacryl S 100-HR column. The partially purified GST was assayed spectrophotometrically, and the corresponding enzyme activity was also recorded in polyacrylamide gel. GST isolated from the amphistome parasite was also exposed to variable changes in temperature and the pH gradient of the assay mixture.

resultsThe precipitated amphistome GST molecules showed maximum activity in the sixth elution fraction. The GST subunit appeared as a single band in the reducing polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis with an apparent molecular weight of 26 kDa. The GST proteins were found to be fairly stable up to 37°C, beyond this the activity got heavily impaired. Further, the GST obtained showed a pH optima of 7.5.

conclusionPresent findings showed that GST from Gc could be conveniently purified using gel filtration chromatography. The purified enzyme showed maximum stability and activity at 4°C.

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Bubalus bubalisGastrothylax crumeniferglutathione S-transferasepurificationsomatic tissue

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PMID29391692
PMCPMC5771176
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