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Mollania F, Raissi H. Evaluation of solvent and ion effects upon leflunomide adsorption characteristics on (6,0) zigzag single-walled carbon nanotube and immobilized dihydroorotate dehydrogenase activity: A computational DFT and experimental study. J Mol Liq 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2017.02.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Reich S, Kress N, Nestl BM, Hauer B. Variations in the stability of NCR ene reductase by rational enzyme loop modulation. J Struct Biol 2014; 185:228-33. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2013.04.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2013] [Revised: 03/15/2013] [Accepted: 04/09/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Ratzka J, Lauterbach L, Lenz O, Ansorge-Schumacher MB. Stabilisation of the NAD+-reducing soluble [NiFe]-hydrogenase from Ralstonia eutropha H16 through modification with methoxy-poly(ethylene) glycol. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molcatb.2011.10.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Naik HG, Yeniad B, Koning CE, Heise A. Investigation of asymmetric alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH) reduction of acetophenone derivatives: effect of charge density. Org Biomol Chem 2012; 10:4961-7. [DOI: 10.1039/c2ob06870b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Molecular cloning, over expression and characterization of thermoalkalophilic esterases isolated from Geobacillus sp. Extremophiles 2010; 15:203-11. [PMID: 21181486 DOI: 10.1007/s00792-010-0344-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2010] [Accepted: 12/01/2010] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Due to potential use for variety of biotechnological applications, genes encoding thermoalkalophilic esterase from three different Geobacillus strains isolated from thermal environmental samples in Balçova (Agamemnon) geothermal site were cloned and respective proteins were expressed in Escherichia coli (E.coli) and characterized in detail. Three esterases (Est1, Est2, Est3) were cloned directly by PCR amplification using consensus degenerate primers from genomic DNA of the strains Est1, Est2 and Est3 which were from mud, reinjection water and uncontrolled thermal leak, respectively. The genes contained an open reading frame (ORF) consisting of 741 bp for Est1 and Est2, which encoded 246 amino acids and ORF of Est3 was 729 bp encoded 242 amino acids. The esterase genes were expressed in E. coli and purified using His-Select HF nickel affinity gel. The molecular mass of the recombinant enzyme for each esterase was approximately 27.5 kDa. The three esterases showed high specific activity toward short chain p-NP esters. Recombinant Est1, Est2, Est3 have exhibited similar activity and the highest esterase activity of 1,100 U/mg with p-nitrophenyl acetate (pNPC(2)) as substrate was observed with Est1. All three esterase were most active around 65°C and pH 9.5-10.0. The effect of organic solvents, several metal ions, inhibitors and detergents on enzyme activity for purified Est1, Est2, Est3 were determined separately and compared.
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Castro GR, Knubovets T. Homogeneous Biocatalysis in Organic Solvents and Water-Organic Mixtures. Crit Rev Biotechnol 2010. [DOI: 10.1080/bty.23.3.195] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Badoei-Dalfard A, Khajeh K, Asghari SM, Ranjbar B, Karbalaei-Heidari HR. Enhanced activity and stability in the presence of organic solvents by increased active site polarity and stabilization of a surface loop in a metalloprotease. J Biochem 2010; 148:231-8. [PMID: 20519323 DOI: 10.1093/jb/mvq057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Salinivibrio zinc-metalloprotease (SVP) is an enzyme which was isolated from Salinivibrio proteolyticus, a moderately halophilic species from a hypersaline lake in Iran. A195E and G203D mutants were constructed to increase polarity near the active site in order to preserve the hydration layer against organic solvents [dimethylformamide (DMF), methanol, isopropanol and n-propanol]. A268P was constructed to stabilize a surface loop far from the active site and A195E/A268P was constructed to investigate the combined effects of these two mutations. Results showed that relative C(50) values of A195E increased to approximately 26 and 11% in DMF and methanol whereas an increase of approximately 32 and 41% was observed in the presence of isopropanol and n-propanol. The irreversible thermoinactivation rate (k(i)) for A195E was estimated to be 60 and 130 (x10(-3) min(-1)) in the presence of DMF and n-propanol, respectively, while k(i) for SVP was 90 and 190 (x10(-3) min(-1)). G203D exhibited similar k(i) as A195E in the presence of methanol and isopropanol, but the calculated k(i) in the presence of DMF and n-propanol was 70 and 160 (x10(-3) min(-1)), respectively. A268P and A268P/A195E variants marginally increased the thermoresistance of the enzyme in this condition.
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- Arastoo Badoei-Dalfard
- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
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Adalbjörnsson BV, Toogood HS, Fryszkowska A, Pudney CR, Jowitt TA, Leys D, Scrutton NS. Biocatalysis with Thermostable Enzymes: Structure and Properties of a Thermophilic ‘ene’-Reductase related to Old Yellow Enzyme. Chembiochem 2009; 11:197-207. [DOI: 10.1002/cbic.200900570] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Purification and characterization of organic solvent stable protease from Bacillus licheniformis RSP-09-37. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2008; 79:399-405. [DOI: 10.1007/s00253-008-1429-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2007] [Revised: 02/20/2008] [Accepted: 02/21/2008] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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PATEL MAYANKT, NAGARAJAN R, KILARA ARUN. LIPASE-CATALYZED BIOCHEMICAL REACTIONS IN NOVEL MEDIA: A REVIEW. CHEM ENG COMMUN 2007. [DOI: 10.1080/00986449608936574] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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- MAYANK T. PATEL
- a The Pennsylvania State University , University Park , PA , 16802
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- a The Pennsylvania State University , University Park , PA , 16802
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- a The Pennsylvania State University , University Park , PA , 16802
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Coolbear T, Daniel RM, Morgan HW. The enzymes from extreme thermophiles: bacterial sources, thermostabilities and industrial relevance. ADVANCES IN BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING/BIOTECHNOLOGY 2005; 45:57-98. [PMID: 1605092 DOI: 10.1007/bfb0008756] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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This review on enzymes from extreme thermophiles (optimum growth temperature greater than 65 degrees C) concentrates on their characteristics, especially thermostabilities, and their commercial applicability. The enzymes are considered in general terms first, with comments on denaturation, stabilization and industrial processes. Discussion of the enzymes subsequently proceeds in order of their E.C. classification: oxidoreductases, transferases, hydrolases, lyases, isomerases and ligases. The ramifications of cloned enzymes from extreme thermophiles are also discussed.
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- T Coolbear
- University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand
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Ewis HE, Abdelal AT, Lu CD. Molecular cloning and characterization of two thermostable carboxyl esterases from Geobacillus stearothermophilus. Gene 2004; 329:187-95. [PMID: 15033540 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2003.12.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2003] [Revised: 12/12/2003] [Accepted: 12/30/2003] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Screening of the genomic libraries of Geobacillus stearothermophilus ATCC12980 and ATCC7954 for esterase/lipase activity led to the isolation of two positive clones. The results of subclonings and sequence analyses identified two genes, est30 and est55, encoding two different carboxylesterases, and genetic rearrangement in the est55 locus was revealed from genomic comparison. The est30 gene encodes a polypeptide of 248 amino acids with a calculated molecular mass of 28338 Da, and the est55 gene encodes a polypeptide of 499 amino acids with a calculated molecular mass of 54867 Da. Both enzymes were purified to near homogeneity from recombinant strains of Escherichia coli. The results of enzyme characterization showed that while both enzymes possess optimal activities with short chain acyl derivatives, Est55 has a broader pH tolerance (pH 8-9) and optimal temperature range (30-60 degrees C) than Est30. The activation energy of Est55 (35.7 kJ/mol) was found to be significantly lower than that of Est30 (101.9 kJ/mol). Both enzymes were stable at 60 degrees C for more than 2 h; at 70 degrees C, the half-life for thermal inactivation was 40 and 180 min for Est55 and Est30, respectively. With p-nitrophenyl caproate as the substrate and assayed at 60 degrees C, Est55 had K(m) and k(cat) values of 0.5 microM and 39758 s(-1) while Est30 exhibited values of 2.16 microM and 38 s(-1). Inhibition studies indicated that both Est30 and Est55 were strongly inhibited by phenylmethanesulfonyl fluoride, p-hydroxymercuribenzoate, and tosyl-l-phenylalanine, consistent with the proposed presence of Ser-His-Glu catalytic triad of the alpha/beta hydrolase family. The enzymatic properties of Est30 and Est55 reported here warrant the potential applications of these enzymes in biotechnological industries.
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- Hosam E Ewis
- Department of Biology, Georgia State University, 24 Peachtree Center Avenue, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA
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Lower BH, Kennelly PJ. Open reading frame sso2387 from the archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus encodes a polypeptide with protein-serine kinase activity. J Bacteriol 2003; 185:3436-45. [PMID: 12754243 PMCID: PMC155377 DOI: 10.1128/jb.185.11.3436-3445.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2002] [Accepted: 03/21/2003] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The predicted polypeptide product of open reading frame sso2387 from the archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus, SsoPK2, displayed several of the sequence features conserved among the members of the "eukaryotic" protein kinase superfamily. sso2387 was cloned, and its polypeptide product was expressed in Escherichia coli. The recombinant protein, rSsoPK2, was recovered in insoluble aggregates that could be dispersed by using high concentrations (5 M) of urea. The solubilized polypeptide displayed the ability to phosphorylate itself as well as several exogenous proteins, including mixed histones, casein, bovine serum albumin, and reduced carboxyamidomethylated and maleylated lysozyme, on serine residues. The source of this activity resided in that portion of the protein displaying homology to the catalytic domain of eukaryotic protein kinases. By use of mass spectrometry, the sites of autophosphorylation were found to be located in two areas, one immediately N terminal to the region corresponding to subdomain I of eukaryotic protein kinases, and the second N terminal to the presumed activation loop located between subdomains VII and VIII. Autophosphorylation of rSsoPK2 could be uncoupled from the phosphorylation of exogenous proteins by manipulation of the temperature or mutagenic alteration of the enzyme. Autophosphorylation was detected only at temperatures >or=60 degrees C, whereas phosphorylation of exogenous proteins was detectable at 37 degrees C. Similarly, replacement of one of the potential sites of autophosphorylation, Ser(548), with alanine blocked autophosphorylation but not phosphorylation of an exogenous protein, casein.
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- Brian H Lower
- Department of Biochemistry, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, USA
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Lingen B, Grötzinger J, Kolter D, Kula MR, Pohl M. Improving the carboligase activity of benzoylformate decarboxylase from Pseudomonas putida by a combination of directed evolution and site-directed mutagenesis. Protein Eng Des Sel 2002; 15:585-93. [PMID: 12200541 DOI: 10.1093/protein/15.7.585] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Benzoylformate decarboxylase (BFD) from Pseudomonas putida was subjected to directed molecular evolution to generate mutants with increased carboligase activity which is a side reaction of the enzyme. After a single round of random mutagenesis mutants were isolated which exhibited a 5-fold increased carboligase activity in aqueous buffer compared to the wild-type enzyme with a high enantiomeric excess of the product (S)-2-hydroxy-1-phenyl-propanone. From the same library, mutants with enhanced carboligase activity in water-miscible organic solvents have been isolated. The selected mutants have been characterized by sequencing, revealing that all mutants carry a mutation at Leu476, which is close to the active site but does not directly interact with the active center. BFD-L476Q has a 5-fold higher carboligase activity than the wild-type enzyme. L476 was subjected to saturation mutagenesis yielding eight different mutants with up to 5-fold increased carboligase activity. Surprisingly, all L476 mutants catalyze the formation of 2-hydroxy-1-phenyl-propanone with significantly higher enantioselectivity than the wild-type enzyme although enantioselectivity was not a selection parameter. Leu476 potentially plays the role of a gatekeeper of the active site of BFD, possibly by controlling the release of the product. The biocatalyst could be significantly improved for its side reaction, the C-C bond formation and for application under conditions that are not optimized in nature.
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- B Lingen
- Institut für Enzymtechnologie der Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, im Forschungszentrum Jülich, D-52426 Jülich, Germany.
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Manco G, Mandrich L, Rossi M. Residues at the active site of the esterase 2 from Alicyclobacillus acidocaldarius involved in substrate specificity and catalytic activity at high temperature. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:37482-90. [PMID: 11447219 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m103017200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The recently solved three-dimensional structure of the thermophilic esterase 2 from Alicyclobacillus acidocaldarius allowed us to have a snapshot of an enzyme-sulfonate complex, which mimics the second stage of the catalytic reaction, namely the covalent acyl-enzyme intermediate. The aim of this work was to design, by structure-aided analysis and to generate by site-directed and saturation mutagenesis, EST2 variants with changed substrate specificity in the direction of preference for monoacylesters whose acyl-chain length is greater than eight carbon atoms. Positions 211 and 215 of the polypeptide chain were chosen to introduce mutations. Among five variants with single and double amino acid substitutions, three were obtained, M211S, R215L, and M211S/R215L, that changed the catalytic efficiency profile in the desired direction. Kinetic characterization of mutants and wild type showed that this change was achieved by an increase in k(cat) and a decrease in K(m) values with respect to the parental enzyme. The M211S/R215L specificity constant for p-nitrophenyl decanoate substrate was 6-fold higher than the wild type. However, variants M211T, M211S, and M211V showed strikingly increased activity as well as maximal activity with monoacylesters with four carbon atoms in the acyl chain, compared with the wild type. In the case of mutant M211T, the k(cat) for p-nitrophenyl butanoate was 2.4-fold higher. Overall, depending on the variant and on the substrate, we observed improved catalytic activity at 70 degrees C with respect to the wild type, which was a somewhat unexpected result for an enzyme with already high k(cat) values at high temperature. In addition, variants with altered specificity toward the acyl-chain length were obtained. The results were interpreted in the context of the EST2 three-dimensional structure and a proposed catalytic mechanism in which k(cat), e.g. the limiting step of the reaction, was dependent on the acyl chain length of the ester substrate.
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- G Manco
- Institute of Protein Biochemistry and Enzymology, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, via G. Marconi 10, Naples 80125, Italy.
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Partial purification and characterization of thermostable esterase from the hyperthermophilic archaeonSulfolobus solfataricus. BIOTECHNOL BIOPROC E 2000. [DOI: 10.1007/bf02932354] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [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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Serralheiro M, Cabral J. Irreversible thermoinactivation of α-chymotrypsin in buffer and water miscible organic solvent. Comparison with a reverse micellar system. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1999. [DOI: 10.1016/s1381-1177(99)00029-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Fontana A, De Filippis V, de Laureto PP, Scaramella E, Zambonin M. Rigidity of Thermophilic Enzymes. PROGRESS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY 1998. [DOI: 10.1016/s0921-0423(98)80043-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/04/2022]
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De Vendittis E, Bocchini V. Protein-encoding genes in the sulfothermophilic archaea Sulfolobus and Pyrococcus. Gene X 1996; 176:27-33. [PMID: 8918227 DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(96)00203-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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A number of unrelated protein-encoding genes from sulfothermophilic archaea, Sulfolobus acidocaldarius, Sulfolobus solfataricus, Pyrococcus furiosus and Pyrococcus woesei, has been analyzed. In the Sulfolobus genus, the content of A + T is significantly higher than that of C + G and the base usage follows the order, A > T > G > C. In Pyrococcus, the A + T content is also higher than that of C + G, but with lower values; in the order of base usage, G precedes T. The codon usage of these sulfothermophiles has been determined; alternative start codons are frequently used in both genera; codon preferences reflect the rich A + T composition of the corresponding genomes; for both genera the codon bias is particularly evident within the different arginine triplets, where AGA and AGG are predominant. From the similarities in the codon usage, close taxonomic relationships become evident within the Sulfolobus or the Pyrococcus genus; a lower, but significant similarity is also clear between these genera. The synonymous codon usage of these sulfothermophiles shows similarities with that of Saccharomyces cerevisiae and bovine mitochondria, whereas clear divergences are observed with the halophilic archaeal genus, Halobacterium, or the eubacterium, Escherichia coli. The unrelated proteins of the considered sulfothermophiles have been analyzed for the content of hydrophobic residues; the comparison with mesophiles reveals a significant increase in the average hydrophobicity of amino acid residues. This finding could indicate a mechanism of adaptation of proteins in organisms living under extreme environments. It is noteworthy that an opposite trend, i.e. a decreased average hydrophobicity, occurs in unrelated halophilic proteins.
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- E De Vendittis
- Dipartimento di Biochimica e Biotecnologie Mediche, Università di Napoli Federico II, Naples, Italy
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Guagliardi A, Martino M, Iaccarino I, De Rosa M, Rossi M, Bartolucci S. Purification and characterization of the alcohol dehydrogenase from a novel strain of Bacillus stearothermophilus growing at 70 degrees C. Int J Biochem Cell Biol 1996; 28:239-46. [PMID: 8729010 DOI: 10.1016/1357-2725(95)00138-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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The biocatalysts isolated from thermophilic microorganisms are the object of ever-growing scientific interest for (i) the comprehension of the molecular basis of their thermal tolerance, and (ii) their use in different bio-industrial fields. Here we report the purification and characterization of an alcohol dehydrogenase (designated ADH-hT) from the novel strain LLD-R of Bacillus stearothermophilus which grows at 70 degrees C. ADH-hT was obtained in pure form by anion exchange chromatography and two affinity chromatographies, with a final yield of about 30%. ADH-hT was found to be a tetramer of 37 kDa-subunits, and to have a pI of 4.9. ADH-hT displayed a broad substrate specificity; its activity was highest for aldehydes, and decreased progressively for alcohols and ketones. ADH-hT was endowed with catalytic activity and resistance in the presence of several denaturing agents (organic solvents, detergents, chaotropic agents). ADH-hT shared with ADH 1503 (the alcohol dehydrogenase from B. stearothermophilus strain NCA 1503 which grows at 55 degrees C) the optimal temperature of 65 degrees C, but it was more resistant than ADH 1503 towards heating. In conclusion, due to its stability and broad substrate specificity ADH-hT could be utilized in bio-industrial processes. Furthermore, we believe that ADH-hT could represent a good model system for studying the mechanism(s) which proteins exploit to gain heat resistance.
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- A Guagliardi
- Dipartimento di Chimica Organica e Biologica, Università di Napoli, Italy
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Wood AN, Fernandez-Lafuente R, Cowan DA. Purification and partial characterization of a novel thermophilic carboxylesterase with high mesophilic specific activity. Enzyme Microb Technol 1995; 17:816-25. [PMID: 7576531 DOI: 10.1016/0141-0229(94)00116-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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An esterase activity obtained from a strain of Bacillus stearothermophilus was purified 5,133-fold to electrophoretic homogeneity with 26% recovery. The purified esterase had a specific activity of 2,032 mumol min-1 mg-1 based on the hydrolysis of p-nitrophenyl caproate at pH 7.0 and 30 degrees C. The apparent molecular mass was 50,000 +/- 2,000 daltons from sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and 45,000 +/- 3,000 daltons from gel filtration. Native polyacrylamide gels stained for esterase activity showed three bands. The isoelectric points were estimated to be 5.7, 5.8, and 6.0. Forty amino acid residues were sequenced at the N-terminus. The sequence showed no degeneracy, suggesting that the three esterases are functionally identical carboxylesterases differing by a limited number of amino acids. The enzyme showed maximum activity at pH 7.0 and was very stable at pH 6.0-8.9 with optimum stability at pH 6.0. At this pH and 60 degrees C the half-life was 170 h. Esterase activity was totally inhibited by phenylmethanesulfonyl fluoride, parahydroxymercuribenzoate, eserine, and tosyl-L-phenylalanine, but not by ethylendiaminetetra acetic acid. The esterase obeyed Michaelis-Menten kinetics in the hydrolysis of p-nitrophenyl esters, but both Vmax and KM were protein concentration-dependent. The esterase was able to hydrolyse a number of p-nitrophenyl derivatives (amino acid derivatives and aliphatic acids with different chain lengths).
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- A N Wood
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University College London, UK
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Lecithin/propanol-based microemulsions used as media for a cholesterol oxidase-catalyzed reaction. Colloid Polym Sci 1995. [DOI: 10.1007/bf00657837] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Enzyme reactions in reverse micelles. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1995. [DOI: 10.1016/s0167-4501(06)80154-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/12/2023]
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Vermue MH, Tramper J. Biocatalysis in non-conventional media: Medium engineering aspects (Technical Report). PURE APPL CHEM 1995. [DOI: 10.1351/pac199567020345] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Characterization of redox proteins from extreme thermophilic archaebacteria: studies on alcohol dehydrogenase and thioredoxins. Biosens Bioelectron 1995. [DOI: 10.1016/0956-5663(95)96801-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Cacciapuoti G, Porcelli M, Bertoldo C, De Rosa M, Zappia V. Purification and characterization of extremely thermophilic and thermostable 5'-methylthioadenosine phosphorylase from the archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus. Purine nucleoside phosphorylase activity and evidence for intersubunit disulfide bonds. J Biol Chem 1994. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(17)31457-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Characterization of lecithin-based microemulsions used as media for a cholesterol oxidase-catalyzed reaction. Colloid Polym Sci 1994. [DOI: 10.1007/bf00652378] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Manco G, Di Gennaro S, De Rosa M, Rossi M. Purification and characterization of a thermostable carboxylesterase from the thermoacidophilic eubacterium Bacillus acidocaldarius. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1994; 221:965-72. [PMID: 8181479 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1994.tb18812.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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A thermostable carboxylesterase from the thermoacidophilic eubacterium Bacillus acidocaldarius was isolated, purified 1800-fold to homogeneity, and characterised. The apparent molecular mass was 36.5 +/- 2.5 kDa when determined by SDS/PAGE and 37.5 kDa when determined by analytical gel filtration, suggesting a monomeric structure. The pure enzyme regained activity on removal of SDS after SDS/PAGE. Several esterase activities were revealed in crude extracts by PAGE and activity staining, although only one was detected after SDS/PAGE and detergent removal. The esterase showed optimal activity at around 70 degrees C and pH 8, and was thermostable. p-Nitrophenyl esters of fatty acids from C2 to C12 were used as substrates; Vmax and Km values were determined at three different temperatures. The enzyme was able to hydrolyse tributyrylglycerol and trihexanoyl-glycerol dissolved in 0.8% acetonitrile, but neither lipase activity toward [14C]trioleoylglycerol nor proteolytic activity could be detected. Inactivation by diethyl p-nitrophenyl phosphate, by phenyl-methansulfonyl fluoride and physostigmine, and by diethylpyrocarbonate suggested that the enzyme contained a catalytic triad Ser-His-Asp/Glu in the active site, similar to that demonstrated for other serine-type enzymes. The amino acid composition and the sequence of 19 amino acid residues at the N-terminus were determined. These data, together with substrate preference and inhibition pattern, allowed us to classify this enzyme as a B-type carboxylesterase (EC 3.1.1.1).
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- G Manco
- Institute of Protein Biochemistry and Enzimology, CNR, Naples, Italy
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De Vendittis E, Amatruda MR, Masullo M, Bocchini V. Cloning and sequencing of the gene encoding thermostable elongation factor 2 in Sulfolobus solfataricus. Gene 1993; 136:41-8. [PMID: 8294039 DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(93)90445-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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The gene (aEF-2) coding for the translation elongation factor 2 (aEF-2) in the thermoacidophilic archaebacterium, Sulfolobus solfataricus, has been cloned and sequenced. The deduced primary structure of aEF-2 is composed of 735 amino acids (aa), excluding the Met start residue. There are no Cys residues and the calculated M(r) is 81,699. In the coding region of aEF-2, the high A + T content greatly influences the codon usage. From the alignment of the primary structure of aEF-2 with that of the analogous factors from the three kingdoms, aa identities were derived. The greatest identity (82%) was found with EF-2 from Sulfolobus acidocaldarius; lower values were observed with other archaebacterial EF-2 (45-47%), eukaryotic EF-2 (38-40%) and with the functional eubacterial analogue EF-G (28-31%). aEF-2 possesses the consensus sequences required for a GTP-binding protein and the four regions which are supposed to be involved in the functional regulation of EF-2/EF-G. These data should have phylogenetic implications.
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- E De Vendittis
- Dipartimento di Biochemica e Biotecnologie Mediche, Università di Napoli Federico II, Naples, Italy
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Liao HH. Thermostable mutants of kanamycin nucleotidyltransferase are also more stable to proteinase K, urea, detergents, and water-miscible organic solvents. Enzyme Microb Technol 1993; 15:286-92. [PMID: 7764052 DOI: 10.1016/0141-0229(93)90151-q] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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A series of variants of kanamycin nucleotidyltransferase (KNTase), isolated previously on the basis of enhanced thermostability by cloning and selection for enzymatic activity in the thermophile Bacillus stearothermophilus, was used to systematically test the hypothesis that thermostable enzymes would also be more resistant to other forms of protein denaturation. The purified KNTases were treated with proteinase K or assayed at 37 degrees C in the presence of urea, N-lauroylsarcosine, Triton X-100, tetrahydrofuran, ethanol, or dimethylformamide. With all these agents, the KNTases displayed increasing resistance to denaturation in the order: wild type, mutant TK9 (with a Thr130-->Lys substitution), TK1 (Asp80-->Tyr), and TK101 (both substitutions). This is the same order in which their thermostability increases, indicating that the structural mechanism(s) whereby the mutations yield enhanced resistance to heat denaturation also yield stabilization towards chemical forms of enzymatic inactivation. These results suggest that selection in thermophiles is a useful method to obtain enzyme variants with increased overall stability, even at nonthermophilic temperatures.
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- H H Liao
- University of Wisconsin Biotechnology Center, Madison 53705
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Masullo M, Raimo G, Bocchini V. Resistance of archaebacterial aEF-1 alpha.GDP against denaturation by heat and urea. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1993; 1162:35-9. [PMID: 8448192 DOI: 10.1016/0167-4838(93)90124-a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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The elongation factor aEF-1 alpha, isolated as aEF-1 alpha.GDP from the thermoacidophilic archaebacterium Sulfolobus solfataricus, exchanges GDP for [3H]GDP at a rate which reaches a maximum at 95 degrees C. The rate constants at different temperatures of the heat inactivation of aEF-1 alpha.GDP are considerably lower compared to those referred to Escherichia coli EF-Tu.GDP. The Tm values determined for both aEF-1 alpha.GDP and EF-Tu.GDP are 97 and 53 degrees C, respectively. The addition of GDP during the heat treatment protects significantly EF-Tu.GDP but only slightly aEF-1 alpha.GDP. The ability of aEF-1 alpha.GDP to exchange GDP for [3H]GDP is impaired at 70 degrees C by urea at concentrations which are greater compared to those required to inactivate E. coli EF-Tu.GDP at 45 degrees C; apparently both factors are not protected by GDP against inactivation by urea.
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- M Masullo
- Dipartimento di Biochimica e Biotecnologie Mediche, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Italy
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Carta G, Gainer JL, Gibson ME. Synthesis of esters using a nylon-immobilized lipase in batch and continuous reactors. Enzyme Microb Technol 1992; 14:904-10. [PMID: 1368990 DOI: 10.1016/0141-0229(92)90054-r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Direct esterifications using a nylon-immobilized lipase from Candida cylindracea were carried out in batch and continuous-flow reactors. The immobilized enzyme was effective in catalyzing the synthesis of ethylpropionate, isoamylpropionate, and isoamylbutyrate. With ethanol dissolved in hexane as a substrate, the maximum initial esterification rate was 0.02 mole/(h x g of immobilized protein), but the enzyme was stable only when the substrate concentrations were lower than 0.2 M. With isoamyl alcohol in hexane as a substrate, esterification rates as high as 0.085 mole/(h x g of immobilized protein) were observed and the immobilized enzyme was stable over a much broader concentration range. However, in this case, the use of a solvent, such as hexane, was not necessary for esterification, and the enzyme could be employed in equimolar acid/alcohol mixtures. A packed-bed reactor was operated successfully for the continuous synthesis of esters. The reactor was stable for long periods of time, and the steady-state performance could be accurately predicted on the basis of batch reaction experiments.
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- G Carta
- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville 22903-2442
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Van der Padt A, Sewalt J, Ágoston S, Van't Riet K. Candida rugosa lipase stability during acylglycerol synthesis. Enzyme Microb Technol 1992. [DOI: 10.1016/0141-0229(92)90096-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Raimo G, Masullo M, Parente A, Dello Russo A, Bocchini V. Molecular, functional and structural properties of an archaebacterial elongation factor 2. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1992; 1132:127-32. [PMID: 1390884 DOI: 10.1016/0167-4781(92)90002-h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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The elongation factor 2 (aEF-2) from the extreme thermo-acidophilic archaebacterium Sulfolobus solfataricus, is the only cytosolic target protein which is ADP-ribosylated by diphtheria toxin in presence of NAD. Once ADP-ribosylated, aEF-2 is no longer able to sustain poly(Phe) synthesis in vitro. aEF-2 displays a great thermoresistance: at the growth temperature of the archaebacterium, 87 degrees C, its half-life is 3 h. The amino acid sequence of the N-terminal region of aEF-2 has been determined up to residue 22. In the first 15 positions such a sequence is identical to that of EF-2 from Sulfolobus acidocaldarius and very similar to that of EF-2 from other archaebacteria or eukaryotes. The same is true for the primary structure of the peptide containing the ADP-ribosylation site. The fact that the primary structure of EF-2 at the ADP-ribosylation site is highly conserved ensures either the correct recognition of the histidine residue by the enzymes involved in its modification to diphthamide, or the proper interaction with the diphtheria toxin.
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- G Raimo
- Dipartimento di Biochimica e Biotecnologie Mediche, Università di Napoli, Italy
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Guagliardi A, Cerchia L, De Rosa M, Rossi M, Bartolucci S. Isolation of a thermostable enzyme catalyzing disulfide bond formation from the archaebacterium Sulfolobus solfataricus. FEBS Lett 1992; 303:27-30. [PMID: 1592111 DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(92)80470-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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A disulfide bond-forming enzyme was purified from the cytosol of the archaebacterium Sulfolobus solfataricus, strain MT-4. The enzyme, assayed by its ability to oxidize and reactivate reductively denatured ribonuclease A, had a small molecular size and displayed a high thermostability. The N-terminal amino acid sequence is reported.
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- A Guagliardi
- Dipartimento di Chimica Organica e Biologica, Università di Napoli, Italy
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Masullo M, Raimo G, Parente A, Gambacorta A, De Rosa M, Bocchini V. Properties of the elongation factor 1 alpha in the thermoacidophilic archaebacterium Sulfolobus solfataricus. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1991; 199:529-37. [PMID: 1907914 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1991.tb16151.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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The elongation factor 1 alpha (aEF-1 alpha) was purified to homogeneity from the thermoacidophilic archaebacterium Sulfolobus solfataricus by chromatographic procedures utilising DEAE-Sepharose, hydroxyapatite and FPLC on Mono S. The purified protein binds [3H]GDP at a 1:1 molar ratio and it is essential for poly(Phe) synthesis in vitro; it also binds GTP but not ATP. These findings indicate that aEF-1 alpha is the counterpart of the eubacterial elongation factor Tu (EF-Tu). Purified aEF-1 alpha is a monomeric protein with a relative molecular mass of 49,000 as determined by SDS/PAGE and by gel filtration on Sephadex G-100; its isoelectric point is 9.1. The overall amino acid composition did not reveal significant differences when compared with the amino acid composition of eubacterial EF-Tu from either Escherichia coli or Thermus thermophilus, of eukaryotic EF-1 alpha from Artemia salina or of archaebacterial EF-1 alpha from Methanococcus vannielii. The close similarities between the average hydrophobicity and the numbers of hydrogen-bond-forming or non-helix-forming residues suggest that common structural features exist among the factors compared. aEF-1 alpha shows remarkable thermophilic properties, as demonstrated by the rate of [3H]GDP binding which increases with temperature, reaching a maximum at 95 degrees C; it is also quite heat-resistant, since after a 6-h exposure at 60 degrees C and 87 degrees C the residual [3H]GDP-binding ability was still 90% and 54% of the control, respectively. The affinity of aEF-1 alpha for GDP and GTP was also evaluated. At 80 degrees C Ka' for GDP was about 30-fold higher than Ka' for GTP; at the same temperature Kd' for GDP was 1.7 microM and Kd' for GTP was 50 microM; these values were 300-fold and 100-fold higher, respectively, than those reported for E. coli EF-Tu at 30 degrees C; compared to the values at 0 degree C of EF-Tu from E. coli and T. thermophilus or EF-1 alpha from A. salina, pig liver and calf brain, smaller differences were observed with eukaryotic factors.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)
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- M Masullo
- Dipartimento di Biochimica e Biotecnologie Mediche, Università di Napoli, Italy
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Janssen A, Klabbers C, Franssen M, van't Riet K. Enzymatic synthesis of carbohydrate esters in 2-pyrrolidone. Enzyme Microb Technol 1991. [DOI: 10.1016/0141-0229(91)90092-o] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Grogan DW. Evidence that β-Galactosidase of
Sulfolobus solfataricus
Is Only One of Several Activities of a Thermostable β-
d
-Glycosidase. Appl Environ Microbiol 1991; 57:1644-1649. [PMID: 16348503 PMCID: PMC183446 DOI: 10.1128/aem.57.6.1644-1649.1991] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
Abstract
A survey of
Sulfolobus
isolates showed all to contain thermostable enzyme activities hydrolyzing various glycosidic compounds. Of those not previously reported, the β-glucosidase activity of
Sulfolobus solfataricus
isolate P2 was chosen for further study and found to have the same kinetics of inactivation, apparent molecular weight, and many (though not all) other biochemical properties of the β-galactosidase also present in this strain. The two activities copurified approximately 850-fold to apparent homogeneity. The enzyme, whose subunit
M
r
was estimated to be 60,000 to 65,000 by gel permeation chromatography of the active enzyme and 70,000 by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of the denatured form, hydrolyzed a variety of low-molecular-weight, β-linked glycosides and could account for most of the corresponding activities found in crude extract. Kinetic analyses indicated that chromogenic β-
d
-galactosides and β-
d
-glucosides are hydrolyzed at a common active site and that β-glucosides and β-fucosides represent the preferred substrates. The liberation of aglycone from aryl β-
d
-glucosides was stimulated by alcohols in a manner suggesting specific interaction between alcohol and enzyme.
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- Dennis W Grogan
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, California 91109
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