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![(a) Inhibition of the purified honey bee venom hyaluronidase by varying concentrations of Heparin. (b) Hill plot for inhibition of the purified hyaluronidase by varying concentrations of Heparin where Vmax is the enzyme activity in absence of inhibitor, Vi is the enzyme activity in presence of inhibitor and [I] is inhibitor concentration in units of Heparin. (c) Lineweaver-Burk plots showing the type of inhibition of the purified honey bee venom hyaluronidase by Heparin. The activity of the purified hyaluronidase was measured with varying concentrations of the substrate hyaluronic acid in absence and presence of three various concentrations of Heparin. (d) Determination of the inhibition constant (Ki) value for the inhibition of the purified hyaluronic acid by Heparin. The plotted slope values were determined from the lines of the reciprocal plots of the different inhibitor concentrations.](https://sciendo-parsed.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/647208f8215d2f6c89db9863/j_jas-2020-0015_fig_004.jpg?X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Content-Sha256=UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD&X-Amz-Credential=AKIA6AP2G7AKOUXAVR44%2F20251104%2Feu-central-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20251104T170356Z&X-Amz-Expires=3600&X-Amz-Signature=1a908e6c1079604509b137a390f75a0c3ac404258869adfb988dcd0e29de2d49&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&x-amz-checksum-mode=ENABLED&x-id=GetObject)
A typical purification scheme of honey bee venom hyaluronidase
| Purification steps | Total protein (mg) | Total Activity (unit) | Specific Activity | Yield (%) | Fold Purification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crude honey bee venom | 27.2 | 3466.2 | 127.43 | 100 | 1.0 |
| DEAE-Cellulose | |||||
| Hyalurodinase (0 M NaCI) | 12.5 | 2932.8 | 234.62 | 84.6 | 1.84 |
| Sephacryl S-300 | |||||
| Hyalurodinase | 4.2 | 1729.1 | 411.7 | 49.9 | 3.23 |
Effect of divalent cations on honey bee venom hyaluronidase
| Reagent | Final Concentration (mM) | Residual activity (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Control | ----- | 100.0 |
| CaCl2 | 2.0 | 96.4 |
| 5.0 | 89.9 | |
| CoCl2 | 2.0 | 49.7 |
| 5.0 | 28.1 | |
| CuCl2 | 2.0 | 98.0 |
| 5.0 | 93.1 | |
| FeCl2 | 2.0 | 18.8 |
| 5.0 | 11.2 | |
| MgCl2 | 2.0 | 109.0 |
| 5.0 | 115.0 | |
| MnCl2 | 2.0 | 44.5 |
| 5.0 | 20.7 | |
| NiCl2 | 2.0 | 52.4 |
| 5.0 | 27.5 | |
| ZnCl2 | 2.0 | 112.0 |
| 5.0 | 118.0 |
Effect of various inhibitors on honey bee venom hyaluronidase
| Reagent | Final Concentration (mM) | Inhibition (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Control | ----- | 0.0 |
| 1,10 Phenanthroline | 2.0 | 72.8 |
| 5.0 | 85.1 | |
| β-Mercaptoethanol | 2.0 | 37.6 |
| 5.0 | 48.4 | |
| Citric acid | 2.0 | 50.9 |
| 5.0 | 69.3 | |
| Dithiothreitol (DTT) | 2.0 | 15.6 |
| 5.0 | 23.3 | |
| EDTA | 2.0 | 52.2 |
| 5.0 | 71.8 | |
| Heparin | 5 U | 47.85 |
| 10 U | 85.73 | |
| Hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) | 2.0 | 30.2 |
| 5.0 | 43.6 | |
| Iodoacetamide | 2.0 | 21.3 |
| 5.0 | 29.1 | |
| Potassium cyanide (KCN) | 2.0 | 12.4 |
| 5.0 | 15.8 | |
| Sodium azide (NaN3) | 2.0 | 16.5 |
| 5.0 | 22.1 | |
| Phenyl methyl sulfonyl fluoride (PMSF) | 2.0 | 26.7 |
| 5.0 | 31.8 | |
| Reduced glutathione | 2.0 | 8.20 |
| 5.0 | 12.4 | |
| Sodium dodecyl sulphate | 2.0 | 6.20 |
| 5.0 | 9.60 | |
| Urea | 2.0 | 78.3 |
| 5.0 | 89.9 |