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G0799

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β-Glucuronidase from Escherichia coli

>20,000,000 units/g protein, recombinant, expressed in E. coli, aqueous glycerol solution

Synonym(s):

β-D-Glucuronide glucuronosohydrolase

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CAS Number:
Enzyme Commission number:
EC Number:
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
12352204
NACRES:
NA.54

recombinant

expressed in E. coli

Quality Level

form

aqueous glycerol solution

specific activity

>20,000,000 units/g protein

mol wt

74 kDa

concentration

>1 mg/mL

shipped in

wet ice

storage temp.

−20°C

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General description

β-Glucuronidase is a tetramer belonging to the glycosidase family with a molecular weight of 29 kDa. It is composed of 74 kDa identical monomers. The pI and optimal pH of the enzyme is 4.8 and 6-7 respectively.

Application

β-Glucuronidase was used in the study of Cer-β-glucuronide synthesis and evaluation of β-glucuronidase(s) from Escherichia coli or intestinal segments to release the head group.
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Unit Definition

One Sigma or modified Fishman unit will liberate 1.0 μg of phenolphthalein from phenolphthalein glucuronide per hr at 37 °C at the pH 6.8 (30 min assay).

Physical form

β-glucuronidase is used as a reporter gene in GUS assays to monitor gene expression.
Highly purified solution in 50% glycerol

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Hazard Classifications

Resp. Sens. 1 - Skin Sens. 1

Storage Class

11 - Combustible Solids

wgk_germany

WGK 3

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable


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E M Schmelz et al.
Cancer research, 59(22), 5768-5772 (1999-12-03)
Dietary sphingolipids inhibit chemically induced colon cancer in mice. The most likely mediators of this effect are the metabolites ceramide (Cer) and sphingosine, which induce growth arrest and apoptosis in transformed cells. Sphingolipids are digested in both the upper and
D H Kim et al.
Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin, 18(9), 1184-1188 (1995-09-01)
beta-Glucuronidase was purified 360-fold from Escherichia coli HGU-3, an human intestinal bacterium. The specific activity of the purified enzyme was 17.78 units/mg protein. The enzyme (M.W. 290000) is composed of four subunits (M.W. 72000) with a pI and optimal pH
Amichay Meirovitz et al.
The FEBS journal, 280(10), 2307-2319 (2013-02-13)
Recent years have seen a growing body of evidence that enzymatic remodeling of heparan sulfate proteoglycans profoundly affects a variety of physiological and pathological processes, including inflammation, neovascularization, and tumor development. Heparanase is the sole mammalian endoglycosidase that cleaves heparan
Xiaoming Ye et al.
PloS one, 8(1), e55615-e55615 (2013-02-06)
βKlotho is a regulator in multiple metabolic processes, while its role in cancer remains unclear. We found the expression of βKlotho was down-regulated in human hepatocellular carcinoma tissues compared with that in paired adjacent non-tumourous liver tissues. Hepatoma cells also
Yu Zhu et al.
Cancer science, 104(6), 663-671 (2013-02-26)
Klotho is an anti-aging protein predominantly expressed in renal tubular epithelial cells. Although Klotho was recently identified as a tumor suppressor gene in a variety of cancers, the potential role and molecular events for Klotho in renal cell carcinoma (RCC)

Protocols

Optimize β-glucuronidase hydrolysis for glucuronide metabolite analysis considering factors like time, temperature, pH, and enzyme concentration.

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