Purification and characterization of N‐acyl‐D‐glutamate deacylase from Alcaligenes xylosoxydans subsp. xylosoxydans A‐6

Abstract
The purification and properties of N‐acyl‐D‐glutamate deacylase from the cell extracts of Alcaligenes xylosoxydans subsp. xylosoxydans A‐6 were studied. The two active fractions (peaks I and II) were obtained by a Mono Q column chromatography. The predominant enzyme (peak I) has been purified, 1960‐fold to homogeneity and characterized. The enzyme was a monomer with a molecular weight of 59 000. The optimum pH and the isoelectric point were 8.0 and 5.5, respectively. The enzyme catalyzed the hydrolysis of N‐acyl derivatives of D‐glutamate. The K ms for N‐acetyl, N‐butyryl and N‐propionyl derivatives of D‐glutamate were 0.129, 0.066 and 0.01 mM, respectively.