Purification and Characterization of A Phospholipase A2 from
Agkistrodon blomhoffii Ussurensis of Changbai Mountains

SUN Ming-Zhong, DING Lan, ZHAO Da-Qing and NI Jia-Zan
( Laboratory of Rare Earth Chemistry and Physics, Changchun Institute of Applied
Chemistry, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun
130022, China )

Abstract¡¡¡¡PLA2(EC3.1.1.4) of Agkistrodon blomhoffii Ussurensis of Changbai Mountain has been purified to homogeneity via four steps consisting of DEAE-Sephadex A-50, and three times Sephadex G-75 column chromatography in series. Using sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization, time of flight mass spectrometry, the PLA2 was found to have a molecular weight of (14.008¡À0.007) kD. The optimal pH of the PLA2 is in the range from 8.0 to 9.0, the optimal temperature is 45 ¡æ. Polymer is found in solution by MALDI/TOF/MS.
Key Words
¡¡¡¡Agkistrodon blomhoffii Ussurensis; phospholipase A2; purification£» characterization

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