Isolation and preliminary characteristics of β‐N‐acetylglucosaminidase in the sperm of Siberian sturgeon (Acipenser baerii) and rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)

Summary The aim of this study was to characterize the enzyme β-N-acetyglucosaminidase (β-NAGase) in the milt and spermatozoa extracts from Siberian sturgeon and rainbow trout. After ion exchange chromatography one protein peak showed β-NAGase activity in sturgeon milt plasma and sperm extracts of both species. Surprisingly, two protein peaks showing β-NAGase activity were found in rainbow trout milt plasma. The molecular mass of β-NAGase was estimated by gel filtration as 127 kDa for rainbow trout spermatozoa, 271 kDa for sturgeon spermatozoa, and 74 kDa for milt plasma from both species. The kinetic parameters were determined for milt plasma and sperm extracts. The optimum pH of the β-NAGases was 3.8 for sturgeon milt plasma, 4.4 for sturgeon sperm extract, and 4.4–4.8 for milt plasma and sperm extract from rainbow trout. Km value of the β-NAGases was 0.212, 0.563, 0.779 mm for sturgeon milt plasma, sturgeon sperm extract or rainbow trout extract, respectively. The β-NAGase from sperm extracts in both species showed 100% activity even after incubation at 56°C by 20 min, whereas its activity was decreased to 23% in sturgeon milt plasma and to 2% in trout milt plasma.

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