Table 2

Representative purification of the larger (250 kiloDalton) A-esterase from rat liver

FractionVol (ml)Total Activity (μmol/Min)Total Protein (mg)Specific Activity2-aYield (%)
Whole homogenate123.4701.267502.793.5
1000 g supernate101.061.935765.1107.488.3
Microsomes80.0395.581248.0317.056.4
Solubilized80.0357.211280.0279.151.0
100,000 g supernate76.0332.21874.0380.147.4
Ammonium sulfate precipitation6.231.3078.8397.24.0
Gel filtration9.214.8236.8402.82.1
PSIEF2-b(wells 4–6) ampholyte pH 5–83.10.623.4179.40.09
  • 2-a Specific activity toward chlorpyrifos-oxon is nmoles product formed/mg protein-min.

  • 2-b PSIEF is preparative scale isoelectric focusing.