β-Galactosidasa from Escherichia coli

βLa β-galactosidasa hidroliza la lactosa en sus componentes monosacáridos, glucosa y galactosa. También cataliza la transglucosilación de la glucosa en alolactosa, el inductor de la β-galactosidasa, en un bucle de retroalimentación.

Peso molecular del tetrámero 465 kDa (subunidades de 116,3 kDa cada una)

β-Galactosidase is a tetramer consisting of four equal subunits of 135,000 each. It is a sulfhydryl containing enzyme, with 19 cysteine residues per subunit.

β-Galactosidase is conjugated to an antibody which specifically recognizes a target molecule (enzyme immunoassay or EIA). β-Galactosidase is also used as a reporter enzyme to monitor the level of gene expression of a promoter. It may be used as a positive control protein with anti-β-galactosidase antibodies.

One unit will hydrolyze 1.0 μmole of o-nitrophenyl β-D-galactoside to o-nitrophenol and D-galactose per min at pH 7.3 at 37 °C.

Contains Tris buffer salts and magnesium chloride