Table 1

Comparison of the specific enzyme activities from rat liver homogenate and the cell supernatants of the recombinant protein from E. coli

Total proteinSpecific activity
mg/ml nmol/min/mg
Crude liver homogenate2.940.88
Purified cytosolic epimerase from rat liver0.0053710
M15-PQE30 control (without IPTG induction)10.0
Recombinant protein (60 min after IPTG induction)10.02.6