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Metabolism and Enzymology

Purification and Characterization of Two Benzoyl-L-Tyrosine p-Nitroanilide Hydrolases from Etiolated Leaves of Zea mays L

Division of Biology, Miyazaki Medical College, Kiyotake, Miyazaki 889-16, Japan

Two benzoyl-L-tyrosine p-nitroanilide hydrolases (BTPAases I and II) were purified from the etiolated leaves of Zea mays L. and characterized. BTPAase I was electrophoretically homogeneous and consisted of two identical subunits having a molecular weight of 53,000. The molecular weight of BTPAase II was 65,000. The Michaelis constants for substrate, BTPA, were 4 millimolar and 1.3 millimolar for BTPAases I and II, respectively. Based on the action of various inhibitors on both enzyme activities, these enzymes were classified as serine proteases. BTPAase I showed caseinolytic activity at neutral pH and the activity was strongly inhibited by the serine protease inhibitors.