[Purification and properties of NAG A from human kidney]

In the present paper, we have reported the purification procedures of N-acetyl-beta, D-glucosaminidase (NAG) A from human renal tissue as well as the enzymatic properties of NAG A. NAG A was purified to homogeneity by gel filtration methods using Sephacry S-400 and S-200, followed by affinity chromatography with TSK DEAE 5-PW. The final activity of the enzyme was 1001 U/ml protein which was 506.6-fold that of the crude extract (supernatant of 20,000 x G of the homogenate). The molecular weight of NAG A was 140 kDa, consisting of two subunits of 30 kDa and 57 kDa. The isoelectric point of the enzyme was 5.60. The optimal pH of the enzyme was between 4.7 and 4.9. The Km value of the enzyme for sodio-m-cresol sulfophtaleinyl-N-acetyl-beta, D-glucosaminide was found 0.177 x 10(-3) mol/l. Lectin affinity chromatographies using concanavalin A and wheat germagglutinin have demonstrated that major sugar-chains of the enzyme were the high mannose type and hybrid type with a fucose residue, and that a small amount of the complex type was contained.