L. sporogenes의 배양여액으로부터 균체외 $eta$-galactosidase를 ammonium sulfate fractionation, Sephadex G-200 gel filtration, DEAE-Sephadex A-50 ion exchange chromatography와 hydroxyapatite adsorption chromatography등의 4단계 정제공정을 거쳐 순수하게 정제하였다. 정제효소는 347배 정제되어 비활성이 1,585 units/mg 이었으며 수율은 39.5%였다. Sephadex G-200 gel filtration에 의한 native enzyme의 분자량은 140,000이고 SDS-PAGE 에 의해서는 분자량이 72,000 한가지로 나타났으므로 L. sporogenes의 $eta$-galactosidase는 동일한 subunit 2개로 구성된 dimer 효소이다.
Extracellular $eta$-galactosidase from the culture broth of L. sporogenes was purified to apparent homogeniety by procedures including ammonium sulfate fractionation, Sephadex G-200 gel filtration, DEAE-Sephadex A-50 ion exchange chromatography, and Hydroxyapatite adsorption chromatography. The purifying procedures resulted in 347-fold purification with the overall yield of 39.5％ The purified enzyme had a specific activity(using ONPG as a substrate) of about 1, 585 units per mg protein. The molecular weight of the enzyme protein was estimated to be 140, 000 by gel filtration on Sephadex G-200, and SDS-polyacrylamide gel electorphoresis showed that the enzyme consisted of two identical subunits with a molecular weight of 72, 000.
