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Metabolism and Enzymology

Polyamine Oxidase from Water Hyacinth

Purification and Properties

Biology Department, Aichi University of Education, Igaya-cho, Kariya-shi, Aichi 448, Japan

Polyamine oxidase was purified to homogeneity from leaves of water hyacinth by the criterion of sodium dodecyl sulfate gel electrophoresis (SDS disc PAGE). The enzyme showed a high specificity for spermidine and spermine (K_m values 28 micromolar and 20 micromolar, respectively). The optimal pH of the enzyme for both spermidine and spermine was 6.5. The molecular weight of the enzyme estimated by Sephadex G-200 gel filtration was 87,000, while SDS disc PAGE gave a single band at the molecular weight of 60,000. Octamethylenediamine and quinacrine were strong inhibitors of the enzyme, but p-chloromercuribenzoate was without effect. A prosthetic group in the enzyme was identified as flavin adenine dinucleotide.