Affinity chromatography of some pyridoxal phosphate-requiring enzymes on Cibacron Blue F3GA-agarose

Tyrosine phenol-lyase from Erwinia herbicola was purified from a cell-free extract in a single step on Cibacron Blue F3GA-agarose. The protein was purified as the apoenzyme and was unstable after affinity chromatography. Alanine aminotransferase and aspartate aminotransferase from porcine heart also bound to Cibacron Blue F3GA-agarose. These enzymes were partially purified as holoenzymes from a crude porcine heart extract by elution with NADH and KCl. Alanine aminotransferase was purified 19 fold by this procedure.