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The Effects of Gamma Irradiation on Some Properties of Two Aeromonas Proteinases

Virkninger au gammabestråling på noen av egenskapene til to Aeromonas proteinaser

Abstract

The proteinases A and B of Aeromonas liquefaciens and proteinase B of Aeromonas salmonicida have, in the crude and purified state, been exposed to various doses of γ-irradiation from a Co60 source, and the D37 values indicate that the proteinase A is the most resistant.

Casein was shown to have a marked protective effect on both proteinases during the irradiation, and while solutions of the purified enzymes were inactivated by doses usually used for food pasteurization, the crude enzymes, or solutions of purified enzymes to which casein was added, required doses usually used for food sterilization before being inactivated. Only minor effects of the environmental pH were observed. The antigenic properties of the enzymes seemed to be qualitatively unchanged in solutions exposed to 150 krad as observed using the casein precipitation inhibition test, and the irradiated proteinases were also inhibited by the naturally occurring proteinase inhibitors in the immune sera. The enzymoserological properties were not influenced by the changes in electrophoretic migration which were demonstrated by the zymogram technique. These proteinases are suitable as models for the examination of the physical properties of food spoiling enzymes and also for taxonomical work.

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Proteinasene A og B produsert av Aeromonas liquefaciens og proteinase B produsert av Aeromonas salmonicida ble bestrålt i renset og urenset tilstand med varierende doser av gamma-stråler fra en Go60 kilde. D37-verdiene indikerer at proteinasen A er den mest resistente av dem. Det ble vist at kasein har en betydelig beskyttende virkning på begge proteinasene under bestråling. Mens løsninger av de rensede enzymene ble inaktivert av doser som vanligvis anvendes ved pasteurisering av mat, trengtes det doser som brukes for sterilisering av mat for å inaktivere løsninger av rensede enzymer som var tilsatt kasein, og likedan var det for løsninger av de urensede enzymer. Omgivelsenes pH-verdier hadde liten virkning på inaktiveringen av enzymene. De antigene egenskapene til enzymene syntes ikke å forandres kvalitativt ved bestråling av løsninger opp til 150 krad, noe som ble vist ved hjelp av kaseinpresipitasjonsinhibisjonstesten. De bestrålte proteinasene ble også hemmet av de naturlig forekommende proteinaseinhibitorene i immunseraene. Noen forandringer i den elektroforetiske vandring, som kunne påvises ved hjelp av zymogramteknikken for proteinaser, syntes ikke å ha innvirkning på de enzymoserologiske egenskapene. De anvendte proteinasene var vellegnet som modeli for undersøkelse over fysikalske egenskaper hos enzymer som ofte finnes i forbindelse med bedervelse av mat, og også for taksonomiske arbeider.

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Dahle, H.K., Underdal, B. The Effects of Gamma Irradiation on Some Properties of Two Aeromonas Proteinases. Acta Vet Scand 13, 492–504 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1186/BF03547155

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