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Activity-Based Screening of Soil Samples from Nyingchi, Tibet, for Amylase-Producing Bacteria and Other Multifunctional Enzyme Capacities. Int J Microbiol 2022; 2022:2401766. [DOI: 10.1155/2022/2401766] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2022] [Revised: 11/07/2022] [Accepted: 11/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Despite the interest in Tibetan soil as a promising source of functional enzymes with potential biotechnological applications, few studies have considered the screening and identification of amylase producing bacteria from Tibetan soil. Amylase has many applications in the food and feed industries, textile and biofuel production, and biomedical engineering. The area of amylase with specific properties is attracting growing attention because of its better application to various industrial conditions. This study aims to screen and identify amylase-producing strains from soil samples collected in Nyingchi, Tibet, and then explore whether the bacterial isolates are superior for unique enzymes. In this paper, a total of 127 amylase producing bacteria were isolated by activity-based screening of six Tibetan soil samples. The 16S rRNA gene survey then identified four major phyla, namely, firmicutes, bacteroidetes, proteobacteria, and actinobacteria, which were differentiated into twelve genera with a dominance of Bacillus (67.72%), followed by Pseudomonas (8.66%). Microbial diversity analysis revealed that the amylase-producing bacterial community of the Kadinggou forest soil sample showed the best variety (the Simpson index was 0.69 and the Shannon index was 0.85). The amylase activity assay of the bacterial isolates showed a mean of 0.66 U/mL at 28°C and pH 5.2. Based on the effect of temperatures and pHs on amylase activity, several bacterial isolates can produce thermophilic (50°C), psychrophilic (10°C), acidophilic (pH 4.2), and alkaliphilic (pH 10.2) amylases. Furthermore, four bacterial isolates were screened for amylase, protease, and esterase activities, which indicated multifunctional enzyme capacities. The present study is expected to contribute to our understanding of Tibetan microbial resources and their potential for scientific research and industrial applications.
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Balci E, Rosales E, Pazos M, Sofuoglu A, Sanroman MA. Continuous treatment of diethyl hexyl and dibutyl phthalates by fixed-bed reactor: Comparison of two esterase bionanocomposites. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2022; 363:127990. [PMID: 36130686 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2022.127990] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2022] [Revised: 09/13/2022] [Accepted: 09/14/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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The removal of Diethyl hexyl phthalate (DEHP) and Dibutyl phthalate (DBP) is of great importance due to their potential adverse effects on the environment and human health. In this study, two bionanocomposites prepared by immobilization of Bacillus subtilis esterase by crosslinking to halloysite and supported in chitosan and alginate beads were studied and proposed as a green approach. The esterase immobilization was confirmed by physical-chemical characterization. Bionanocomposite using chitosan showed the best degradation levels in batch tests attaining complete degradation of DBP and around 90% of DEHP. To determine the operational stability and efficiency of the system, two fixed bed reactors filled with both bionanocomposites were carried out operating in continuous mode. Chitosan based bionanocomposite showed the best performance being able to completely remove DBP and more than 85% of DEHP at the different flowrates. These results proved the potential of these synthesized bionanocomposites to effectively remove Phthalic Acid Esters.
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- Esin Balci
- CINTECX, Universidade de Vigo, Grupo de Bioingeniería y Procesos Sostenibles, Departamento de Ingeniería Química, Campus Lagoas-Marcosende, 36310 Vigo, Spain; Izmir Institute of Technology, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Environmental Engineering, 35430 Urla/İzmir, Turkey
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- CINTECX, Universidade de Vigo, Grupo de Bioingeniería y Procesos Sostenibles, Departamento de Ingeniería Química, Campus Lagoas-Marcosende, 36310 Vigo, Spain
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- CINTECX, Universidade de Vigo, Grupo de Bioingeniería y Procesos Sostenibles, Departamento de Ingeniería Química, Campus Lagoas-Marcosende, 36310 Vigo, Spain
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- Izmir Institute of Technology, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, 35430 Urla/İzmir, Turkey
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- CINTECX, Universidade de Vigo, Grupo de Bioingeniería y Procesos Sostenibles, Departamento de Ingeniería Química, Campus Lagoas-Marcosende, 36310 Vigo, Spain.
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Zafar A, Aftab MN, Asif A, Karadag A, Peng L, Celebioglu HU, Afzal MS, Hamid A, Iqbal I. Efficient biomass saccharification using a novel cellobiohydrolase from Clostridium clariflavum for utilization in biofuel industry. RSC Adv 2021; 11:9246-9261. [PMID: 35423428 PMCID: PMC8695235 DOI: 10.1039/d1ra00545f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2021] [Revised: 03/18/2021] [Accepted: 02/23/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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The present study describes the cloning of the cellobiohydrolase gene from a thermophilic bacterium Clostridium clariflavum and its expression in Escherichia coli BL21(DE3) utilizing the expression vector pET-21a(+). The optimization of various parameters (pH, temperature, isopropyl β-d-1-thiogalactopyranoside (IPTG) concentration, time of induction) was carried out to obtain the maximum enzyme activity (2.78 ± 0.145 U ml−1) of recombinant enzyme. The maximum expression of recombinant cellobiohydrolase was obtained at pH 6.0 and 70 °C respectively. Enzyme purification was performed by heat treatment and immobilized metal anionic chromatography. The specific activity of the purified enzyme was 57.4 U mg−1 with 35.17% recovery and 3.90 purification fold. Sodium dodecyl sulphate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) showed that the molecular weight of cellobiohydrolase was 78 kDa. Among metal ions, Ca2+ showed a positive impact on the cellobiohydrolase enzyme with increased activity by 115%. Recombinant purified cellobiohydrolase enzyme remained stable and exhibited 77% and 63% residual activity in comparison to control in the presence of n-butanol and after incubation at 80 °C for 1 h, respectively. Our results indicate that our purified recombinant cellobiohydrolase can be used in the biofuel industry. Successful expression of a novel cellobiohydrolase enzyme from Clostridium clariflavum with efficient saccharification potential of plant biomass for the biofuel industry.![]()
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- Asma Zafar
- Faculty of Life Sciences
- University of Central Punjab
- Lahore
- Pakistan
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- Institute of Industrial Biotechnology
- GC University
- Lahore
- Pakistan
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- Department of Chemistry
- Faculty of Arts and Sciences
- Yozgat Bozok University
- Yozgat
- Turkey
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- Biomass and Bioenergy Research Center
- Huazhong Agriculture University
- Wuhan
- China
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- Department of Life Sciences
- School of Science
- University of Management and Technology (UMT)
- Lahore
- Pakistan
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- Institute of Industrial Biotechnology
- GC University
- Lahore
- Pakistan
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- Department of Zoology
- Lahore College for Women University
- Lahore
- Pakistan
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Different unfolding pathways of homologous alpha amylases from Bacillus licheniformis (BLA) and Bacillus amyloliquefaciens (BAA) in GdmCl and urea. Int J Biol Macromol 2020; 159:667-674. [PMID: 32442570 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2020.05.139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2020] [Revised: 05/11/2020] [Accepted: 05/17/2020] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Understanding the factors governing stability of proteins is fundamentally and industrially important topic in protein science. Bacterial alpha amylases are industrially important enzymes which are involved in the breakage of α-1, 4-glycosidic bonds in starch. Current study is focussed on elucidating the role of non-covalent interactions in the differential stability of alpha amylases from thermophilic like Bacillus licheniformis (BLA) and mesophilic Bacillus amyloliquefaciens (BAA). The conformational stability of BLA is slightly higher than BAA in GdmCl which are 2.94 and 2.53 kcal/mol respectively. BLA does not unfold even in 8.0 M urea at pH 7.0, while for BAA, the conformational stability in urea is calculated to be 2.22 kcal/mol. A structure-function relationship study of BLA reveals the non-coincidental unfolding by far UV-CD, enzyme activity and tryptophan fluorescence which indicates the presence of partially unfolded intermediates. The existence of intermediates in BLA during GdmCl induced unfolding was further confirmed by ANS fluorescence. The unfolding kinetics of both enzymes showed biphasic nature with slower unfolding of BLA compare to BAA pointing towards the higher kinetic stability of BLA than BAA. Taken together, our work demonstrates that the higher stability of BLA is mainly due to the combination of ionic and hydrophobic interactions.
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Liao SM, Liang G, Zhu J, Lu B, Peng LX, Wang QY, Wei YT, Zhou GP, Huang RB. Influence of Calcium Ions on the Thermal Characteristics of α-amylase from Thermophilic Anoxybacillus sp. GXS-BL. Protein Pept Lett 2019; 26:148-157. [PMID: 30652633 PMCID: PMC6416487 DOI: 10.2174/0929866526666190116162958] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2018] [Revised: 01/07/2019] [Accepted: 01/08/2019] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND α-Amylases are starch-degrading enzymes and used widely, the study on thermostability of α-amylase is a central requirement for its application in life science and biotechnology. OBJECTIVE In this article, our motivation is to study how the effect of Ca2+ ions on the structure and thermal characterization of α-amylase (AGXA) from thermophilic Anoxybacillus sp.GXS-BL. METHODS α-Amylase activity was assayed with soluble starch as the substrate, and the amount of sugar released was determined by DNS method. For AGXA with calcium ions and without calcium ions, optimum temperature (Topt), half-inactivation temperature (T50) and thermal inactivation (halflife, t1/2) was evaluated. The thermal denaturation of the enzymes was determined by DSC and CD methods. 3D structure of AGXA was homology modeled with α-amylase (5A2A) as the template. RESULTS With calcium ions, the values of Topt, T50, t1/2, Tm and ΔH in AGXA were significantly higher than those of AGXA without calcium ions, showing calcium ions had stabilizing effects on α-amylase structure with the increased temperature. Based on DSC measurements AGXA underwent thermal denaturation by adopting two-state irreversible unfolding processes. Based on the CD spectra, AGXA without calcium ions exhibited two transition states upon unfolding, including α- helical contents increasing, and the transition from α-helices to β-sheet structures, which was obviously different in AGXA with Ca2+ ions, and up to 4 Ca2+ ions were located on the inter-domain or intra-domain regions according to the modeling structure. CONCLUSION These results reveal that Ca2+ ions have pronounced influences on the thermostability of AGXA structure.
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- Address correspondence to these authors at the Department of Bioengineering, College of Life Science and Technology, Guangxi University, Nanning, 530004, China; E-mail: , Gordon Life Science Institute, 53 South Cottage Road Belmont, MA, 02478, USA; Tel/Fax: +1-9199875774/ +1-9195215550; E-mail:
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- Address correspondence to these authors at the Department of Bioengineering, College of Life Science and Technology, Guangxi University, Nanning, 530004, China; E-mail: , Gordon Life Science Institute, 53 South Cottage Road Belmont, MA, 02478, USA; Tel/Fax: +1-9199875774/ +1-9195215550; E-mail:
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Liao ML, Zhang S, Zhang GY, Chu YM, Somero GN, Dong YW. Heat-resistant cytosolic malate dehydrogenases (cMDHs) of thermophilic intertidal snails (genus Echinolittorina): protein underpinnings of tolerance to body temperatures reaching 55°C. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2018; 220:2066-2075. [PMID: 28566358 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.156935] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2017] [Accepted: 03/20/2017] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Snails of the genus Echinolittorina are among the most heat-tolerant animals; they experience average body temperatures near 41-44°C in summer and withstand temperatures up to at least 55°C. Here, we demonstrate that heat stability of function (indexed by the Michaelis-Menten constant of the cofactor NADH, KMNADH) and structure (indexed by rate of denaturation) of cytosolic malate dehydrogenases (cMDHs) of two congeners (E. malaccana and E. radiata) exceeds values previously found for orthologs of this protein from less thermophilic species. The ortholog of E. malaccana is more heat stable than that of E. radiata, in keeping with the congeners' thermal environments. Only two inter-congener differences in amino acid sequence in these 332 residue proteins were identified. In both cases (positions 48 and 114), a glycine in the E. malaccana ortholog is replaced by a serine in the E. radiata protein. To explore the relationship between structure and function and to characterize how amino acid substitutions alter stability of different regions of the enzyme, we used molecular dynamics simulation methods. These computational methods allow determination of thermal effects on fine-scale movements of protein components, for example, by estimating the root mean square deviation in atom position over time and the root mean square fluctuation for individual residues. The minor changes in amino acid sequence favor temperature-adaptive change in flexibility of regions in and around the active sites. Interspecific differences in effects of temperature on fine-scale protein movements are consistent with the differences in thermal effects on binding and rates of heat denaturation.
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- Ming-Ling Liao
- State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China.,Fujian Collaborative Innovation Center for Exploitation and Utilization of Marine Biological Resources, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China.,Fujian Collaborative Innovation Center for Exploitation and Utilization of Marine Biological Resources, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China
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- Department of Biotechnology and Engineering, Huaqiao University, Xiamen 361021, China
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- Department of Biotechnology and Engineering, Huaqiao University, Xiamen 361021, China
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- Hopkins Marine Station, Department of Biology, Stanford University, Pacific Grove, CA 93940, USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China .,Fujian Collaborative Innovation Center for Exploitation and Utilization of Marine Biological Resources, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China
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Khademy M, Karimi B, Zareian S. Ionic Liquid-Based Periodic Mesoporous Organosilica: An Innovative Matrix for Enzyme Immobilization. ChemistrySelect 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/slct.201701710] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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- Mitra Khademy
- Department of Biological Sciences; Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences; 444 Gava-zang Zanjan 45137-6731 Iran
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- Department of Chemistry; Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences; PO-Box 45195-1159, Gava-zang Zanjan 45137-6731 Iran
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- Department of Biological Sciences; Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences; 444 Gava-zang Zanjan 45137-6731 Iran
- Division of Biology and Biological Engineering; California Institute of technology; 1200 E California Blvd Pasadena, CA 91125
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A new strategy to express the extracellular α-amylase from Pyrococcus furiosus in Bacillus amyloliquefaciens. Sci Rep 2016; 6:22229. [PMID: 26916714 PMCID: PMC4768087 DOI: 10.1038/srep22229] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2015] [Accepted: 02/05/2016] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Extracellular α-amylase from Pyrococcus furiosus (PFA) shows great starch-processing potential for industrial application due to its thermostability, long half-life and optimal activity at low pH; however, it is difficult to produce in large quantities. In contrast, α-amylase from Bacillus amyloliquefaciens (BAA) can be produced in larger quantities, but shows lower stability at high temperatures and low pH. Here, we describe a BAA protein expression pattern-mimicking strategy to express PFA in B. amyloliquefaciens using the expression and secretion elements of BAA, including the codon usage bias and mRNA structure of gene, promoter, signal peptide, host and cultivation conditions. This design was assessed to be successful by comparing the various genes (mpfa and opfa), promoters (PamyA and P43), and strains (F30, F31, F32 and F30-∆amyA). The final production of PFA yielded 2714 U/mL, about 3000- and 14-fold that reportedly produced in B. subtilis or E. coli, respectively. The recombinant PFA was optimally active at ~100 °C and pH 5 and did not require Ca2+ for activity or thermostability, and >80% of the enzyme activity was retained after treatment at 100 °C for 4 h.
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Stafford KA, Trbovic N, Butterwick JA, Abel R, Friesner RA, Palmer AG. Conformational preferences underlying reduced activity of a thermophilic ribonuclease H. J Mol Biol 2014; 427:853-866. [PMID: 25550198 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2014.11.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2014] [Accepted: 11/14/2014] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The conformational basis for reduced activity of the thermophilic ribonuclease HI enzyme from Thermus thermophilus, compared to its mesophilic homolog from Escherichia coli, is elucidated using a combination of NMR spectroscopy and molecular dynamics (MD) simulations. Explicit-solvent all-atom MD simulations of the two wild-type proteins and an E. coli mutant in which a glycine residue is inserted after position 80 to mimic the T. thermophilus protein reproduce the differences in conformational dynamics determined from (15)N spin-relaxation NMR spectroscopy of three loop regions that surround the active site and contain functionally important residues: the glycine-rich region, the handle region, and the β5/αE loop. Examination of the MD trajectories indicates that the thermophilic protein samples conformations productive for substrate binding and activity less frequently than the mesophilic enzyme, although these differences may manifest as either increased or decreased relative flexibility of the different regions. Additional MD simulations indicate that mutations increasing activity of the T. thermophilus enzyme at mesophilic temperatures do so by reconfiguring the local environments of the mutated sites to more closely resemble active conformations. Taken together, the results show that both locally increased and decreased flexibility contribute to an overall reduction in activity of T. thermophilus ribonuclease H compared to its mesophilic E. coli homolog.
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- Kate A Stafford
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA.
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Iqbal I, Aftab MN, Afzal M, Ur-Rehman A, Aftab S, Zafar A, Ud-Din Z, Khuharo AR, Iqbal J, Ul-Haq I. Purification and characterization of cloned alkaline protease gene ofGeobacillus stearothermophilus. J Basic Microbiol 2014; 55:160-71. [DOI: 10.1002/jobm.201400190] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2014] [Accepted: 08/05/2014] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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- Irfana Iqbal
- Institute of Industrial Biotechnology; GC University; Lahore Pakistan
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- Department of Biological Sciences; Kuwait University; Kuwait
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- Institute of Industrial Biotechnology; GC University; Lahore Pakistan
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- Institute of Industrial Biotechnology; GC University; Lahore Pakistan
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- Institute of Industrial Biotechnology; GC University; Lahore Pakistan
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- Institute of Industrial Biotechnology; GC University; Lahore Pakistan
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- Department of Microbiology; Quaid-e-Azam University; Islamabad Pakistan
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- Institute of Industrial Biotechnology; GC University; Lahore Pakistan
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Niyonzima FN, More SS. Detergent-Compatible Bacterial Amylases. Appl Biochem Biotechnol 2014; 174:1215-1232. [DOI: 10.1007/s12010-014-1144-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2014] [Accepted: 08/06/2014] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Does Recovery in the Spectral Characteristics of GdnHCl-DenaturedBacillus licheniformisα-Amylase Due to Added Calcium Point towards Protein Stabilization? Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 2014; 77:87-96. [DOI: 10.1271/bbb.120592] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Wijma HJ, Floor RJ, Jekel PA, Baker D, Marrink SJ, Janssen DB. Computationally designed libraries for rapid enzyme stabilization. Protein Eng Des Sel 2014; 27:49-58. [PMID: 24402331 PMCID: PMC3893934 DOI: 10.1093/protein/gzt061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 163] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2013] [Revised: 11/28/2013] [Accepted: 11/30/2013] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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The ability to engineer enzymes and other proteins to any desired stability would have wide-ranging applications. Here, we demonstrate that computational design of a library with chemically diverse stabilizing mutations allows the engineering of drastically stabilized and fully functional variants of the mesostable enzyme limonene epoxide hydrolase. First, point mutations were selected if they significantly improved the predicted free energy of protein folding. Disulfide bonds were designed using sampling of backbone conformational space, which tripled the number of experimentally stabilizing disulfide bridges. Next, orthogonal in silico screening steps were used to remove chemically unreasonable mutations and mutations that are predicted to increase protein flexibility. The resulting library of 64 variants was experimentally screened, which revealed 21 (pairs of) stabilizing mutations located both in relatively rigid and in flexible areas of the enzyme. Finally, combining 10-12 of these confirmed mutations resulted in multi-site mutants with an increase in apparent melting temperature from 50 to 85°C, enhanced catalytic activity, preserved regioselectivity and a >250-fold longer half-life. The developed Framework for Rapid Enzyme Stabilization by Computational libraries (FRESCO) requires far less screening than conventional directed evolution.
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- Hein J. Wijma
- Department of Biochemistry, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, 9747 AG Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Biochemistry, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, 9747 AG Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Biochemistry, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, 9747 AG Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98105, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, 9747 AG Groningen, The Netherlands
- Department of Biophysical Chemistry, Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Biochemistry, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, 9747 AG Groningen, The Netherlands
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Silva AM, Marçal SL, Vitorino R, Domingues MR, Domingues P. Characterization of in vitro protein oxidation using mass spectrometry: A time course study of oxidized alpha-amylase. Arch Biochem Biophys 2013; 530:23-31. [DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2012.12.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2012] [Revised: 12/04/2012] [Accepted: 12/06/2012] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Presečki AV, Blažević ZF, Vasić-Rački Đ. Mathematical modeling of maize starch liquefaction catalyzed by α-amylases from Bacillus licheniformis: effect of calcium, pH and temperature. Bioprocess Biosyst Eng 2012; 36:117-26. [DOI: 10.1007/s00449-012-0767-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2012] [Accepted: 06/01/2012] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Stadler AM, Pellegrini E, Johnson M, Fitter J, Zaccai G. Dynamics-stability relationships in apo- and holomyoglobin: a combined neutron scattering and molecular dynamics simulations study. Biophys J 2012; 102:351-9. [PMID: 22339872 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2011.12.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2011] [Revised: 10/20/2011] [Accepted: 12/21/2011] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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The removal of the heme group from myoglobin (Mb) results in a destabilization of the protein structure. The dynamic basis of the destabilization was followed by comparative measurements on holo- (holo-Mb) and apomyoglobin (apo-Mb). Mean-squared displacements (MSD) and protein resilience on the picosecond-to-nanosecond timescale were measured by elastic incoherent neutron scattering. Differences in thermodynamic parameters, MSD, and resilience were observed for both proteins. The resilience of holo-Mb was significantly lower than that of apo-Mb, indicating entropic stabilization by a higher degree of conformational sampling in the heme-bound folded protein. Molecular dynamics simulations provided site-specific information. Averaged over the whole structure, the molecular dynamics simulations yielded similar MSD and resilience values for the two proteins. The mobility of residues around the heme group in holo-Mb showed a smaller MSD and higher resilience compared to the same residue group in apo-Mb. It is of interest that in holo-Mb, higher MSD values are observed for the residues outside the heme pocket, indicating an entropic contribution to protein stabilization by heme binding, which is in agreement with experimental results.
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Mahdavi A, Sajedi RH, Asghari SM, Taghdir M, Rassa M. An analysis of temperature adaptation in cold active, mesophilic and thermophilic Bacillus α-amylases. Int J Biol Macromol 2011; 49:1038-45. [PMID: 21907234 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2011.08.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2011] [Revised: 08/24/2011] [Accepted: 08/25/2011] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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- Atiyeh Mahdavi
- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran
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Daily MD, Phillips GN, Cui Q. Interconversion of functional motions between mesophilic and thermophilic adenylate kinases. PLoS Comput Biol 2011; 7:e1002103. [PMID: 21779157 PMCID: PMC3136430 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2011] [Accepted: 05/12/2011] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Dynamic properties are functionally important in many proteins, including the enzyme adenylate kinase (AK), for which the open/closed transition limits the rate of catalytic turnover. Here, we compare our previously published coarse-grained (double-well Gō) simulation of mesophilic AK from E. coli (AKmeso) to simulations of thermophilic AK from Aquifex aeolicus (AKthermo). In AKthermo, as with AKmeso, the LID domain prefers to close before the NMP domain in the presence of ligand, but LID rigid-body flexibility in the open (O) ensemble decreases significantly. Backbone foldedness in O and/or transition state (TS) ensembles increases significantly relative to AKmeso in some interdomain backbone hinges and within LID. In contact space, the TS of AKthermo has fewer contacts at the CORE-LID interface but a stronger contact network surrounding the CORE-NMP interface than the TS of AKmeso. A “heated” simulation of AKthermo at 375K slightly increases LID rigid-body flexibility in accordance with the “corresponding states” hypothesis. Furthermore, while computational mutation of 7 prolines in AKthermo to their AKmeso counterparts produces similar small perturbations, mutation of these sites, especially positions 8 and 155, to glycine is required to achieve LID rigid-body flexibility and hinge flexibilities comparable to AKmeso. Mutating the 7 sites to proline in AKmeso reduces some hinges' flexibilities, especially hinge 2, but does not reduce LID rigid-body flexibility, suggesting that these two types of motion are decoupled in AKmeso. In conclusion, our results suggest that hinge flexibility and global functional motions alike are correlated with but not exclusively determined by the hinge residues. This mutational framework can inform the rational design of functionally important flexibility and allostery in other proteins toward engineering novel biochemical pathways. Dynamic properties are functionally important in many proteins, including the enzyme adenylate kinase (AK), which undergoes chemically rate-limiting domain motions coupled to substrate binding. Since mesophiles and thermophiles often differ in functionally important motions, we compare coarse-grained simulations of AKmeso and AKthermo as well as several proline and glycine mutational variants designed to interconvert the dynamics. As might be expected, both domain motions and local unfolding motions are reduced in AKthermo relative to AKmeso. In AKthermo, both of these types of motions can be partially shifted toward more flexible AKmeso by heating or by mutating hinge prolines. However, only mutation to highly flexible glycine produces motions like those of AKmeso. Thus, the rate-limiting global transition likely depends on a combination of hinge flexibility and stability within the LID and NMP domains. Finally, this mutagenic framework can inform the rational design of flexibility and allostery in other proteins toward engineering novel biological control systems.
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- Michael D. Daily
- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin – Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
- Computation and Informatics in Biology and Medicine Training Program, University of Wisconsin – Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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- Departments of Biochemistry and Computer Sciences, University of Wisconsin – Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin – Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
- Theoretical Chemical Institute, University of Wisconsin – Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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Radestock S, Gohlke H. Protein rigidity and thermophilic adaptation. Proteins 2011; 79:1089-108. [DOI: 10.1002/prot.22946] [Citation(s) in RCA: 111] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2010] [Revised: 09/28/2010] [Accepted: 11/07/2010] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Dabirmanesh B, Daneshjou S, Sepahi AA, Ranjbar B, Khavari-Nejad RA, Gill P, Heydari A, Khajeh K. Effect of ionic liquids on the structure, stability and activity of two related α-amylases. Int J Biol Macromol 2011; 48:93-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2010.10.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2010] [Revised: 10/03/2010] [Accepted: 10/04/2010] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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SUTTHIRAK P, ASSAVANIG A, DHARMSTHITI S, LERTSIRI S. CHANGES IN THE STABILITY AND KINETIC PARAMETERS UP ON GLYCATION OF THERMOSTABLE α-AMYLASE FROM BACILLUS SUBTILIS. J Food Biochem 2010. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-4514.2010.00356.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase from a hyper-thermophilic bacterium Thermotoga maritima: Characterization, metabolite stability, and its implications. Process Biochem 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/j.procbio.2010.03.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Biophysical Characterization of a Recombinant α-Amylase from Thermophilic Bacillus sp. strain TS-23. Protein J 2010; 29:572-82. [DOI: 10.1007/s10930-010-9287-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Kumari A, Rosenkranz T, Kayastha AM, Fitter J. The effect of calcium binding on the unfolding barrier: A kinetic study on homologous α-amylases. Biophys Chem 2010; 151:54-60. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bpc.2010.05.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2010] [Revised: 05/11/2010] [Accepted: 05/12/2010] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Mutational analysis of the proposed calcium-binding aspartates of a truncated α-amylase from Bacillus sp. strain TS-23. ANN MICROBIOL 2010. [DOI: 10.1007/s13213-010-0042-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022] Open
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Thermo- and mesostabilizing protein interactions identified by temperature-dependent statistical potentials. Biophys J 2010; 98:667-77. [PMID: 20159163 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2009.10.050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2009] [Revised: 10/26/2009] [Accepted: 10/28/2009] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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The goal of controlling protein thermostability is tackled here through establishing, by in silico analyses, the relative weight of residue-residue interactions in proteins as a function of temperature. We have designed for that purpose a (melting-) temperature-dependent, statistical distance potential, where the interresidue distances are computed between the side-chain geometric centers or their functional centers. Their separate derivation from proteins of either high or low thermal resistance reveals the interactions that contribute most to stability in different temperature ranges. Thermostabilizing interactions include salt bridges and cation-pi interactions (especially those involving arginine), aromatic interactions, and H-bonds between negatively charged and some aromatic residues. In contrast, H-bonds between two polar noncharged residues or between a polar noncharged residue and a negatively charged residue are relatively less stabilizing at high temperatures. An important observation is that it is necessary to consider both repulsive and attractive interactions in overall thermostabilization, as the degree of repulsion may also vary with temperature. These temperature-dependent potentials are not only useful for the identification of meso- and thermostabilizing pair interactions, but also exhibit predictive power, as illustrated by their ability to predict the melting temperature of a protein based on the melting temperature of homologous proteins.
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Krishnamurthy H, Munro K, Yan H, Vieille C. Dynamics in Thermotoga neapolitana adenylate kinase: 15N relaxation and hydrogen-deuterium exchange studies of a hyperthermophilic enzyme highly active at 30 degrees C. Biochemistry 2009; 48:2723-39. [PMID: 19220019 DOI: 10.1021/bi802001w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Backbone conformational dynamics of Thermotoga neapolitana adenylate kinase in the free form (TNAK) and inhibitor-bound form (TNAK*Ap5A) were investigated at 30 degrees C using (15)N NMR relaxation measurements and NMR monitored hydrogen-deuterium exchange. With kinetic parameters identical to those of Escherichia coli AK (ECAK) at 30 degrees C, TNAK is a unique hyperthermophilic enzyme. These catalytic properties make TNAK an interesting and novel model to study the interplay between protein rigidity, stability, and activity. Comparison of fast time scale dynamics (picosecond to nanosecond) in the open and closed states of TNAK and ECAK at 30 degrees C reveals a uniformly higher rigidity across all domains of TNAK. Within this framework of a rigid TNAK structure, several residues located in the AMP-binding domain and in the core-lid hinge regions display high picosecond to nanosecond time scale flexibility. Together with the recent comparison of ECAK dynamics with those of hyperthermophilic Aquifex aeolicus AK (AAAK), our results provide strong evidence for the role of picosecond to nanosecond time scale fluctuations in both stability and activity. In the slow time scales, TNAK's increased rigidity is not uniform but localized in the AMP-binding and lid domains. The core domain amides of ECAK and TNAK in the open and closed states show comparable protection against exchange. Significantly, the hinges framing the lid domain show similar exchange data in ECAK and TNAK open and closed forms. Our NMR relaxation and hydrogen-deuterium exchange studies therefore suggest that TNAK maintains high activity at 30 degrees C by localizing flexibility to the hinge regions that are key to facilitating conformational changes.
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- Harini Krishnamurthy
- Program in Cell and Molecular Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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alpha-Amylase: an ideal representative of thermostable enzymes. Appl Biochem Biotechnol 2009; 160:2401-14. [PMID: 19763902 DOI: 10.1007/s12010-009-8735-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2009] [Accepted: 07/28/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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The conditions prevailing in the industrial applications in which enzymes are used are rather extreme, especially with respect to temperature and pH. Therefore, there is a continuing demand to improve the stability of enzymes and to meet the requirements set by specific applications. In this respect, thermostable enzymes have been proposed to be industrially relevant. In this review, alpha-amylase, a well-established representative of thermostable enzymes, providing an attractive model for the investigation of the structural basis of thermostability of proteins, has been discussed.
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Lu T. Seeking new mutation clues from Bacillus licheniformis amylase by molecular dynamics simulations. Chem Phys Lett 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2009.06.066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Khemakhem B, Ali MB, Aghajari N, Juy M, Haser R, Bejar S. The importance of an extra loop in the B-domain of an α-amylase from B. stearothermophilus US100. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2009; 385:78-83. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2009.04.137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2009] [Accepted: 04/26/2009] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Stadler AM, Digel I, Artmann GM, Embs JP, Zaccai G, Büldt G. Hemoglobin dynamics in red blood cells: correlation to body temperature. Biophys J 2008; 95:5449-61. [PMID: 18708462 PMCID: PMC2586580 DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.108.138040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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A transition in hemoglobin behavior at close to body temperature has been discovered recently by micropipette aspiration experiments on single red blood cells (RBCs) and circular dichroism spectroscopy on hemoglobin solutions. The transition temperature was directly correlated to the body temperatures of a variety of species. In an exploration of the molecular basis for the transition, we present neutron scattering measurements of the temperature dependence of hemoglobin dynamics in whole human RBCs in vivo. The data reveal a change in the geometry of internal protein motions at 36.9 degrees C, at human body temperature. Above that temperature, amino acid side-chain motions occupy larger volumes than expected from normal temperature dependence, indicating partial unfolding of the protein. Global protein diffusion in RBCs was also measured and the findings compared favorably with theoretical predictions for short-time self-diffusion of noncharged hard-sphere colloids. The results demonstrated that changes in molecular dynamics in the picosecond time range and angstrom length scale might well be connected to a macroscopic effect on whole RBCs that occurs at body temperature.
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Wu B, Wang LS, Gao PJ. The combined effects of temperature and assay time on the catalytic ability and stability of 1,4-β-d-glucan cellobiohydrolase I. Enzyme Microb Technol 2008. [DOI: 10.1016/j.enzmictec.2008.02.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The family 52 beta-xylosidase from Geobacillus stearothermophilus is a dimer: structural and biophysical characterization of a glycoside hydrolase. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-PROTEINS AND PROTEOMICS 2008; 1784:1924-34. [PMID: 18657634 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2008.06.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2008] [Revised: 06/24/2008] [Accepted: 06/25/2008] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Xylans are the most abundant polysaccharides forming the plant cell wall hemicelluloses, and they are degraded, among other proteins, by beta-xylosidase enzymes. In this work, the structural and biophysical properties of the family 52 beta-xylosidase from Geobacillus stearothermophilus, XynB2, are described. Size exclusion chromatography, analytical centrifugation, ITC, CD, fluorescence (steady state and ANS-binding) and FTIR were used to obtain the structure, the oligomerization state and the conformational changes of XynB2, as pH, chemical denaturants or temperature were modified. This report describes the first extensive conformational characterization of a family 52 beta-xylosidase. The active protein was a highly hydrated dimer, whose active site was formed by the two protomers, and it probably involved aromatic residues. At low pH, the protein was not active and it populated a monomeric molten-globule-like species, which had a conformational transition with a pK(a) of approximately 4.0. Thermal and chemical-denaturations of the native protein showed hysteresis behaviour. The protein at physiological pH was formed by alpha-helix (30%) and beta-sheet (30%), as shown by CD and FTIR. Comparison with other xylosidases of the same family indicates that the percentages of secondary structure seem to be conserved among the members of the family.
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Besselink T, Baks T, Janssen AE, Boom RM. A stochastic model for predicting dextrose equivalent and saccharide composition during hydrolysis of starch by α-amylase. Biotechnol Bioeng 2008; 100:684-97. [DOI: 10.1002/bit.21799] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Fornasari MS, Parisi G, Echave J. Teaching noncovalent interactions using protein molecular evolution. BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY EDUCATION : A BIMONTHLY PUBLICATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL UNION OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2008; 36:284-286. [PMID: 21591205 DOI: 10.1002/bmb.20195] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Noncovalent interactions and physicochemical properties of amino acids are important topics in biochemistry courses. Here, we present a computational laboratory where the capacity of each of the 20 amino acids to maintain different noncovalent interactions are used to investigate the stabilizing forces in a set of proteins coming from organisms adapted to different environments. Using protein sequence and structure information it is possible to evaluate the noncovalent contributions to the stabilization of a given protein fold. As a case study, we use the protein lumazine synthase from three different organisms adapted to live in extreme temperatures: one psychrophilic (optimal growth temperature, 0-20 °C), one mesophilic (optimal growth temperature, 20-50 °C), and one thermophilic (optimal growth temperature, 80-110 °C). We found that this computational laboratory for biochemistry and molecular biology courses enhances student amino acid noncovalent interaction understanding and how these interactions are involved in protein stability.
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- María Silvina Fornasari
- Centro de Estudios e Investigaciones, Universidad Nacional de Quilmes, 1876 Bernal, Argentina
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Cavity-creating mutations in Pseudomonas aeruginosa azurin: effects on protein dynamics and stability. Biophys J 2008; 95:771-81. [PMID: 18424505 DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.107.128009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Changes in flexibility and structural stability of Pseudomonas aeruginosa azurin in response to cavity-creating mutations were probed by the phosphorescence emission of Trp-48, which was deeply buried in the compact hydrophobic core of the macromolecule, and by measurements of guanidinum hydrochloride unfolding, respectively. Replacement of the bulky side chains Phe-110, Phe-29, and Tyr-108 with the smaller Ala introduced cavities at different distances from the hydrophobic core. The phosphorescence lifetime (tau(0)) of Trp-48, buried inside the protein core, and the acrylamide quenching rate constant (k(q)) were used to monitor local and global flexibility changes induced by the introduction of the cavity. The results of this work demonstrate the following: 1), the effect on core flexibility of the insertion of cavities is not correlated readily to the distance of the cavity from the core; 2), the protein global flexibility results are related to the cavity distance from the packed core of the macromolecule; and 3), the increase in protein flexibility does not correspond necessarily to a comparable destabilizing effect of some mutations.
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Protein dynamics and stability: the distribution of atomic fluctuations in thermophilic and mesophilic dihydrofolate reductase derived using elastic incoherent neutron scattering. Biophys J 2008; 94:4812-8. [PMID: 18310248 DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.107.121418] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The temperature dependence of the dynamics of mesophilic and thermophilic dihydrofolate reductase is examined using elastic incoherent neutron scattering. It is demonstrated that the distribution of atomic displacement amplitudes can be derived from the elastic scattering data by assuming a (Weibull) functional form that resembles distributions seen in molecular dynamics simulations. The thermophilic enzyme has a significantly broader distribution than its mesophilic counterpart. Furthermore, although the rate of increase with temperature of the atomic mean-square displacements extracted from the dynamic structure factor is found to be comparable for both enzymes, the amplitudes are found to be slightly larger for the thermophilic enzyme. Therefore, these results imply that the thermophilic enzyme is the more flexible of the two.
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Baks T, Bruins ME, Matser AM, Janssen AEM, Boom RM. Effect of gelatinization and hydrolysis conditions on the selectivity of starch hydrolysis with alpha-amylase from Bacillus licheniformis. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2008; 56:488-495. [PMID: 18095648 DOI: 10.1021/jf072217j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Enzymatic hydrolysis of starch can be used to obtain various valuable hydrolyzates with different compositions. The effects of starch pretreatment, enzyme addition point, and hydrolysis conditions on the hydrolyzate composition and reaction rate during wheat starch hydrolysis with alpha-amylase from Bacillus licheniformis were compared. Suspensions of native starch or starch gelatinized at different conditions either with or without enzyme were hydrolyzed. During hydrolysis, the oligosaccharide concentration, the dextrose equivalent, and the enzyme activity were determined. We found that the hydrolyzate composition was affected by the type of starch pretreatment and the enzyme addition point but that it was just minimally affected by the pressure applied during hydrolysis, as long as gelatinization was complete. The differences between hydrolysis of thermally gelatinized, high-pressure gelatinized, and native starch were explained by considering the granule structure and the specific surface area of the granules. These results show that the hydrolyzate composition can be influenced by choosing different process sequences and conditions.
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- Tim Baks
- Food and Bioprocess Engineering Group, Wageningen University and Research Centre, Building number 307 (Biotechnion), Bomenweg 2, 6703 HD, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
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Suhai T, Dencher NA, Poetsch A, Seelert H. Remarkable stability of the proton translocating F1FO-ATP synthase from the thermophilic cyanobacterium Thermosynechococcus elongatus BP-1. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2007; 1778:1131-40. [PMID: 18206981 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2007.12.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2007] [Revised: 11/28/2007] [Accepted: 12/13/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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For functional characterization, we isolated the F1FO-ATP synthase of the thermophilic cyanobacterium Thermosynechococcus elongatus. Because of the high content of phycobilisomes, a combination of dye-ligand chromatography and anion exchange chromatography was necessary to yield highly pure ATP synthase. All nine single F1FO subunits were identified by mass spectrometry. Western blotting revealed the SDS stable oligomer of subunits c in T. elongatus. In contrast to the mass archived in the database (10,141 Da), MALDI-TOF-MS revealed a mass of the subunit c monomer of only 8238 Da. A notable feature of the ATP synthase was its ability to synthesize ATP in a wide temperature range and its stability against chaotropic reagents. After reconstitution of F1FO into liposomes, ATP synthesis energized by an applied electrochemical proton gradient demonstrated functional integrity. The highest ATP synthesis rate was determined at the natural growth temperature of 55 degrees C, but even at 95 degrees C ATP production occurred. In contrast to other prokaryotic and eukaryotic ATP synthases which can be disassembled with Coomassie dye into the membrane integral and the hydrophilic part, the F1FO-ATP synthase possessed a particular stability. Also with the chaotropic reagents sodium bromide and guanidine thiocyanate, significantly harsher conditions were required for disassembly of the thermophilic ATP synthase.
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- Tina Suhai
- Physical Biochemistry, Department of Chemistry, Darmstadt University of Technology, Petersenstrasse 22, D-64287 Darmstadt, Germany
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Strucksberg K, Rosenkranz T, Fitter J. Reversible and irreversible unfolding of multi-domain proteins. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-PROTEINS AND PROTEOMICS 2007; 1774:1591-603. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2007.09.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2007] [Revised: 09/06/2007] [Accepted: 09/10/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Glutamic acid 219 is critical for the thermostability of a truncated α-amylase from alkaliphilic and thermophilic Bacillus sp. strain TS-23. World J Microbiol Biotechnol 2007. [DOI: 10.1007/s11274-007-9518-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Work on the relationship between hyperthermophile protein dynamics, stability and activity is reviewed. Neutron spectroscopy has been applied to measure and compare the macromolecular dynamics of various hyperthermophilic and mesophilic proteins, under different conditions. First, molecular dynamics have been analyzed for the hyperthermophile malate dehydrogenase from Methanococcus jannaschii and a mesophilic homologue, the lactate dehydrogenase from Oryctolagus cunniculus (rabbit) muscle. The neutron scattering approach has provided independent measurements of the global flexibility and structural resilience of each protein, and it has been demonstrated that macromolecular dynamics represents one of the molecular mechanisms of thermoadaptation. The resilience was found to be higher for the hyperthermophilic protein, thus ensuring similar flexibilities in both enzymes at their optimal activity temperature. Second, the neutron method has been developed to quantify the average macromolecular flexibility and resilience within the natural crowded environment of the cell, and mean macromolecular motions have been measured in vivo in psychrophile, mesophile, thermophile and hyperthermophile bacteria. The macromolecular resilience in bacteria was found to increase with adaptation to high temperatures, whereas flexibility was maintained within narrow limits, independent of physiological temperature for all cells in their active state. Third, macromolecular motions have been measured in free and immobilized dihydrofolate reductase from Escherichia coli. The immobilized mesophilic enzyme has increased stability and decreased activity, so that its properties are changed to resemble those of a thermophilic enzyme. Quasi-elastic neutron scattering measurements have also been performed to probe the protein motions. Compared to the free enzyme, the average height of the activation free energy barrier to local motions was found to be increased by 0.54 kcal.mol(-1) in the immobilized dihydrofolate reductase, a value that is of the same order as expected from the theoretical rate equation.
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Doan-Nguyen V, Loria JP. The effects of cosolutes on protein dynamics: the reversal of denaturant-induced protein fluctuations by trimethylamine N-oxide. Protein Sci 2006; 16:20-9. [PMID: 17123958 PMCID: PMC2222840 DOI: 10.1110/ps.062393707] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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The protein stabilizing effects of the small molecule osmolyte, trimethylamine N-oxide, against chemical denaturant was investigated by NMR spin-relaxation measurements and model-free analysis. In the presence of 0.7 M guanidine hydrochloride increased picosecond-nanosecond dynamics are observed in the protein ribonuclease A. These increased fluctuations occur throughout the protein, but the most significant increases in flexibility occur at positions believed to be the first to unfold. Addition of 0.35 M trimethylamine N-oxide to this destabilized form of ribonuclease results in significant rigidification of the protein backbone as assessed by (1)H-(15)N order parameters. Statistically, these order parameters are the same as those measured in native ribonuclease indicating that TMAO reduces the amplitude of backbone fluctuations in a destabilized protein. These data suggest that TMAO restricts the bond vector motions on the protein energy landscape to resemble those motions that occur in the native protein and points to a relation between stability and dynamics in this enzyme.
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Nazmi AR, Reinisch T, Hinz HJ. Ca-binding to Bacillus licheniformis α-amylase (BLA). Arch Biochem Biophys 2006; 453:18-25. [PMID: 16712774 DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2006.04.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2006] [Revised: 04/04/2006] [Accepted: 04/05/2006] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Ca-induced renaturation of Bacillus licheniformis alpha-amylase in the presence of urea has been employed to determine the binding constants of the ion. The native enzyme is folded at 3M urea while the Ca-depleted protein is largely unfolded at this denaturant concentration. Refolding of the protein has been monitored by circular dichroism and the titration curves have been analyzed assuming a model of three independent binding sites. The stoichiometry has been taken from X-ray studies. The refolded protein exhibits a secondary structure that is similar but not identical to that of the native protein. The binding constants have been used to construct a phase diagram that illustrates the contribution of Ca-binding to the resistance against urea unfolding.
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- Ali Reza Nazmi
- Institut für Physikalische Chemie, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Corrensstrasse 30, 48149 Münster, Germany
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Boutaiba S, Bhatnagar T, Hacene H, Mitchell D, Baratti J. Preliminary characterisation of a lipolytic activity from an extremely halophilic archaeon, Natronococcus sp. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molcatb.2006.03.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Habibi AE, Khajeh K, Naderi-Manesh H, Ranjbar B, Nemat-Gorgani M. Thermostabilization of Bacillus amyloliquefaciens α-amylase by chemical cross-linking. J Biotechnol 2006; 123:434-42. [PMID: 16446001 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2005.12.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2005] [Revised: 11/30/2005] [Accepted: 12/15/2005] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Chemical cross-linking of a mesophilic alpha-amylase from Bacillus amyloliquefaciens (BAA) was carried out. Intra-molecular cross-links between lysine residues upon treatment of the enzyme with ethylene glycol bis(succinic acid N-hydroxy succinimide ester) resulted in enhancement of thermostability as indicated by irreversible thermoinactivation experiments. Enhancement of thermostability coincided with a dramatic protection against aggregation, combined with a decrease in surface hydrophobicity. Deamidation, another important mechanism of irreversible thermoinactivation, was also diminished upon modification. While no significant changes in the kinetic parameters are evident, rigidification of the protein structure is suggested by circular dichroism (CD) and fluorescence studies.
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- Azadeh Ebrahim Habibi
- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Tehran, P.O. Box 13145-1384, Tehran, Iran
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Lee S, Oneda H, Minoda M, Tanaka A, Inouye K. Comparison of Starch Hydrolysis Activity and Thermal Stability of Two Bacillus licheniformis α-Amylases and Insights into Engineering α-Amylase Variants Active under Acidic Conditions. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006; 139:997-1005. [PMID: 16788050 DOI: 10.1093/jb/mvj113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Bacillus licheniformis alpha-amylase (BLA) is widely used in various procedures of starch degradation in the food industry, and a BLA species with improved activity at higher temperature and under acidic conditions is desirable. Two BLA species, designated as PA and MA, have been isolated from the wild-type B. licheniformis strain and a mutant strain, respectively. In this study, their starch-hydrolysis activity and thermal stability were examined. MA showed higher activity than PA, especially at acidic pH (pH 5.0-5.5), and even after 1 h of treatment at 90 degrees C. MA was active in the range of pH 4.0-8.0, which is much wider than that (pH 4.5-7.5) of PA. It was shown that the proton dissociation constants on the acidic and alkaline sides (pKa1 and pKa2) were shifted to more acidic and basic values, respectively, by the mutation of PA to MA. The activation energy and thermodynamic parameters for their thermal inactivation indicate that MA is more thermally stable and catalytically active than PA, suggesting that MA could be useful for glucose-production process coupled with reactions catalyzed by beta-amylase.
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- Seunjae Lee
- Division of Food Science and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8502
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Effects of a nonionic surfactant on the behavior of Bacillus amyloliquefaciens α-amylase in the hydrolysis of malto-oligosaccharide. J SURFACTANTS DETERG 2006. [DOI: 10.1007/s11743-006-0376-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Acidic and proteolytic digestion of α-amylases from Bacillus licheniformis and Bacillus amyloliquefaciens: Stability and flexibility analysis. Enzyme Microb Technol 2006. [DOI: 10.1016/j.enzmictec.2005.06.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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