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AssigneeToyo Jozo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsMamoru Takahashi, Shigeyuki Imamura, Masaki Takada
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A novel bilirubin oxidase is provided having a substrate specificity for bilirubin but not to, at least, biliverdin, catechol and hemin and which catalyzes the enzyme reaction between two moles of bilirubin and one mole of oxygen to yield two moles of biliverdin and two moles of water. A process is also provided for the production of said novel bilirubin oxidase, which comprises cultivating a bilirubin oxidase-producing fungus of the genus Penicillium in a culture medium and collecting the bilirubin oxidase from the culture mixture. A method of determining the content of bilirubin in a sample to be analyzed is further provided which comprises contacting the sample with the bilirubin oxidase to convert bilirubin in the sample into biliverdin and determining the amount of biliverdin formed or the amount of oxygen consumed therefor, as well as a method for removing bilirubin contained in a sample to be analyzed, which comprises contacting the sample with said novel bilirubin oxidase.
A bilirubin oxidase possessing a substrate specificity for bilirubin but not to biliverdin, catechol and hemin, said bilirubin oxidase catalyzing the enzyme reaction between two moles of bilirubin and one mole of oxygen to yield two moles of biliverdin and two moles of water, said bilirubin oxidase being in purified form.
A process for the production of bilirubin oxidase, comprising cultivating a bilirubin oxidase-producing fungus of the strain Penicillium janthinellum M 5613 deposited at the Institute of Microbiological Industry and Technology of the Agency of Industrial Science and Technology Japan under deposition No. FERM BP-1674.
In a method for determining the content of bilirubin in a sample to be analyzed, comprising contacting the sample with bilirubin oxidase to convert bilirubin in the sample into biliverdin and subsequently determining the amount of biliverdin formed or the amount of oxygen consumed, the improvement specificity for bilirubin oxidase possesses a substrate specificity for bilirubin but not to biliverdin, catechol and hemin, said bilirubin oxidase catalyzing the enzyme reaction between two moles of bilirubin and one mole of oxygen to yield two moles of biliverdin and two moles of water.
A method for eliminating bilirubin contained in a sample to be analyzed, comprising contacting the sample with a bilirubin oxidase having a substrate specificity for bilirubin but not to biliverdin, catechol and hemin and catalyzing the enzyme reaction between two moles of bilirubin and one mole of oxygen to yield two moles of biliverdin and two moles of water.
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