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Alkaline phosphatase catalyzes the hydrolysis of phosphomonoesters and is widely used in molecular biology techniques and clinical diagnostics. We expressed a recombinant alkaline phosphatase of the marine bacterium, Cobetia marina, in Escherichia coli BL21 (DE3). The recombinant protein was purified with a specific activity of 12,700 U/mg protein, which is the highest activity reported of any bacterial alkaline phosphatase studied to date. The molecular mass of the recombinant protein was 55–60 kDa, as determined by SDS–PAGE, and was observed to be a dimer by gel filtration analysis. The enzyme was optimally active at 45°C and the recombinant alkaline phosphatase efficiently hydrolyzed a phosphoric acid ester in luminescent and fluorescent substrates. Therefore, this enzyme can be considered to be extremely useful as a label conjugated to an antibody.
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Nasu, E., Ichiyanagi, A. & Gomi, K. Cloning and expression of a highly active recombinant alkaline phosphatase from psychrotrophic Cobetia marina . Biotechnol Lett 34, 321–328 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10529-011-0772-8
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