Purification and some properties of NAD-degrading purine nucleosidase from Aspergillus niger

Abstract
An enzyme which degrades NAD at the adenine–ribose linkage has been purified from the mycelial extract of Aspergillus niger. NADP, deamido-NAD, and purine nucleosides and nucleotides were also susceptible to the hydrolytic cleavage. Pyrimidine- and nicotinamide–ribose linkages were not attacked. The substrate specificity showed that the enzyme may be classified as a N-ribosyl-purine ribohydrolase (EC 3.2.2.1). The enzyme had a maximum activity in the pH range of 4.0–4.5 toward NAD. The Km values for NAD, 5′-AMP, and inosine were 3.0, 2.9, and 1.6 mM respectively.

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