(NH
4)
2SO
4 (40 g per 100 mL) was added to the c.f. containing active rChn-Alc-KL, stirred for 30 min, and left at 4 °C for 20 h. Then the precipitate was separated by centrifugation (13,130×
g, 4 °C, 40 min), dissolved in buffer A (50 mM Na-acetate buffer, pH 5.0, 2.0 M NaCl), and applied to a Phenyl Seplife HP column (“Sunresin”, Shaanxi, China). The column was washed with the buffer until the release of proteins that did not bind to the hydrophobic sorbent. Fractions containing rChn-Alc-KL were eluted with buffer B (50 mM Na-acetate buffer, pH 5.0), combined, and applied to a
Heparin Sepharose HP column (“GE Healthcare”, Salt Lake, UT, USA). The column was washed with buffer B until the removal of the material that did not bind to the carrier. The target enzyme was eluted with buffer B containing 0.25 M NaCl.
Total milk-clotting activity, total proteolytic activity, thermal stability, and dependence of the coagulation time on CaCl
2 concentration and pH were determined according to [21 (
link)].
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