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Table 1 Purification of Brucella suis 1330 urease.

From: Enzymatic, immunological and phylogenetic characterization of Brucella suis urease

Purification step

Protein (mg)

Total activity (μmol/min)

Enzyme recovery (%)

Specific activity (μmol urea/min per mg of protein)

Purification (fold)

Crude extract

498

5229

100

10.5

1

Q sepharose

31

3472

66

112

10.6

Source PHE

1.2

648

12

540

51.4

  1. Purification data refers to a single preparation, obtained in a representative experiment. The enzyme was purified by ion exchange and hydrophobic interaction chromatographies. Enzyme activity was determined using a spectrophotometric coupled assay with glutamate dehydrogenase. Details are provided in Methods section.