Merck, 48275-1MG-F, β-Galactosidase from Escherichia coli

General description
Tetramer molecular weight 465 kDa (subunits 116.3 kDa each)
Application
Aqueous solution may be used directly for derivatization without previous dialysis or gel permeation chromatography.
Biochem/physiol Actions
β-galactosidase cleaves lactose into its monosaccharide components, glucose and galactose. It also catalyses the transglycosylation of glucose into allolactose, the inducer of β-galactosidase, in a feedback loop.
Packaging
Bottomless glass bottle. Contents are inside inserted fused cone.
Other Notes
1 U corresponds to the amount of enzyme which hydrolyzes 1 μmol 2-nitrophenyl-β-D-galactopyranoside (Cat. No. 73660) per minute at pH 7.8 and 37 °C
Used in a highly sensitive enzyme-linked immunoassay of human IgG with 4-methylumbelliferyl-β-D-galactoside (Catalog No. 69590) ; Evaluation of β-D-galactosidase (E. coli) and horse radish peroxidase as labels by sandwich enzyme immunoassay technique ; Enzyme immunoassay of thyrptropin releasing hormone (TRH) ; Preparation of enzyme-antibody conjugates.