[Trypsin and microbial serine proteinase inhibitors isolated from Yersinia pseudotuberculosis].

A novel 9 kD protein inhibitor of trypsin and related proteinases was purified from culture filtrate of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis by ultrafiltration, affinity chromatography, and gel filtration. The protein is stable at pH from 1 to 9. The inhibitor activity dramatically decreases at temperature above 37 degrees C.

[Physico-chemical properties of elastase from the sea star Patiria pectinifera].

An elastolytic protease was purified from the hepatopancreas of the sea star Patiria pectinifera with specific activity of 100 units per 1 mg of protein. The molecular mass of the enzyme was estimated to be 30 KD by SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. The isoelectric point of the enzyme was shown to be about 7.