Improved method for large scale purification of the phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase of Escherichia coli K-12.

Abstract
A rapid and simple method for large-scale preparation of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase [EC 4.1.1.31] from E. coli K-12 was established. A strain carrying the Col E1-ppc+ hybrid plasmid was used as an enzyme source. The cell-free extract was fractionated by (NH4)2 SO4, and the enzyme was purified to homogeneity by hydrophobic chromatography on hexyl-Sepharose using specific elution with L-aspartate, one of the allosteric effectors. The pure enzyme (153 mg) was obtained from 137 g wet cells in 4 days with 41% yield.