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Metabolism and Enzymology

Purification and Characterization of a Secreted Purple Phosphatase from Soybean Suspension Cultures ¹

Department of Biology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843

We purified and partially sequenced a purple (_max = 556 nanometers) acid phosphatase (APase; EC 3.1.3.2) secreted by soybean (Glycine max) suspension-culture cells. The enzyme is a metalloprotein with a Mn²⁺ cofactor. This APase appears to be a glycoprotein with a monomer subunit molecular weight of 58,000 and an active dimer molecular weight of approximately 130,000. The protein has an isoelectric point of about 5.0 and a broad pH optimum centered near 5.5. The purified enzyme, assayed with p-nitrophenyl phosphate as the substrate, has a specific activity of 512 units per milligram protein and a K_m of approximately 0.3 millimolar; phosphate is a competitive inhibitor with a K_i of 0.7 millimolar. This APase is similar to one found in soybean seed meal but dissimilar to that found in soybean seedlings.

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