Table 2

Purification of the NM441-hydrolase from rat serum (36 ml)

StepTotal ProteinTotal ActivitySpecific ActivityPurificationYield
mg nmol/min nmol/min/mg fold %
Serum186318561.001100
HDL fraction30.6210368.769113
Heparin-Sepharose18.9162786.18688
Solubilization18.5145378.57978
Mono Q0.4631768968917