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Gupta M, Choudhury B, Navani NK. Production and characterization of an organic solvent activated protease from haloalkaliphilic bacterium Halobiforma sp. strain BNMIITR. Heliyon 2024; 10:e25084. [PMID: 38314259 PMCID: PMC10837622 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e25084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2023] [Revised: 01/19/2024] [Accepted: 01/19/2024] [Indexed: 02/06/2024] Open
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An unusual haloalkaliphilic bacterium known as Halobiforma sp. strain BNMIITR, which was noticed to produce an extracellular alkaline protease, was found in a soil sample from Northern India's Sambhar Lake. On the generation of protease, the effects of dietary elements including nitrogen and carbon sources, amino acids, and growth conditions like temperature and pH were investigated. When low-cost agricultural by-products were employed as nitrogen sources, the manufacturing of enzymes was significantly boosted. In the present study, protease production was enhanced by 2.94 fold and 2.17 fold. By solvent precipitation and Hydrophobic interaction chromatography (HIC) on Phenyl Sepharose 6 Fast Flow matrix, the enzyme was purified 31.67 fold. It was determined that the apparent molecular mass was 21 kDa. The pH range where the enzyme was most stable was 6.0-12.0, with a temperature of 50 °C as optimum. When there was alkaline earth metals and heavy metals, protease was discovered to be active. It was evident that the enzyme was a serine type of protease because it was active in the presence of a variety of surfactants, oxidizing and reducing chemicals, and phenylmethylsulfonyl fluoride (PMSF) completely inhibited activity. Enzyme exhibited a wide range of substrate specificity. Amazingly, enzyme remained stable both in polar and nonpolar solvents. The most interesting aspect of this enzyme is enhanced activity in polar solvents like dimethylformamide (DMF) and dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO). It was discovered that the protease was stable and compatible with a number of widely available detergents.
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- Meenu Gupta
- Botany Department, J. D. Women's College Patna, Bihar, 800023, India
- Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, Uttarakhand, 247667, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, Uttarakhand, 247667, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, Uttarakhand, 247667, India
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Arabacı N, Karaytuğ T. Alkaline Thermo- and Oxidant-Stable Protease from Bacillus pumilus Strain TNP93: Laundry Detergent Formulations. Indian J Microbiol 2023; 63:575-587. [PMID: 38031609 PMCID: PMC10682312 DOI: 10.1007/s12088-023-01115-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2023] [Accepted: 10/07/2023] [Indexed: 12/01/2023] Open
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The study aims to produce a detergent-compatible and alkaline thermophilic protease from a Bacillus strain and to investigate its usability as a detergent bio-additive. The protease-producing bacterium was identified as Bacillus pumilus strain TNP93 according to the 16S rRNA sequence. The bacterium optimally synthesized the protease at 40 °C and pH 10 in 40 h. The raw protease displayed its optimum activity at pH 10 and 60 °C and its stability between pH 6-13 and 30-100 °C for 24 h. The molecular mass of the proteolytic band was estimated to be about 85 kDa. The protease was not inhibited by any of the metal ions used (Ba2+, Ca2+, Co2+, Cu2+, Mg2+, Mn2+, Zn2+). 97 and 90% of its original activity with 5 mM PMSF and EDTA remained. The activity was measured as 84, 124, and 95%, respectively, in the presence of 1% concentrations of Tween 20, Tween 80, and Triton X-100. In addition, all of its activity was preserved when the enzyme was exposed to 5% H2O2. The end products of casein were detected as tyrosine, aspartic acid, glycine, and cysteine by thin-layer chromatography. Considering the wash performance analysis, the mix of 1% commercial detergent and enzyme almost removed all of the protein-based stains (blood and egg yolk albumin). These remarkable findings indicate that the alkaline, thermo-, and oxidant-stable TNP93 protease is a valuable candidate for usage as a biological additive in various laundry detergents.
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- Nihan Arabacı
- Arts and Sciences Faculty, Biology Department, Çukurova University, Adana, Türkiye
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- Institute of Natural and Applied Sciences, Department of Biology, Çukurova University, Adana, Türkiye
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Li N, Shen B, Liu Y, Weng P, Wu Z. Heterologous expression and characterization of Bacillus velezensis SW5 serine protease involved in the hydrolysis of anchovy protein. JOURNAL OF THE SCIENCE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE 2023; 103:3468-3478. [PMID: 36807149 DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.12514] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2022] [Revised: 02/13/2023] [Accepted: 02/20/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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BACKGROUND Bacillus velezensis SW5, with good enzyme production ability, was isolated and identified in our laboratory from fermented fish sauce. Its galactosidase has been expressed in Escherichia coli, which could hydrolyze lactose in milk. The present study aims to express a novel serine protease gene (SPr-SW5) of this strain by Bacillus subtilis WB800N, and applies the expressed enzyme in hydrolysis of anchovy to prepare antioxidant substances, aiming to alleviate the waste of low-value fish resources. RESULTS SPr-SW5 with the open reading frame of 1353 bp encodes a serine protease (SPr-SW5) with 450 amino acids. The theoretical molecular weight and isoelectric point are 47.2 kDa and 5.22, respectively. The successful expression of SPr-SW5 in B. subtilis WB800N was confirmed by a skim milk plate test. Its optimal temperature and pH were 50 °C and 8.0, respectively. SPr-SW5 activity was increased by Ca2+ and Zn2+ , but inhibited by Fe3+ . Furthermore, SPr-SW5 was tolerant to 1% Tween-40 and Tween-80; however, its activity was strongly inhibited by 10 mm phenylmethylsulfonyl fluoride. Additionally, SPr-SW5 could be capable of hydrolyzing anchovy, the hydrolysate (AHP) at 10 g L-1 , with 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl and hydroxyl (·OH) scavenging rates of 73.21% and 79.71%, displaying good antioxidant activity. CONCLUSION The novel SPr-SW5 was successfully expressed in B. subtilis WB800N. It exhibited excellent temperature stability and good tolerance to several metal ions. In addition, the anchovy hydrolyzed by expressed SPr-SW5 has good antioxidant ability. Overall, this research lays a good foundation for SPr-SW5 with respect to exploration and application in the food industry as enzyme preparation. © 2023 Society of Chemical Industry.
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- Na Li
- Collage of Food and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ningbo University, Ningbo, Zhejiang, 315211, People's Republic of China
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- Zhoushan Customs District, Zhoushan, Zhejiang, 316100, People's Republic of China
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- Collage of Food and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ningbo University, Ningbo, Zhejiang, 315211, People's Republic of China
- Institute of Quality Standards and Testing Technology for Agro-Products, Fujian Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Fuzhou, 350003, People's Republic of China
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- Collage of Food and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ningbo University, Ningbo, Zhejiang, 315211, People's Republic of China
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- Collage of Food and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ningbo University, Ningbo, Zhejiang, 315211, People's Republic of China
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Adetunji AI, Olaniran AO. Biocatalytic Profiling of Free and Immobilized Partially Purified Alkaline Protease from an Autochthonous Bacillus aryabhattai Ab15-ES. REACTIONS 2023. [DOI: 10.3390/reactions4020013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/05/2023] Open
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Partially purified alkaline protease produced by an indigenous bacterial strain, Bacillus aryabhattai Ab15-ES, was insolubilized in alginate beads using an entrapment technique. Maximum entrapped enzyme activities of 68.76% and 71.06% were recorded at optimum conditions of 2% (w/v) sodium alginate and 0.3 M calcium chloride. Biochemical profiling of free and immobilized proteases was investigated by determining their activity and stability as well as kinetic properties. Both enzyme preparations exhibited maximum activity at the optimum pH and temperature of 8.0 and 50 °C, respectively. However, in comparison to the free enzyme, the immobilized protease showed improved pH stability at 8.0–9.0 and thermal stability at 40–50 °C. In addition, the entrapped protease exhibited a higher Vmax and increased affinity to the substrate (1.65-fold) than the soluble enzyme. The immobilized protease was found to be more stable than the free enzyme, retaining 80.88% and 38.37% of its initial activity when stored at 4 °C and 25 °C, respectively, for 30 d. After repeated use seven times, the protease entrapped in alginate beads maintained 32.93% of its original activity. These findings suggest the efficacy and sustainability of the developed immobilized catalytic system for various biotechnological applications.
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- Adegoke Isiaka Adetunji
- Discipline of Microbiology, School of Life Sciences, College of Agriculture, Engineering and Science, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Westville Campus, Private Bag X54001, Durban 4000, South Africa
- Department of Biological Sciences, Summit University, Offa 250101, Nigeria
- Centre for Mineral Biogeochemistry, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein 9031, South Africa
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- Discipline of Microbiology, School of Life Sciences, College of Agriculture, Engineering and Science, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Westville Campus, Private Bag X54001, Durban 4000, South Africa
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Tarek H, Nam KB, Kim YK, Suchi SA, Yoo JC. Biochemical Characterization and Application of a Detergent Stable, Antimicrobial and Antibiofilm Potential Protease from Bacillus siamensis. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:ijms24065774. [PMID: 36982846 PMCID: PMC10056560 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24065774] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2023] [Revised: 03/09/2023] [Accepted: 03/15/2023] [Indexed: 03/30/2023] Open
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Proteases are important enzymes that are engaged in a variety of essential physiological functions and have a significant possible use in industrial applications. In this work, we reported the purification and biochemical characterization of a detergent stable, antimicrobial, and antibiofilm potential protease (SH21) produced by Bacillus siamensis CSB55 isolated from Korean fermented vegetable kimchi. SH21 was purified to obtain homogeneity via ammonium sulfate precipitation (40-80%), Sepharose CL-6B, and Sephadex G-75 column. By analyzing the SDS-PAGE and zymogram, it was determined that the molecular weight was around 25 kDa. The enzyme activity was almost completely inhibited in the presence of PMSF and DFP, which indicated that it was a member of the serine protease family. SH21 showed excellent activity with a broad range of pH and temperature, with its maximum pH of 9.0 and temperature of 55 °C. The enzyme had estimated Km and Vmax values of 0.197 mg/mL and 1.22 × 103 U/mg, respectively. In addition, it preserved good activity in the presence of different organic solvents, surfactants, and other reagents. This enzyme showed good antimicrobial activity that was evaluated by MIC against several pathogenic bacteria. Furthermore, it exhibited strong antibiofilm activity as determined by MBIC and MBEC assay and degraded the biofilms, which were analyzed by confocal microscopic study. These properties established that SH21 is a potent alkaline protease that can be used in industrial and therapeutic applications.
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- Hasan Tarek
- Department of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Chosun University, Gwangju 501-759, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Chosun University, Gwangju 501-759, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Chosun University, Gwangju 501-759, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Chosun University, Gwangju 501-759, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Chosun University, Gwangju 501-759, Republic of Korea
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Genome sequence analysis and characterization of Bacillus altitudinis B12, a polylactic acid- and keratin-degrading bacterium. Mol Genet Genomics 2023; 298:389-398. [PMID: 36585993 DOI: 10.1007/s00438-022-01989-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2022] [Accepted: 12/20/2022] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Keratin-rich wastes, mainly in the form of feathers, are recalcitrant residues generated in high amounts as by-products in chicken farms and food industry. Polylactic acid (PLA) is the second most common biodegradable polymer found in commercial plastics, which is not easily degraded by microbial activity. This work reports the 3.8-Mb genome of Bacillus altitudinis B12, a highly efficient PLA- and keratin-degrading bacterium, with potential for environmental friendly biotechnological applications in the feed, fertilizer, detergent, leather, and pharmaceutical industries. The whole genome sequence of B. altitudinis B12 revealed that this strain (which had been previously misclassified as Bacillus pumilus B12) is closely related to the B. altitudinis strains ER5, W3, and GR-8. A total of 4056 coding sequences were annotated using the RAST server, of which 2484 are core genes of the pan genome of B. altitudinis and 171 are unique to this strain. According to the sequence analysis, B. pumilus B12 has a predicted secretome of 353 proteins, among which a keratinase and a PLA depolymerase were identified by sequence analysis. The presence of these two enzymes could explain the characterized PLA and keratin biodegradation capability of the strain.
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Elhamdi M, Ghorbel S, Hmidet N. Bacillus Swezeyi B2 Strain: A Novel Alkaliphilic Bacterium Producer of Alkaline-, Thermal, Oxidant-, and Surfactant-Stable Protease, Extremely Efficient in Detergency. Curr Microbiol 2023; 80:95. [PMID: 36737528 DOI: 10.1007/s00284-022-03156-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2022] [Accepted: 12/13/2022] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Proteolytic enzymes that are currently used to meet industrial demand are usually derived from Bacillus species. They find multiple technical applications, particularly they have been increasingly used as a key bio-additive in detergents. In this study, a novel alkalophilic bacterium was isolated from contaminated soil, exhibiting 1400 U/ml proteolytic activity, and identified as Bacillus swezeyi B2. The crude enzyme likely contained a single extracellular protease. This enzyme revealed optimum activity at pH 10 and 70 °C and was highly alkaline thermostable (7-12.5) and up to 70 °C. The protease activity was completely inhibited by Phenylmethylsulfonyl fluoride (PMSF) suggesting that it belongs to the serine protease group. It was highly stable in the presence of the strong anionic surfactant (SDS) and oxidizing agents (H2O2). The supernatant was lyophilized and showed high storage stability retaining 100% of its original activity after one year of conservation at 4 °C. The lyophilized product was evaluated for its detergent efficacy, it revealed excellent compatibility with various laundry detergents keeping its full original activity after incubation for 1 h with seven solid and liquid commercial detergents and it effectively removed chocolate stains at low washing temperature (40 °C) and low supplementation level (125 U/ml). The features of this single alkaline and thermotolerant protease, stable toward surfactants, oxidizing agents, and commercial detergents with stain removal efficacy support its ideal choice for supplementation in detergent formulations.
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- Marwa Elhamdi
- Enzyme Engineering and Microbiology Laboratory, National Engineering School of Sfax-University of Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia
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- Biology Department, College of Science and Arts at Khulis, University of Jeddah, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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- Enzyme Engineering and Microbiology Laboratory, National Engineering School of Sfax-University of Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia.
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Mechri S, Allala F, Bouacem K, Hasnaoui I, Gwaithan H, Chalbi TB, Saalaoui E, Asehraou A, Noiriel A, Abousalham A, Hacene H, Bouanane-Darenfed A, Le Roes-Hill M, Jaouadi B. Preparation, characterization, immobilization, and molecular docking analysis of a novel detergent-stable subtilisin-like serine protease from Streptomyces mutabilis strain TN-X30. Int J Biol Macromol 2022; 222:1326-1342. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2022.09.161] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2022] [Revised: 09/08/2022] [Accepted: 09/16/2022] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Phenotypic characteristics, phylogenetic analysis and characterization of alkaline proteases of marine bacteria Geomicrobium halophilum, Oceanobacillus oncorhynchi, and Oceanobacillus khimchii. Biologia (Bratisl) 2022. [DOI: 10.1007/s11756-022-01095-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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Dhayalan A, Velramar B, Govindasamy B, Ramalingam KR, Dilipkumar A, Pachiappan P. Isolation of a bacterial strain from the gut of the fish, Systomus sarana, identification of the isolated strain, optimized production of its protease, the enzyme purification, and partial structural characterization. JOURNAL OF GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY 2022; 20:24. [PMID: 35142906 PMCID: PMC8831710 DOI: 10.1186/s43141-022-00299-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2021] [Accepted: 01/07/2022] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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BACKGROUND The present study focuses on the isolation of Bacillus thuringiensis bacterium from the gut of fresh water fish, Systomus sarana, the innovative optimization of culture parameters to produce maximum protease enzyme, by the isolated bacterium, and the elucidation of peptide profile of the protease. And the experimental data and results were authenticated through the response surface method (RSM) and Box-Behnken design (BBD) model. RESULTS During the RSM optimization, the interaction of the highest concentrations (%) of 2.2 maltose, 2.2 beef extract, and 7.0 pH, at 37 °C incubation, yielded a maximum protease enzyme of 245 U/ml by the fish gut-isolated, B. thuringiensis. The spectral analysis of the obtained enzyme revealed the presence of major functional groups at the range of 610-3852 cm-1 viz., alkynes (-C≡C-H: C-H stretch), misc (P-H phosphine sharp), α, β-unsaturated aldehydes, and through PAGE analysis, its molecular weight was determined as 27 kDa. The enzyme's MALDI-TOF/MS analysis revealed the presence of 15 peptides from which the R.YHTVCDPR.L peptide has been found to be a major one. CONCLUSIONS The fish gut-isolated bacterium, B. thuringiensis, SS4 exhibited the potential for high protease production under the innovatively optimized culture conditions, and the obtained result provides scope for applications in food and pharmaceutical industries.
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- Arul Dhayalan
- Department of Biotechnology, School of Biosciences, Periyar University, Salem, 636011, Tamil Nadu, India.,ICAR- National Dairy Research Institute, SRS, Adugodi, Bengaluru, 560030, Karnataka, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, School of Biosciences, Periyar University, Salem, 636011, Tamil Nadu, India.,Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University, Raipur, 493225, Chhattisgarh, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, School of Biosciences, Periyar University, Salem, 636011, Tamil Nadu, India.,ICAR- Central Institute of Brackishwater Aquaculture, Chennai, 600028, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, School of Biosciences, Periyar University, Salem, 636011, Tamil Nadu, India.,Department of Microbiology, Alagappa University, Karaikudi, 630003, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, School of Biosciences, Periyar University, Salem, 636011, Tamil Nadu, India.,1/145, New Mariyaman Kovil Street, Bominayakanpatti post, Pagalpatti, Salem, 636304, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, School of Biosciences, Periyar University, Salem, 636011, Tamil Nadu, India. .,Department of Marine Science, School of Marine Sciences, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, 620024, Tamil Nadu, India.
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Purification and biochemical characterization of two novel extracellular keratinases with feather-degradation and hide-dehairing potential. Process Biochem 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.procbio.2021.04.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Farooq S, Nazir R, Ganai SA, Ganai BA. Isolation and characterization of a new cold-active protease from psychrotrophic bacteria of Western Himalayan glacial soil. Sci Rep 2021; 11:12768. [PMID: 34140593 PMCID: PMC8211794 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-92197-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2021] [Accepted: 05/28/2021] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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As an approach to the exploration of cold-active enzymes, in this study, we isolated a cold-active protease produced by psychrotrophic bacteria from glacial soils of Thajwas Glacier, Himalayas. The isolated strain BO1, identified as Bacillus pumilus, grew well within a temperature range of 4-30 °C. After its qualitative and quantitative screening, the cold-active protease (Apr-BO1) was purified. The Apr-BO1 had a molecular mass of 38 kDa and showed maximum (37.02 U/mg) specific activity at 20 °C, with casein as substrate. It was stable and active between the temperature range of 5-35 °C and pH 6.0-12.0, with an optimum temperature of 20 °C at pH 9.0. The Apr-BO1 had low Km value of 1.0 mg/ml and Vmax 10.0 µmol/ml/min. Moreover, it displayed better tolerance to organic solvents, surfactants, metal ions and reducing agents than most alkaline proteases. The results exhibited that it effectively removed the stains even in a cold wash and could be considered a decent detergent additive. Furthermore, through protein modelling, the structure of this protease was generated from template, subtilisin E of Bacillus subtilis (PDB ID: 3WHI), and different methods checked its quality. For the first time, this study reported the protein sequence for psychrotrophic Apr-BO1 and brought forth its novelty among other cold-active proteases.
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- Saleem Farooq
- grid.412997.00000 0001 2294 5433Department of Environmental Science, University of Kashmir, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir 190006 India ,grid.412997.00000 0001 2294 5433Microbiology Research Laboratory, Centre of Research for Development (CORD), University of Kashmir, Hazratbal, Srinagar, India Jammu and Kashmir 190006
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- grid.412997.00000 0001 2294 5433Microbiology Research Laboratory, Centre of Research for Development (CORD), University of Kashmir, Hazratbal, Srinagar, India Jammu and Kashmir 190006
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- grid.444725.40000 0004 0500 6225Division of Basic Sciences and Humanities, FoA, SKUAST-Kashmir, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir 193201 India
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- grid.412997.00000 0001 2294 5433Microbiology Research Laboratory, Centre of Research for Development (CORD), University of Kashmir, Hazratbal, Srinagar, India Jammu and Kashmir 190006
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Mechri S, Zaraî Jaouadi N, Bouacem K, Allala F, Bouraoui A, Ferard C, Rekik H, Noiriel A, Abousalham A, Bouanane-Darenfed A, Hacène H, Lederer F, Baciou L, Jaouadi B. Cloning and heterologous expression of subtilisin SAPN, a serine alkaline protease from Melghiribacillus thermohalophilus Nari2AT in Escherichia coli and Pichia pastoris. Process Biochem 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.procbio.2021.03.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Santos AF, Souza TFO, Freire DMG, Seldin L, Branquinha MH, Santos ALS. Halobacillus blutaparonensis Strain M9 as a Source of Extracellular Serine Peptidases with Properties for Biotechnological Purposes. Microbiology (Reading) 2021. [DOI: 10.1134/s0026261721010094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Abdel-Azeem AM, Abo Nahas HH, Abdel-Azeem MA, Tariq FJ, Yadav AN. Biodiversity and Ecological Perspective of Industrially Important Fungi An Introduction. Fungal Biol 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-67561-5_1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Nnolim NE, Udenigwe CC, Okoh AI, Nwodo UU. Microbial Keratinase: Next Generation Green Catalyst and Prospective Applications. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:580164. [PMID: 33391200 PMCID: PMC7775373 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.580164] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2020] [Accepted: 11/30/2020] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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The search for novel renewable products over synthetics hallmarked this decade and those of the recent past. Most economies that are prospecting on biodiversity for improved bio-economy favor renewable resources over synthetics for the potential opportunity they hold. However, this field is still nascent as the bulk of the available resources are non-renewable based. Microbial metabolites, emphasis on secondary metabolites, are viable alternatives; nonetheless, vast microbial resources remain under-exploited; thus, the need for a continuum in the search for new products or bio-modifying existing products for novel functions through an efficient approach. Environmental distress syndrome has been identified as a factor that influences the emergence of genetic diversity in prokaryotes. Still, the process of how the change comes about is poorly understood. The emergence of new traits may present a high prospect for the industrially viable organism. Microbial enzymes have prominence in the bio-economic space, and proteases account for about sixty percent of all enzyme market. Microbial keratinases are versatile proteases which are continuously gaining momentum in biotechnology owing to their effective bio-conversion of recalcitrant keratin-rich wastes and sustainable implementation of cleaner production. Keratinase-assisted biodegradation of keratinous materials has revitalized the prospects for the utilization of cost-effective agro-industrial wastes, as readily available substrates, for the production of high-value products including amino acids and bioactive peptides. This review presented an overview of keratin structural complexity, the potential mechanism of keratin biodegradation, and the environmental impact of keratinous wastes. Equally, it discussed microbial keratinase; vis-à-vis sources, production, and functional properties with considerable emphasis on the ecological implication of microbial producers and catalytic tendency improvement strategies. Keratinase applications and prospective high-end use, including animal hide processing, detergent formulation, cosmetics, livestock feed, and organic fertilizer production, were also articulated.
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- Nonso E. Nnolim
- SAMRC Microbial Water Quality Monitoring Centre, University of Fort Hare, Alice, South Africa
- Applied and Environmental Microbiology Research Group (AEMREG), Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Fort Hare, Alice, South Africa
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- School of Nutrition Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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- SAMRC Microbial Water Quality Monitoring Centre, University of Fort Hare, Alice, South Africa
- Applied and Environmental Microbiology Research Group (AEMREG), Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Fort Hare, Alice, South Africa
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- SAMRC Microbial Water Quality Monitoring Centre, University of Fort Hare, Alice, South Africa
- Applied and Environmental Microbiology Research Group (AEMREG), Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Fort Hare, Alice, South Africa
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Su C, Gong JS, Qin J, Li H, Li H, Xu ZH, Shi JS. The tale of a versatile enzyme: Molecular insights into keratinase for its industrial dissemination. Biotechnol Adv 2020; 45:107655. [PMID: 33186607 DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2020.107655] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2020] [Revised: 10/30/2020] [Accepted: 11/02/2020] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Keratinases are unique among proteolytic enzymes for their ability to degrade recalcitrant insoluble proteins, and they are of critical importance in keratin waste management. Over the past few decades, researchers have focused on discovering keratinase producers, as well as producing and characterizing keratinases. The application potential of keratinases has been investigated in the feed, fertilizer, leathering, detergent, cosmetic, and medical industries. However, the commercial availability of keratinases is still limited due to poor productivity and properties, such as thermostability, storage stability and resistance to organic reagents. Advances in molecular biotechnology have provided powerful tools for enhancing the production and functional properties of keratinase. This critical review systematically summarizes the application potential of keratinase, and in particular certain newly discovered catalytic capabilities. Furthermore, we provide comprehensive insight into mechanistic and molecular aspects of keratinases including analysis of gene sequences and protein structures. In addition, development and current advances in protein engineering of keratinases are summarized and discussed, revealing that the engineering of protein domains such as signal peptides and pro-peptides has become an important strategy to increase production of keratinases. Finally, prospects for further development are also proposed, indicating that advanced protein engineering technologies will lead to improved and additional commercial keratinases for various industrial applications.
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- Chang Su
- Key Laboratory of Carbohydrate Chemistry and Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Carbohydrate Chemistry and Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, PR China.
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- Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- Key Laboratory of Carbohydrate Chemistry and Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Carbohydrate Chemistry and Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, PR China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Cereal Fermentation Technology, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, PR China; Jiangsu Provincial Research Center for Bioactive Product Processing Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Carbohydrate Chemistry and Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, PR China.
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Tekin A, Uzuner U, Sezen K. Homology modeling and heterologous expression of highly alkaline subtilisin-like serine protease from Bacillus halodurans C-125. Biotechnol Lett 2020; 43:479-494. [PMID: 33047274 DOI: 10.1007/s10529-020-03025-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2020] [Accepted: 10/06/2020] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Here we report heterologous expression, enzymatic characterization and structure homology modeling of a subtilisin-like alkaline serine protease (ASP) from Bacillus halodurans C-125. Encoding gene was successfully obtained by PCR and cloned into pMA0911 shuttle vector under the control of strong HpaII promoter and expressed extracellularly. ASP enzyme was successfully expressed in B. subtilis WB800 cell line lacking eight extracellular proteases and produced extracellularly in the culture medium. Km, Vmax and specific activity parameters of the recombinantly produced ASP were identified as 0.2899 mg/ml, 76.12 U/ml and 9500 U/mg, respectively. The purified enzyme revealed remarkable proteolytic activity at highly alkaline conditions with a pH optimum 12.0 and notable thermostability with temperature optimum at 60 °C. Furthermore, substrate-free enzyme revealed remarkable pH stability at pH 12.0 and maintained 93% of its initial activity when incubated at 37 °C for 24 h and 60% of its initial activity upon incubation at 60 °C for 1 h. Theoretically calculated molecular mass of ASP protein was confirmed through SDS-PAGE and western blot analysis (Mw: 28.3 kDa). The secondary and tertiary structures of ASP protein were also identified through homology modeling and further examined in detail. ASP harbors a typical S8/S53 peptidase domain comprising 17 β-sheets and 9 α-helixes within its secondary structure. The structure dynamics analysis of modeled 3D structure further revealed that transient inactivating propeptide chain is the most dynamic region of ASP enzyme with 8.52 Å2 β-Factor value. Additional residue-dependent fluctuation plot analysis also confirmed the elevated structure dynamics patterning of ASP N-terminus which could be the potential prerequisite for the autonomous propeptide removal of alkaline serine peptidases. Yet the functional domain of ASP becomes quite stable after autonomous exclusion of its propeptide. Although the sequence homology between ASP and commercial detergent additive B. lentus protease (PDB ID:1GCI) was moderate (65.4% sequence similarity), their overlaid 3D structures revealed much higher similarity (98.14%) within 0.80 Å RMSD. In conclusions, with remarkable pH stability, notable thermostability and particularly high specific activity at extreme alkaline conditions, the unveiled ASP protein stands out as a novel protease candidate for various industrial sectors such as textile, detergent, leather, feed, waste, pharmaceutical and others.
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- Aşkın Tekin
- Department of Medical Services and Techniques, Şebinkarahisar Social Sciences Vocational School, 28400, Şebinkarahisar, Giresun, Turkey
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Faculty of Science, Karadeniz Technical University, 61080, Trabzon, Turkey.
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Karadeniz Technical University, 61080, Trabzon, Turkey
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Ouelhadj A, Bouacem K, Asmani KL, Allala F, Mechri S, Yahiaoui M, Jaouadi B. Identification and homology modeling of a new biotechnologically compatible serine alkaline protease from moderately halotolerant Gracilibacillus boraciitolerans strain LO15. Int J Biol Macromol 2020; 161:1456-1469. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2020.07.266] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2020] [Revised: 06/28/2020] [Accepted: 07/20/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Liu YC, Han LL, Chen TY, Lu YB, Feng H. Characterization of a Protease Hyper-Productive Mutant of Bacillus pumilus by Comparative Genomic and Transcriptomic Analysis. Curr Microbiol 2020; 77:3612-3622. [PMID: 32749522 DOI: 10.1007/s00284-020-02154-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2020] [Accepted: 07/28/2020] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Bacillus pumilus BA06 has great potential for the production of alkaline proteases. To improve the protease yield, classical mutagenesis to combine the physical and chemical mutagens was performed to obtain a protease hyper-productive mutant SCU11. The full genome sequences of BA06 and SCU11 strains were assembled through DNA sequencing using the PacBio sequencing platform. By comparative genomics analysis, 147 SNPs and 15 InDels were found between these two genomes, which lead to alternation of coding sequence in 15 genes. Noticeable, the gene (kinA) encoding sporulation kinase A is interrupted by introducing a stop codon in its coding region in BA06. Interestedly, this gene is reversely corrected in SCU11. Furthermore, comparative transcriptome analysis revealed that kinA and two positive regulatory genes (DegU and Spo0A) were upregulated in transcription in SCU11. In terms of the transcriptional data, upregulation of a phosphorylation cascade starting with KinA may enhance Spo0A phosphorylation, and thus activate expression of the gene aprE (encoding major extracellular protease) through repression of AbrB (a repressor of aprE) and activation of SinI, an antagonist of SinR (a repressor of aprE). In addition, the other genes involved in various metabolic pathways, especially of membrane transport and sporulation, were altered in transcription between these two strains. Conclusively, our transcriptome data suggested that upregulation degU and spo0A, as well as kinA, may at least partially contribute to the high production of alkaline protease in SCU11.
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- Yong-Cheng Liu
- College of Life Sciences, Sichuan Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Key Laboratory of Bio-Resources and Eco-Environment, Ministry of Education, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610064, Sichuan, People's Republic of China
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- College of Life Sciences, Sichuan Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Key Laboratory of Bio-Resources and Eco-Environment, Ministry of Education, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610064, Sichuan, People's Republic of China
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- College of Life Sciences, Sichuan Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Key Laboratory of Bio-Resources and Eco-Environment, Ministry of Education, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610064, Sichuan, People's Republic of China
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- College of Life Sciences, Sichuan Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Key Laboratory of Bio-Resources and Eco-Environment, Ministry of Education, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610064, Sichuan, People's Republic of China
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- College of Life Sciences, Sichuan Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Key Laboratory of Bio-Resources and Eco-Environment, Ministry of Education, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610064, Sichuan, People's Republic of China.
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Bhatt HB, Singh SP. Cloning, Expression, and Structural Elucidation of a Biotechnologically Potential Alkaline Serine Protease From a Newly Isolated Haloalkaliphilic Bacillus lehensis JO-26. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:941. [PMID: 32582046 PMCID: PMC7283590 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.00941] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2020] [Accepted: 04/20/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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An alkaline protease gene of Bacillus lehensis JO-26 from saline desert, Little Rann of Kutch, was cloned and expressed in Escherichia coli BL21 (DE3). A 1,014-bp ORF encoded 337 amino acids. The recombinant protease (APrBL) with Asp 97, His 127, and Ser 280 forming catalytic triad belongs to the subtilase S8 protease family. The gene was optimally expressed in soluble fraction with 0.2 mM isopropyl β-D-thiogalactopyranoside (IPTG), 2% (w/v) NaCl at 28°C. APrBL, a monomer with a molecular mass of 34.6 kDa was active over pH 8–11 and 30°C−70°C, optimally at pH 10 and 50°C. The enzyme was highly thermostable and retained 73% of the residual activity at 80°C up to 3 h. It was significantly stimulated by sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS), Ca2+, chloroform, toluene, n-butanol, and benzene while completely inhibited by phenylmethylsulfonyl fluoride (PMSF) and Hg2+. The serine nature of the protease was confirmed by its strong inhibition by PMSF. The APrBL gene was phylogenetically close to alkaline elastase YaB (P20724) and was distinct from the well-known commercial proteases subtilisin Carlsberg (CAB56500) and subtilisin BPN′ (P00782). The structural elucidation revealed 31.75% α-helices, 22.55% β-strands, and 45.70% coils. Although high glycine and fewer proline residues are a characteristic feature of the cold-adapted enzymes, the similar observation in thermally active APrBL suggests that this feature cannot be solely responsible for thermo/cold adaptation. The APrBL protease was highly effective as a detergent additive and in whey protein hydrolysis.
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- Hitarth B Bhatt
- UGC-CAS Department of Biosciences, Saurashtra University, Rajkot, India
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- UGC-CAS Department of Biosciences, Saurashtra University, Rajkot, India
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Yang S, Zhai L, Huang L, Meng D, Li J, Hao Z, Guan Z, Cai Y, Liao X. Mining of alkaline proteases from Bacillus altitudinis W3 for desensitization of milk proteins: Their heterologous expression, purification, and characterization. Int J Biol Macromol 2020; 153:1220-1230. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2019.10.252] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2019] [Revised: 10/26/2019] [Accepted: 10/27/2019] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Challenges and Opportunities in Identifying and Characterising Keratinases for Value-Added Peptide Production. Catalysts 2020. [DOI: 10.3390/catal10020184] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Keratins are important structural proteins produced by mammals, birds and reptiles. Keratins usually act as a protective barrier or a mechanical support. Millions of tonnes of keratin wastes and low value co-products are generated every year in the poultry, meat processing, leather and wool industries. Keratinases are proteases able to breakdown keratin providing a unique opportunity of hydrolysing keratin materials like mammalian hair, wool and feathers under mild conditions. These mild conditions ameliorate the problem of unwanted amino acid modification that usually occurs with thermochemical alternatives. Keratinase hydrolysis addresses the waste problem by producing valuable peptide mixes. Identifying keratinases is an inherent problem associated with the search for new enzymes due to the challenge of predicting protease substrate specificity. Here, we present a comprehensive review of twenty sequenced peptidases with keratinolytic activity from the serine protease and metalloprotease families. The review compares their biochemical activities and highlights the difficulties associated with the interpretation of these data. Potential applications of keratinases and keratin hydrolysates generated with these enzymes are also discussed. The review concludes with a critical discussion of the need for standardized assays and increased number of sequenced keratinases, which would allow a meaningful comparison of the biochemical traits, phylogeny and keratinase sequences. This deeper understanding would facilitate the search of the vast peptidase family sequence space for novel keratinases with industrial potential.
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Agricultural waste materials enhance protease production by Bacillus subtilis B22 in submerged fermentation under blue light-emitting diodes. Bioprocess Biosyst Eng 2020; 43:821-830. [DOI: 10.1007/s00449-019-02277-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2019] [Accepted: 12/25/2019] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Identification of a New Serine Alkaline Peptidase from the Moderately Halophilic Virgibacillus natechei sp. nov., Strain FarD T and its Application as Bioadditive for Peptide Synthesis and Laundry Detergent Formulations. BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2019; 2019:6470897. [PMID: 31886235 PMCID: PMC6914889 DOI: 10.1155/2019/6470897] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2019] [Revised: 09/18/2019] [Accepted: 10/31/2019] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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A new peptidase designated as SAPV produced from a moderately halophilic Virgibacillus natechei sp. nov., strain FarDT was investigated by purification to homogeneity followed by biochemical and molecular characterization purposes. Through optimization, it was determined that the optimum peptidase activity was 16,000 U/mL. It was achieved after 36 h incubation at 35°C in the optimized enzyme liquid medium (ELM) at pH 7.4 that contains only white shrimp shell by-product (60 g/L) as sole energy and carbon sources. The SAPV enzyme is a monomer protein with a molecular mass of 31 kDa as estimated by sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) and high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) gel filtration chromatography. The sequence of its NH2-terminal amino-acid residues showed homology with those of Bacillus peptidases S8/S53 superfamily. The SAPV showed optimal activity at pH 9 and 60°C. Irreversible inhibition of enzyme activity by diiodopropyl fluorophosphates (DFP) and phenylmethanesulfonyl fluoride (PMSF) confirmed its belonging to the serine peptidases. Considering its interesting biochemical characterization, the sapV gene was cloned, sequenced, and heterologously overexpressed in the extracellular fraction of E. coli BL21(DE3)pLysS. The biochemical properties of the recombinant peptidase (rSAPV) were similar to those of the native one. The highest sequence identity value (97.66%) of SAPV was obtained with peptidase S8 from Virgibacillus massiliensis DSM 28587, with 9 amino-acid residues of difference. Interestingly, rSAPV showed an outstanding and high resistance to several organic solvents than SPVP from Aeribacillus pallidus VP3 and Thermolysin type X. Furthermore, rSAPV exhibited an excellent detergent stability and compatibility than Alcalase 2.4 L FG and Bioprotease N100L. Considering all these remarkable properties, rSAPV has attracted the interest of industrialists.
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Osire T, Yang T, Xu M, Zhang X, Li X, Niyomukiza S, Rao Z. Lys-Arg mutation improved the thermostability of Bacillus cereus neutral protease through increased residue interactions. World J Microbiol Biotechnol 2019; 35:173. [PMID: 31673794 DOI: 10.1007/s11274-019-2751-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2019] [Accepted: 10/18/2019] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Neutral proteases have broad application as additives in modern laundry detergents and therefore, thermostability is an integral parameter for effective production of protein crystals. To improve thermostability, the contribution of individual residues of Bacillus cereus neutral protease was examined by site-directed mutagenesis. The Lys11Arg and Lys211Arg mutants clearly possessed improved thermostabilities (Tm were 63 and 61 °C respectively) compared to the wild-type (Tm was 60 °C). MD simulations further revealed that the mutants had low RMSD and RMSF values compared to wild-type BCN indicating increased stability of the protein structure. Lys11Arg mutant particularly possessed the lowest RMSD values due to increased residue interactions, which resulted in enhanced thermostability. The mutants also displayed strong stability to most inhibitors, organic solvents and surfactants after incubation for 1 h. This study demonstrated Lys-Arg mutation enhanced thermostability of BCN and thus provides insight for engineering stabilizing mutations with improved thermostability for related proteins.
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- Tolbert Osire
- The Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, 1800 LiHu Boulevard, Wuxi, 214122, Jiangsu, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, 1800 LiHu Boulevard, Wuxi, 214122, Jiangsu, China.
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- The Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, 1800 LiHu Boulevard, Wuxi, 214122, Jiangsu, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, 1800 LiHu Boulevard, Wuxi, 214122, Jiangsu, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, 1800 LiHu Boulevard, Wuxi, 214122, Jiangsu, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, 1800 LiHu Boulevard, Wuxi, 214122, Jiangsu, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, 1800 LiHu Boulevard, Wuxi, 214122, Jiangsu, China.
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Yahiaoui M, Laribi-Habchi H, Bouacem K, Asmani KL, Mechri S, Harir M, Bendif H, Aïssani-El Fertas R, Jaouadi B. Purification and biochemical characterization of a new organic solvent-tolerant chitinase from Paenibacillus timonensis strain LK-DZ15 isolated from the Djurdjura Mountains in Kabylia, Algeria. Carbohydr Res 2019; 483:107747. [DOI: 10.1016/j.carres.2019.107747] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2019] [Revised: 07/13/2019] [Accepted: 07/13/2019] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Mechri S, Bouacem K, Zaraî Jaouadi N, Rekik H, Ben Elhoul M, Omrane Benmrad M, Hacene H, Bejar S, Bouanane-Darenfed A, Jaouadi B. Identification of a novel protease from the thermophilic Anoxybacillus kamchatkensis M1V and its application as laundry detergent additive. Extremophiles 2019; 23:687-706. [PMID: 31407121 DOI: 10.1007/s00792-019-01123-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2019] [Accepted: 07/26/2019] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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A thermostable extracellular alkaline protease (called SAPA) was produced (4600 U/mL) by Anoxybacillus kamchatkensis M1V, purified to homogeneity, and biochemically characterized. SAPA is a monomer with a molecular mass of 28 kDa estimated by sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE), Native-PAGE, casein-zymography, and size exclusion using high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). The sequence of its NH2-terminal amino-acid residues showed high homology with those of Bacillus proteases. The SAPA irreversible inhibition by diiodopropyl fluorophosphates (DFP) and phenylmethanesulfonyl fluoride (PMSF) confirmed its belonging to the serine proteases family. Optimal activity of SAPA was at pH 11 and 70 °C. The sapA gene was cloned and expressed in the extracellular fraction of E. coli. The highest sequence identity value (95%) of SAPA was obtained with peptidase S8 from Bacillus subtilis WT 168, but with 16 amino-acids of difference. The biochemical characteristics of the purified recombinant extracellular enzyme (called rSAPA) were analogous to those of native SAPA. Interestingly, rSAPA exhibit a degree of hydrolysis that were 1.24 and 2.6 than SAPB from Bacillus pumilus CBS and subtilisin A from Bacillus licheniformis, respectively. Furthermore, rSAPA showed a high detergent compatibility and an outstanding stain removal capacity compared to commercial enzymes: savinase™ 16L, type EX and alcalase™ Ultra 2.5 L.
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- Sondes Mechri
- Laboratory of Microbial Biotechnology and Engineering Enzymes (LMBEE), Centre of Biotechnology of Sfax (CBS), University of Sfax, Road of Sidi Mansour Km 6, P.O. Box 1177, 3018, Sfax, Tunisia
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- Laboratory of Microbial Biotechnology and Engineering Enzymes (LMBEE), Centre of Biotechnology of Sfax (CBS), University of Sfax, Road of Sidi Mansour Km 6, P.O. Box 1177, 3018, Sfax, Tunisia.,Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Biology (LCMB), Microbiology Team, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Sciences and Technology of Houari Boumediene (USTHB), El Alia, P.O. Box 32, 16111, Bab Ezzouar, Algiers, Algeria
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- Laboratory of Microbial Biotechnology and Engineering Enzymes (LMBEE), Centre of Biotechnology of Sfax (CBS), University of Sfax, Road of Sidi Mansour Km 6, P.O. Box 1177, 3018, Sfax, Tunisia.,Biotech ECOZYM Start-Up, Business Incubator, Centre of Biotechnology of Sfax (CBS), University of Sfax, Road of Sidi Mansour Km 6, P.O. Box 1177, 3018, Sfax, Tunisia
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- Laboratory of Microbial Biotechnology and Engineering Enzymes (LMBEE), Centre of Biotechnology of Sfax (CBS), University of Sfax, Road of Sidi Mansour Km 6, P.O. Box 1177, 3018, Sfax, Tunisia.,Biotech ECOZYM Start-Up, Business Incubator, Centre of Biotechnology of Sfax (CBS), University of Sfax, Road of Sidi Mansour Km 6, P.O. Box 1177, 3018, Sfax, Tunisia
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- Laboratory of Microbial Biotechnology and Engineering Enzymes (LMBEE), Centre of Biotechnology of Sfax (CBS), University of Sfax, Road of Sidi Mansour Km 6, P.O. Box 1177, 3018, Sfax, Tunisia.,Biotech ECOZYM Start-Up, Business Incubator, Centre of Biotechnology of Sfax (CBS), University of Sfax, Road of Sidi Mansour Km 6, P.O. Box 1177, 3018, Sfax, Tunisia
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- Laboratory of Microbial Biotechnology and Engineering Enzymes (LMBEE), Centre of Biotechnology of Sfax (CBS), University of Sfax, Road of Sidi Mansour Km 6, P.O. Box 1177, 3018, Sfax, Tunisia
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- Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Biology (LCMB), Microbiology Team, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Sciences and Technology of Houari Boumediene (USTHB), El Alia, P.O. Box 32, 16111, Bab Ezzouar, Algiers, Algeria
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- Laboratory of Microbial Biotechnology and Engineering Enzymes (LMBEE), Centre of Biotechnology of Sfax (CBS), University of Sfax, Road of Sidi Mansour Km 6, P.O. Box 1177, 3018, Sfax, Tunisia.,Biotech ECOZYM Start-Up, Business Incubator, Centre of Biotechnology of Sfax (CBS), University of Sfax, Road of Sidi Mansour Km 6, P.O. Box 1177, 3018, Sfax, Tunisia
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- Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Biology (LCMB), Microbiology Team, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Sciences and Technology of Houari Boumediene (USTHB), El Alia, P.O. Box 32, 16111, Bab Ezzouar, Algiers, Algeria
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- Laboratory of Microbial Biotechnology and Engineering Enzymes (LMBEE), Centre of Biotechnology of Sfax (CBS), University of Sfax, Road of Sidi Mansour Km 6, P.O. Box 1177, 3018, Sfax, Tunisia. .,Biotech ECOZYM Start-Up, Business Incubator, Centre of Biotechnology of Sfax (CBS), University of Sfax, Road of Sidi Mansour Km 6, P.O. Box 1177, 3018, Sfax, Tunisia.
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A novel thiol-dependent serine protease from Neocosmospora sp. N1. Heliyon 2019; 5:e02246. [PMID: 31440596 PMCID: PMC6699422 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2019.e02246] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2018] [Revised: 04/06/2019] [Accepted: 08/05/2019] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Alkaline proteases have several industrial applications. In the present study, newly isolated Neocosmospora sp. N1 was screened as hyper producer of serine protease. A multimeric protease of the fungus was purified to homogeneity till 96.78 fold purification with 22.51% recovery. The homogeneity of purified enzyme was checked by native PAGE and its molecular weight was found to be 198.03 kDa by MALDI-TOF. On SDS-PAGE analysis, enzyme was found to be a hetero oligomer of 17.66 kDa and 20.89 kDa subunits. The purified enzyme showed maximum activity with casein as substrate at 60 °C and pH 8.5. The Km and Vmax values were found to be 0.015 mg/ml and 454.45 U/ml, respectively. The enzyme was completely inhibited by PMSF, while the activity was 40% enhanced using β-mercaptoethanol, suggesting that it is a thiol-dependent serine protease. The purified protease was active over an alkaline pH range from 7 to 12 and temperatures from 20 °C to 60 °C. The enzyme exhibited excellent stability, almost 100% towards organic solvents such as toluene, benzene and hexane, surfactants such as Triton X-100, Tween-20, Tween-80 and SDS, as well as commercial detergents. The significant properties of purified enzyme assure that it could be a potential candidate for commercial purposes.
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Suberu Y, Akande I, Samuel T, Lawal A, Olaniran A. Cloning, expression, purification and characterisation of serine alkaline protease from Bacillus subtilis RD7. BIOCATALYSIS AND AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bcab.2019.101264] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Omrane Benmrad M, Mechri S, Zaraî Jaouadi N, Ben Elhoul M, Rekik H, Sayadi S, Bejar S, Kechaou N, Jaouadi B. Purification and biochemical characterization of a novel thermostable protease from the oyster mushroom Pleurotus sajor-caju strain CTM10057 with industrial interest. BMC Biotechnol 2019; 19:43. [PMID: 31262286 PMCID: PMC6604391 DOI: 10.1186/s12896-019-0536-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2018] [Accepted: 06/17/2019] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Proteases are hydrolytic enzymes that catalyze peptide linkage cleavage reactions at the level of proteins and peptides with different degrees of specificity. This group draws the attention of industry. More than one protease in three is a serine protease. Classically, they are active at neutral to alkaline pH. The serine proteases are researched for industrial uses, especially detergents. They are the most commercially available enzyme group in the world market. Overall, fungi produced extracellular proteases, easily separated from mycelium by filtration. RESULTS A new basidiomycete fungus CTM10057, a hyperproducer of a novel protease (10,500 U/mL), was identified as Pleurotus sajor-caju (oyster mushroom). The enzyme, called SPPS, was purified to homogeneity by heat-treatment (80 °C for 20 min) followed by ammonium sulfate precipitation (35-55%)-dialysis, then UNO Q-6 FPLC ion-exchange chromatography and finally HPLC-ZORBAX PSM 300 HPSEC gel filtration chromatography, and submitted to biochemical characterization assays. The molecular mass was estimated to be 65 kDa by sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE), Native-PAGE, casein-zymography, and size exclusion by HPLC. A high homology with mushroom proteases was displayed by the first 26 amino-acid residues of the NH2-terminal aminoacid sequence. Phenylmethanesulfonyl fluoride (PMSF) and diiodopropyl fluorophosphates (DFP) strongly inhibit SPPS, revealing that it is a member of the serine-proteases family. The pH and temperature optima were 9.5 and 70 °C, respectively. Interestingly, SPPS possesses the most elevated hydrolysis level and catalytic efficiency in comparison with SPTC, Flavourzyme® 500 L, and Thermolysin type X proteases. More remarkably, a high tolerance towards organic solvent tolerance was exhibited by SPPS, together with considerable detergent stability compared to the commercial proteases Thermolysin type X and Flavourzyme® 500 L, respectively. CONCLUSIONS This proves the excellent proprieties characterizing SPPS, making it a potential candidate for industrial applications especially detergent formulations.
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- Maroua Omrane Benmrad
- Laboratory of Microbial Biotechnology and Engineering Enzymes (LMBEE), Centre of Biotechnology of Sfax (CBS), University of Sfax, Road of Sidi Mansour Km 6, P.O. Box 1177, 3018, Sfax, Tunisia
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- Laboratory of Microbial Biotechnology and Engineering Enzymes (LMBEE), Centre of Biotechnology of Sfax (CBS), University of Sfax, Road of Sidi Mansour Km 6, P.O. Box 1177, 3018, Sfax, Tunisia
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- Laboratory of Microbial Biotechnology and Engineering Enzymes (LMBEE), Centre of Biotechnology of Sfax (CBS), University of Sfax, Road of Sidi Mansour Km 6, P.O. Box 1177, 3018, Sfax, Tunisia
- Biotech ECOZYM Start-up, Business Incubator, Centre of Biotechnology of Sfax (CBS), University of Sfax, Road of Sidi Mansour Km 6, P.O. Box 1177, 3018, Sfax, Tunisia
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- Laboratory of Microbial Biotechnology and Engineering Enzymes (LMBEE), Centre of Biotechnology of Sfax (CBS), University of Sfax, Road of Sidi Mansour Km 6, P.O. Box 1177, 3018, Sfax, Tunisia
- Biotech ECOZYM Start-up, Business Incubator, Centre of Biotechnology of Sfax (CBS), University of Sfax, Road of Sidi Mansour Km 6, P.O. Box 1177, 3018, Sfax, Tunisia
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- Laboratory of Microbial Biotechnology and Engineering Enzymes (LMBEE), Centre of Biotechnology of Sfax (CBS), University of Sfax, Road of Sidi Mansour Km 6, P.O. Box 1177, 3018, Sfax, Tunisia
- Biotech ECOZYM Start-up, Business Incubator, Centre of Biotechnology of Sfax (CBS), University of Sfax, Road of Sidi Mansour Km 6, P.O. Box 1177, 3018, Sfax, Tunisia
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- Laboratory of Environmental Bioprocesses (LEBP), LMI COSYS-Med, Centre of Biotechnology of Sfax (CBS), University of Sfax, Road of Sidi Mansour Km 6, P.O. Box 1177, 3018, Sfax, Tunisia
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- Laboratory of Microbial Biotechnology and Engineering Enzymes (LMBEE), Centre of Biotechnology of Sfax (CBS), University of Sfax, Road of Sidi Mansour Km 6, P.O. Box 1177, 3018, Sfax, Tunisia
- Biotech ECOZYM Start-up, Business Incubator, Centre of Biotechnology of Sfax (CBS), University of Sfax, Road of Sidi Mansour Km 6, P.O. Box 1177, 3018, Sfax, Tunisia
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- Research Group of Agro-Food Processing Engineering (GP2A), Laboratory of Applied Fluid Mechanics, Process Engineering and Environment, National School of Engineers of Sfax (ENIS), University of Sfax, Road of Soukra Km 4, P.O. Box 1173, 3038, Sfax, Tunisia
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- Laboratory of Microbial Biotechnology and Engineering Enzymes (LMBEE), Centre of Biotechnology of Sfax (CBS), University of Sfax, Road of Sidi Mansour Km 6, P.O. Box 1177, 3018, Sfax, Tunisia.
- Biotech ECOZYM Start-up, Business Incubator, Centre of Biotechnology of Sfax (CBS), University of Sfax, Road of Sidi Mansour Km 6, P.O. Box 1177, 3018, Sfax, Tunisia.
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Razzaq A, Shamsi S, Ali A, Ali Q, Sajjad M, Malik A, Ashraf M. Microbial Proteases Applications. Front Bioeng Biotechnol 2019; 7:110. [PMID: 31263696 PMCID: PMC6584820 DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2019.00110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 170] [Impact Index Per Article: 34.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2019] [Accepted: 05/01/2019] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The use of chemicals around the globe in different industries has increased tremendously, affecting the health of people. The modern world intends to replace these noxious chemicals with environmental friendly products for the betterment of life on the planet. Establishing enzymatic processes in spite of chemical processes has been a prime objective of scientists. Various enzymes, specifically microbial proteases, are the most essentially used in different corporate sectors, such as textile, detergent, leather, feed, waste, and others. Proteases with respect to physiological and commercial roles hold a pivotal position. As they are performing synthetic and degradative functions, proteases are found ubiquitously, such as in plants, animals, and microbes. Among different producers of proteases, Bacillus sp. are mostly commercially exploited microbes for proteases. Proteases are successfully considered as an alternative to chemicals and an eco-friendly indicator for nature or the surroundings. The evolutionary relationship among acidic, neutral, and alkaline proteases has been analyzed based on their protein sequences, but there remains a lack of information that regulates the diversity in their specificity. Researchers are looking for microbial proteases as they can tolerate harsh conditions, ways to prevent autoproteolytic activity, stability in optimum pH, and substrate specificity. The current review focuses on the comparison among different proteases and the current problems faced during production and application at the industrial level. Deciphering these issues would enable us to promote microbial proteases economically and commercially around the world.
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- Abdul Razzaq
- State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Key Laboratory of Biological and Genetic Breeding of Cotton, The Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Cotton Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Anyang, China
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- School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition, The Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom
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- 1-FB, Genetics, Four Brothers Group, Lahore, Pakistan
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- Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, The University of Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan
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- Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, The University of Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan
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- Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, The University of Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan
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- Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, The University of Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan
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Anti-inflammatory activity of a serine protease produced from Bacillus pumilus SG2. BIOCATALYSIS AND AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bcab.2019.101162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Bhari R, Kaur M, Singh RS. Thermostable and halotolerant keratinase fromBacillus aeriusNSMk2 with remarkable dehairing and laundary applications. J Basic Microbiol 2019; 59:555-568. [DOI: 10.1002/jobm.201900001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2019] [Revised: 02/01/2019] [Accepted: 02/17/2019] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Ranjeeta Bhari
- Carbohydrate and Protein Biotechnology Laboratory, Department of Biotechnology; Punjabi University; Patiala Punjab India
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- Carbohydrate and Protein Biotechnology Laboratory, Department of Biotechnology; Punjabi University; Patiala Punjab India
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- Carbohydrate and Protein Biotechnology Laboratory, Department of Biotechnology; Punjabi University; Patiala Punjab India
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Allala F, Bouacem K, Boucherba N, Azzouz Z, Mechri S, Sahnoun M, Benallaoua S, Hacene H, Jaouadi B, Bouanane-Darenfed A. Purification, biochemical, and molecular characterization of a novel extracellular thermostable and alkaline α-amylase from Tepidimonas fonticaldi strain HB23. Int J Biol Macromol 2019; 132:558-574. [PMID: 30928371 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2019.03.201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2018] [Revised: 01/16/2019] [Accepted: 03/26/2019] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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The present study investigated the purification, biochemical, and molecular characterization of a novel thermostable α-amylase (TfAmy48) from Tepidimonas fonticaldi strain HB23. MALDI-TOF/MS analysis indicated that the purified enzyme is a monomer with a molecular mass of 48,138.10 Da. The results from amino-acid sequence analysis revealed high homology between the 25 NH2-terminal residues of TfAmy48 and those of Gammaproteobacteria α-amylases. The optimum pH and temperature values for α-amylase activity were pH 8 and 80 °C, respectively. Thin-layer chromatography (TLC) analysis showed that the final hydrolyzed products of the enzyme from soluble potato starch were maltopentaose, maltose, and maltotriose, which indicate that TfAmy48 possessed an endo-acting pattern. Compared to Termamyl®300 L, TfAmy48 showed extreme stability and tolerance towards organic solvents and excellent compatibility with some commercial laundry detergents. These proprieties make TfAmy48 enzyme a potential candidate as a cleaning bioadditive in detergent composition. The Tfamy48 gene encoding TfAmy48 was cloned, sequenced, and heterologously-expressed in the extracellular fraction of Escherichia coli strain BL21(DE3)pLysS. The biochemical properties of the extracellular purified recombinant enzyme (rTfAmy48) were similar to those of native one. The highest sequence identity value (97%) was obtained with PsAmy1 α-amylase from Pseudomonas sp. strain KFCC10818, with only 16 amino-acid (aa) residues of difference.
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- Fawzi Allala
- Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Biology (LCMB), Microbiology Team, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Sciences and Technology Houari Boumediene (USTHB), P.O. Box 32, El Alia, Bab Ezzouar, 16111, Algiers, Algeria; Laboratory of Applied Microbiology (LAM), Faculty of Nature and Life Sciences, University of Bejaïa, Targa Ouzemmour, 06000 Bejaïa, Algeria
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- Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Biology (LCMB), Microbiology Team, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Sciences and Technology Houari Boumediene (USTHB), P.O. Box 32, El Alia, Bab Ezzouar, 16111, Algiers, Algeria; Laboratory of Microbial Biotechnology and Engineering Enzymes (LMBEE), Centre of Biotechnology of Sfax (CBS), University of Sfax, Road of Sidi Mansour Km 6, P.O. Box 1177, Sfax 3018, Tunisia
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- Laboratory of Applied Microbiology (LAM), Faculty of Nature and Life Sciences, University of Bejaïa, Targa Ouzemmour, 06000 Bejaïa, Algeria.
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- Laboratory of Applied Microbiology (LAM), Faculty of Nature and Life Sciences, University of Bejaïa, Targa Ouzemmour, 06000 Bejaïa, Algeria
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- Laboratory of Microbial Biotechnology and Engineering Enzymes (LMBEE), Centre of Biotechnology of Sfax (CBS), University of Sfax, Road of Sidi Mansour Km 6, P.O. Box 1177, Sfax 3018, Tunisia
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- Laboratory of Microbial Biotechnology and Engineering Enzymes (LMBEE), Centre of Biotechnology of Sfax (CBS), University of Sfax, Road of Sidi Mansour Km 6, P.O. Box 1177, Sfax 3018, Tunisia
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- Laboratory of Applied Microbiology (LAM), Faculty of Nature and Life Sciences, University of Bejaïa, Targa Ouzemmour, 06000 Bejaïa, Algeria
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- Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Biology (LCMB), Microbiology Team, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Sciences and Technology Houari Boumediene (USTHB), P.O. Box 32, El Alia, Bab Ezzouar, 16111, Algiers, Algeria
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- Laboratory of Microbial Biotechnology and Engineering Enzymes (LMBEE), Centre of Biotechnology of Sfax (CBS), University of Sfax, Road of Sidi Mansour Km 6, P.O. Box 1177, Sfax 3018, Tunisia; Biotech ECOZYM Start-up, Business Incubator, Centre of Biotechnology of Sfax (CBS), University of Sfax, Road of Sidi Mansour Km 6, P.O. Box 1177, Sfax 3018, Tunisia
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- Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Biology (LCMB), Microbiology Team, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Sciences and Technology Houari Boumediene (USTHB), P.O. Box 32, El Alia, Bab Ezzouar, 16111, Algiers, Algeria.
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Yakul K, Takenaka S, Nakamura K, Techapun C, Leksawasdi N, Seesuriyachan P, Watanabe M, Chaiyaso T. Characterization of thermostable alkaline protease from Bacillus halodurans SE5 and its application in degumming coupled with sericin hydrolysate production from yellow cocoon. Process Biochem 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.procbio.2019.01.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Mohamed S, Bouacem K, Mechri S, Addou NA, Laribi-Habchi H, Fardeau ML, Jaouadi B, Bouanane-Darenfed A, Hacène H. Purification and biochemical characterization of a novel acido-halotolerant and thermostable endochitinase from Melghiribacillus thermohalophilus strain Nari2AT. Carbohydr Res 2019; 473:46-56. [DOI: 10.1016/j.carres.2018.12.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2018] [Revised: 12/27/2018] [Accepted: 12/28/2018] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Hamiche S, Mechri S, Khelouia L, Annane R, El Hattab M, Badis A, Jaouadi B. Purification and biochemical characterization of two keratinases from Bacillus amyloliquefaciens S13 isolated from marine brown alga Zonaria tournefortii with potential keratin-biodegradation and hide-unhairing activities. Int J Biol Macromol 2019; 122:758-769. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2018.10.174] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2018] [Revised: 10/13/2018] [Accepted: 10/25/2018] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Rekik H, Zaraî Jaouadi N, Gargouri F, Bejar W, Frikha F, Jmal N, Bejar S, Jaouadi B. Production, purification and biochemical characterization of a novel detergent-stable serine alkaline protease from Bacillus safensis strain RH12. Int J Biol Macromol 2019; 121:1227-1239. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2018.10.139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2018] [Revised: 10/18/2018] [Accepted: 10/18/2018] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Enzymatic Bioremediation: Current Status, Challenges of Obtaining Process, and Applications. MICROORGANISMS FOR SUSTAINABILITY 2019. [DOI: 10.1007/978-981-13-7462-3_4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Furhan J, Awasthi P, Sharma S. Biochemical characterization and homology modelling of cold-active alkophilic protease from Northwestern Himalayas and its application in detergent industry. BIOCATALYSIS AND AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bcab.2019.01.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Rekik H, Frikha F, Zaraî Jaouadi N, Gargouri F, Jmal N, Bejar S, Jaouadi B. Gene cloning, expression, molecular modeling and docking study of the protease SAPRH from Bacillus safensis strain RH12. Int J Biol Macromol 2018; 125:876-891. [PMID: 30557638 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2018.12.103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2018] [Revised: 12/06/2018] [Accepted: 12/11/2018] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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The sapRH gene, which encodes the serine alkaline protease SAPRH, from Bacillus safensis RH12, was isolated and its DNA sequence was determined. The deduced amino-acid sequence showed strong homology with other Bacillus proteases. The highest sequence identity value (97%) was obtained with SAPB from B. pumilus CBS, with only 9 amino-acids of difference. The region, encoding SAPRH was heterologously expressed in E. coli BL21-AI™ cells using GATEWAY™ pDEST™17 expression-vector. The recombinant (His)6-tag enzyme (His6-rSAPRH) was purified in a single affinity chromatography step and its biochemical properties were determined and compared to those of SAPRH and rSAPB. Interestingly, His6-rSAPRH showed improved thermostability compared to SAPRH and rSAPB. The molecular dynamics of SAPRH compared to SAPB revealed a more thermostable structure, thus confirming the in vitro results showing that His6-rSAPRH has a t1/2 of 120 min against 90 and 30 min for SAPRH and rSAPB, respectively, at 70 °C and different kinetic parameters to synthetic peptides. The docking simulations data allow in getting an insight into the involvement of some key amino-acids in substrate binding and account for the selectivity. Overall, this is the first report of a sapRH gene cloned from B. safensis which can be a promising potential candidate for future applications in detergent formulations.
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- Hatem Rekik
- Laboratory of Microbial Biotechnology and Engineering Enzymes (LMBEE), Centre of Biotechnology of Sfax (CBS), University of Sfax, Road of Sidi Mansour, Km 6, P.O. Box 1177, Sfax 3018, Tunisia; Biotech ECOZYM Start-up, Business Incubator, Centre of Biotechnology of Sfax (CBS), University of Sfax, Road of Sidi Mansour Km 6, P.O. Box 1177, Sfax 3018, Tunisia; STE JMAL (EJM)-Laundry Detergent Industry, Z.I. Avenue August 13, Z.I. Poudriere 1, P.O. Box 407, Boustene, Sfax 3000, Tunisia
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- Laboratory of Microbial Biotechnology and Engineering Enzymes (LMBEE), Centre of Biotechnology of Sfax (CBS), University of Sfax, Road of Sidi Mansour, Km 6, P.O. Box 1177, Sfax 3018, Tunisia
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- Laboratory of Microbial Biotechnology and Engineering Enzymes (LMBEE), Centre of Biotechnology of Sfax (CBS), University of Sfax, Road of Sidi Mansour, Km 6, P.O. Box 1177, Sfax 3018, Tunisia; Biotech ECOZYM Start-up, Business Incubator, Centre of Biotechnology of Sfax (CBS), University of Sfax, Road of Sidi Mansour Km 6, P.O. Box 1177, Sfax 3018, Tunisia
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- Laboratory of Microbial Biotechnology and Engineering Enzymes (LMBEE), Centre of Biotechnology of Sfax (CBS), University of Sfax, Road of Sidi Mansour, Km 6, P.O. Box 1177, Sfax 3018, Tunisia
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- STE JMAL (EJM)-Laundry Detergent Industry, Z.I. Avenue August 13, Z.I. Poudriere 1, P.O. Box 407, Boustene, Sfax 3000, Tunisia
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- Laboratory of Microbial Biotechnology and Engineering Enzymes (LMBEE), Centre of Biotechnology of Sfax (CBS), University of Sfax, Road of Sidi Mansour, Km 6, P.O. Box 1177, Sfax 3018, Tunisia; Biotech ECOZYM Start-up, Business Incubator, Centre of Biotechnology of Sfax (CBS), University of Sfax, Road of Sidi Mansour Km 6, P.O. Box 1177, Sfax 3018, Tunisia
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- Laboratory of Microbial Biotechnology and Engineering Enzymes (LMBEE), Centre of Biotechnology of Sfax (CBS), University of Sfax, Road of Sidi Mansour, Km 6, P.O. Box 1177, Sfax 3018, Tunisia; Biotech ECOZYM Start-up, Business Incubator, Centre of Biotechnology of Sfax (CBS), University of Sfax, Road of Sidi Mansour Km 6, P.O. Box 1177, Sfax 3018, Tunisia.
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A novel alkaline protease from alkaliphilic Idiomarina sp. C9-1 with potential application for eco-friendly enzymatic dehairing in the leather industry. Sci Rep 2018; 8:16467. [PMID: 30405184 PMCID: PMC6220337 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-34416-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2018] [Accepted: 08/29/2018] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Alkaline proteases have a myriad of potential applications in many industrial processes such as detergent, food and feed production, waste management and the leather industry. In this study, we isolated several alkaline protease producing bacteria from soda lake soil samples. A novel serine alkaline protease (AprA) gene from alkaliphilic Idiomarina sp. C9-1 was cloned and expressed in Escherichia coli. The purified AprA and its pre-peptidase C-terminal (PPC) domain-truncated enzyme (AprA-PPC) showed maximum activity at pH 10.5 and 60 °C, and were active and stable in a wide range of pH and temperature. Ca2+ significantly improved the thermostability and increased the optimal temperature to 70 °C. Furthermore, both AprA and AprA-PPC showed good tolerance to surfactants and oxidizing and reducing agents. We found that the PPC domain contributed to AprA activity, thermostability and surfactant tolerance. With casein as substrate, AprA and AprA-PPC showed the highest specific activity of 42567.1 U mg−1 and 99511.9 U mg−1, the Km values of 3.76 mg ml−1 and 3.98 mg ml−1, and the Vmax values of 57538.5 U mg−1 and 108722.1 U mg−1, respectively. Secreted expression of AprA-PPC in Bacillus subtilis after 48 h cultivation resulted in yield of 4935.5 U ml−1 with productivity of 102.8 U ml−1 h−1, which is the highest reported in literature to date. Without adding any lime or sodium sulfide, both of which are harmful pollutants, AprA-PPC was effective in dehairing cattle hide and skins of goat, pig and rabbit in 8–12 h without causing significant damage to hairs and grain surface. Our results suggest that AprA-PPC may have great potentials for ecofriendly dehairing of animal skins in the leather industry.
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Omrane Benmrad M, Moujehed E, Ben Elhoul M, Mechri S, Bejar S, Zouari R, Baffoun A, Jaouadi B. Production, purification, and biochemical characterization of serine alkaline protease from Penicillium chrysogenium strain X5 used as excellent bio-additive for textile processing. Int J Biol Macromol 2018; 119:1002-1016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2018.07.194] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2018] [Revised: 07/28/2018] [Accepted: 07/31/2018] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Mokashe N, Chaudhari B, Patil U. Operative utility of salt-stable proteases of halophilic and halotolerant bacteria in the biotechnology sector. Int J Biol Macromol 2018; 117:493-522. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2018.05.217] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2018] [Revised: 05/27/2018] [Accepted: 05/28/2018] [Indexed: 09/30/2022]
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Thakur N, Kumar A, Sharma A, Bhalla TC, Kumar D. Purification and characterization of alkaline, thermostable and organic solvent stable protease from a mutant of Bacillus sp. BIOCATALYSIS AND AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bcab.2018.08.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Purification, biochemical, and molecular characterization of novel protease from Bacillus licheniformis strain K7A. Int J Biol Macromol 2018; 114:1033-1048. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2018.03.167] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2018] [Revised: 03/26/2018] [Accepted: 03/27/2018] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Zhao HY, Feng H. Engineering Bacillus pumilus alkaline serine protease to increase its low-temperature proteolytic activity by directed evolution. BMC Biotechnol 2018; 18:34. [PMID: 29859069 PMCID: PMC5984802 DOI: 10.1186/s12896-018-0451-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2018] [Accepted: 05/25/2018] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Background Mesophilic alkaline serine proteases from various bacteria have been commercially applied in a range of industries owing to their high catalytic efficiency and wide substrate specificity. However, these proteases have an optimal catalytic temperature of approximately 50 °C, and their activity decreases significantly at low temperature. Therefore, to enhance their cold activity, it is necessary to improve the catalytic performance of these proteases at low temperature. The alkaline serine protease (DHAP) from Bacillus pumilus BA06 is a typical mesophilic enzyme, which has demonstrated great potential in various industrial applications. Here we attempted to improve the cold activity of DHAP via directed evolution. Results Seven variants (P9S, A1G/K27Q, A38V, A116T, T162I, S182R, and T243S) of DHAP from B. pumilus were obtained via directed evolution. The results showed that all of the variants had increased proteolytic activity at 15 °C towards both the casein and synthetic peptide substrates. With the exception of variant T243S, the thermostability of these variants did not decrease in comparison with the wild-type enzyme. Kinetic analysis indicated that the increase in catalytic efficiency was largely attributed to the increase in turnover number (kcat). Furthermore, the combined variants generated by site-directed mutagenesis showed a further increase in specific caseinolytic activity and the kcat value for hydrolysis of the synthetic peptide. The combined variants of P9S/K27Q and P9S/T162I exhibited an approximate 5-fold increase in caseinolytic activity at 15 °C and almost no loss of thermostability. Finally, the possible mechanism responsible for the change in catalytic properties for these variants was interpreted based on structural modeling. Conclusions Directed evolution and site-directed mutagenesis were combined to engineer variants of the DHAP from B. pumilus. All of the variants exhibited an increase in hydrolytic efficiency at low temperature towards both of the substrates, casein and synthetic peptide, without any loss of thermostability compared with the wild-type. These data suggest that engineering low-temperature activity for a bacterial protease is not always associated with the loss of thermostability. Furthermore, our findings demonstrate that enhanced cold activity and thermostability could be integrated into a single variant. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s12896-018-0451-0) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Hong-Yan Zhao
- Key Laboratory for Bio-resources and Eco-environment of Ministry of Education, Sichuan Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, 610064, People's Republic of China.,Laboratory of Molecular Target Therapy of Cancer, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan, 442000, Hubei, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory for Bio-resources and Eco-environment of Ministry of Education, Sichuan Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, 610064, People's Republic of China.
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Hakim A, Bhuiyan FR, Iqbal A, Emon TH, Ahmed J, Azad AK. Production and partial characterization of dehairing alkaline protease from Bacillus subtilis AKAL7 and Exiguobacterium indicum AKAL11 by using organic municipal solid wastes. Heliyon 2018; 4:e00646. [PMID: 30009270 PMCID: PMC6042311 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2018.e00646] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2018] [Revised: 05/02/2018] [Accepted: 06/01/2018] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Alkaline proteases have applications in numerous industries. In this study, we have isolated and screened proteolytic bacteria from poultry wastes mixed soil and identified two bacterial isolates as Bacillus subtilis AKAL7 and Exiguobacterium indicum AKAL11 based on 16S rDNA sequencing. Maximum level of protease production was achieved after 24 h of fermentation in a basal medium. The optimal temperature, initial pH of the media and agitation for alkaline protease production by these two isolates were 30 °C, pH 9.0 and 120 rpm, respectively. The both bacterial isolates produced maximum level of protease with 3.0% organic municipal solid wastes (OMSW) as the sole source of carbon and nitrogen under previously optimized fermentation conditions. In comparison with the shake flask, protease production increased about 2.5-fold in the bioreactor with reduction in fermentation period. The partial purification of protease resulted in a final 45.67 and 34.86-fold purified protease with a specific activity of 8335.34 and 9918.91 U/mg protein and a typical yield of 9.75 and 9.41% from B. subtilis and E. indicum, respectively. The optimum temperature and pH of the partially purified protease from the both sources was 40 °C and pH 9.0, respectively. Protease from the both isolates was stable at pH 7.0-12.0 and at temperatures up to 50 °C. The effects of protease inhibitors indicated that the protease from B. subtilis might be serine and cysteine type and from E. indicum might be cysteine type. Mg2+, K+ and Ca2+ stimulated but Zn2+, Hg2+, Co2+ and Fe3+ strongly inhibited the protease activity. The partially purified protease from B. subtilis substantially dehaired cow skin and decomposed gelatinous compound from X-ray film. Our study revealed that OMSW can be used as raw material for production of bacterial extracellular protease and alkaline protease from B. subtilis might be potential for industrial and biotechnological applications.
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- Department of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet 3114, Bangladesh
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Gulmez C, Atakisi O, Dalginli KY, Atakisi E. A novel detergent additive: Organic solvent- and thermo-alkaline-stable recombinant subtilisin. Int J Biol Macromol 2018; 108:436-443. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2017.11.133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2017] [Revised: 11/16/2017] [Accepted: 11/20/2017] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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