CLOSTRIPAIN

Use

Clostripain is isolated from Clostridium histolyticum callogenase by extraction in pH 6.7 buffer, followed by hydroxylapatite chromatography with a 0.1-0.2 M phosphate gradient, then Sephadex G-75 gel filtration with 0.05M phosphate pH 6.7, dialysis and a second hydroxylapatite chromatography (gradient elution with 0.1M 0.3M phosphate, pH 6.7). It has proteinase and esterase activity and is assayed by hydrolysing N-benzoyl-L-arginine methyl ester. [Mitchell & Harrington J Biol Chem 243 4683 1968, Methods Enzymol 19 635 1970.]