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Expression of a Salt-Tolerant Pseudolysin in Yeast for Efficient Protein Hydrolysis under High-Salt Conditions. Biomolecules 2022; 13:biom13010083. [PMID: 36671468 PMCID: PMC9855795 DOI: 10.3390/biom13010083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2022] [Revised: 11/30/2022] [Accepted: 12/27/2022] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Protease biocatalysis in a high-salt environment is very attractive for applications in the detergent industry, the production of diagnostic kits, and traditional food fermentation. However, high-salt conditions can reduce protease activity or even inactivate enzymes. Herein, in order to explore new protease sources, we expressed a salt-tolerant pseudolysin of Pseudomonas aeruginosa SWJSS3 isolated from deep-sea mud in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. After optimizing the concentration of ion cofactors in yeast peptone dextrose (YPD) medium, the proteolytic activity in the supernatant was 2.41 times more than that in the control group when supplemented with 5 mM CaCl2 and 0.4 mM ZnCl2. The extracellular proteolytic activity of pseudolysin reached 258.95 U/mL with optimized expression cassettes. In addition, the S. cerevisiae expression system increased the salt tolerance of pseudolysin to sodium chloride (NaCl)and sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) and the recombinant pseudolysin retained 15.19% activity when stored in 3 M NaCl for 7 days. The recombinant pseudolysin was able to efficiently degrade the β-conglycinin from low-denatured soy protein isolates and glycinin from high-denatured soy protein isolates under high temperatures (60 °C) and high-salt (3 M NaCl) conditions. Our study provides a salt-tolerant recombinant protease with promising applications in protein hydrolysis under high-salt conditions.
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Gurunathan R, Huang B, Ponnusamy VK, Hwang JS, Dahms HU. Novel recombinant keratin degrading subtilisin like serine alkaline protease from Bacillus cereus isolated from marine hydrothermal vent crabs. Sci Rep 2021; 11:12007. [PMID: 34099743 PMCID: PMC8185006 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-90375-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2020] [Accepted: 04/20/2021] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Microbial secondary metabolites from extreme environments like hydrothermal vents are a promising source for industrial applications. In our study the protease gene from Bacillus cereus obtained from shallow marine hydrothermal vents in the East China Sea was cloned, expressed and purified. The protein sequence of 38 kDa protease SLSP-k was retrieved from mass spectrometry and identified as a subtilisin serine proteinase. The novel SLSP-k is a monomeric protein with 38 amino acid signal peptides being active over wide pH (7-11) and temperature (40-80 °C) ranges, with maximal hydrolytic activities at pH 10 and at 50 °C temperature. The hydrolytic activity is stimulated by Ca2+, Co2+, Mn2+, and DTT. It is inhibited by Fe2+, Cd2+, Cu2+, EDTA, and PMSF. The SLSP-k is stable in anionic, non-anionic detergents, and solvents. The ability to degrade keratin in chicken feather and hair indicates that this enzyme is suitable for the degradation of poultry waste without the loss of nutritionally essential amino acids which otherwise are lost in hydrothermal processing. Therefore, the proteinase is efficient in environmental friendly bioconversion of animal waste into fertilizers or value added products such as secondary animal feedstuffs.
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- Revathi Gurunathan
- Department of Medicinal and Applied Chemistry, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung City, 807, Taiwan
- Department of Biomedical Science and Environmental Biology, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung City, 807, Taiwan
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- Department of Biomedical Science and Environmental Biology, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung City, 807, Taiwan
- Regenerative Medicine and Cell Therapy Research Center, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung City, 80708, Taiwan
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- Department of Medicinal and Applied Chemistry, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung City, 807, Taiwan
- Research Center for Environmental Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung City, 807, Taiwan
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- Institute of Marine Biology, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung, 20224, Taiwan.
- Center of Excellence for Ocean Engineering, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung, 20224, Taiwan.
- Center of Excellence for the Oceans, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung, 20224, Taiwan.
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- Department of Biomedical Science and Environmental Biology, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung City, 807, Taiwan.
- Research Center for Environmental Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung City, 807, Taiwan.
- Department of Marine Biotechnology and Resources, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung City, 804, Taiwan.
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Insights into substrate specificity of proteases for screening efficient dehairing enzymes. Int J Biol Macromol 2021; 172:360-370. [PMID: 33460659 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2021.01.065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2020] [Revised: 01/06/2021] [Accepted: 01/12/2021] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Though numerous proteases have been isolated and screened for the dehairing purpose, their use in the leather industry is limited mainly due to high cost, the need for expertise, and control during unit operation and alterations in the quality of leather due to lack of the right kind of substrate specificity of the enzymes used. This paper deals with the comparative specificity and dehairing efficiency of proteases isolated from Bacillus cereus VITSP01 (PE2) and Brevibacterium luteolum VITSP02 (PE). PE2 and PE were found to be trypsin-like and elastase-like serine proteases respectively. The protease of VITSP02 degraded the proteoglycans efficiently in comparison to that of VITSP01. The results suggest that the possible targets of the studied proteases might be skin proteoglycans, including those cementing the hair root bulb. Hence, an in-depth study on the substrate specificity of the dehairing proteases would help in designing an improved screening method for isolating potent dehairing enzymes.
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Errasti ME, Torres MJ, Mercerat JR, Caffini NO, López LMI. Plant proteases from Carica papaya and Vasconcellea quercifolia with potential application for a cleaner processing in tanneries. BIOCATAL BIOTRANSFOR 2020. [DOI: 10.1080/10242422.2020.1751131] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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- María Eugenia Errasti
- Centro de Investigación de Tecnología del Cuero, CICPBA-INTI, Manuel B. Gonnet, Argentina
- Centro de Investigación de Proteínas Vegetales, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata-CICPBA, La Plata, Argentina
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- Centro de Investigaciones y Transferencia del Noroeste de la Provincia de Buenos Aires, UNNOBA-CONICET, Junín, Argentina
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- Centro de Investigación de Proteínas Vegetales, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata-CICPBA, La Plata, Argentina
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- Centro de Investigación de Proteínas Vegetales, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata-CICPBA, La Plata, Argentina
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- Centro de Investigación de Tecnología del Cuero, CICPBA-INTI, Manuel B. Gonnet, Argentina
- Universidad Nacional Arturo Jauretche, Florencio Varela, Argentina
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Chai C, Lee SY, Oh SW. Shelf-life charts of beef according to level of bacterial contamination and storage temperature. Lebensm Wiss Technol 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.lwt.2017.03.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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High-level expression of pseudolysin, the extracellular elastase of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, in Escherichia coli and its purification. Protein Expr Purif 2015; 113:79-84. [DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2015.05.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2014] [Revised: 05/02/2015] [Accepted: 05/06/2015] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Zaraî Jaouadi N, Jaouadi B, Ben Hlima H, Rekik H, Belhoul M, Hmidi M, Aicha HSB, Hila CG, Toumi A, Aghajari N, Bejar S. Probing the crucial role of Leu31 and Thr33 of the Bacillus pumilus CBS alkaline protease in substrate recognition and enzymatic depilation of animal hide. PLoS One 2014; 9:e108367. [PMID: 25264614 PMCID: PMC4181652 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0108367] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2014] [Accepted: 08/21/2014] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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The sapB gene, encoding Bacillus pumilus CBS protease, and seven mutated genes (sapB-L31I, sapB-T33S, sapB-N99Y, sapB-L31I/T33S, sapB-L31I/N99Y, sapB-T33S/N99Y, and sapB-L31I/T33S/N99Y) were overexpressed in protease-deficient Bacillus subtilis DB430 and purified to homogeneity. SAPB-N99Y and rSAPB displayed the highest levels of keratinolytic activity, hydrolysis efficiency, and enzymatic depilation. Interestingly, and at the semi-industrial scale, rSAPB efficiently removed the hair of goat hides within a short time interval of 8 h, thus offering a promising opportunity for the attainment of a lime and sulphide-free depilation process. The efficacy of the process was supported by submitting depilated pelts and dyed crusts to scanning electron microscopic analysis, and the results showed well opened fibre bundles and no apparent damage to the collagen layer. The findings also revealed better physico-chemical properties and less effluent loads, which further confirmed the potential candidacy of the rSAPB enzyme for application in the leather industry to attain an ecofriendly process of animal hide depilation. More interestingly, the findings on the substrate specificity and kinetic properties of the enzyme using the synthetic peptide para-nitroanilide revealed strong preferences for an aliphatic amino-acid (valine) at position P1 for keratinases and an aromatic amino-acid (phenylalanine) at positions P1/P4 for subtilisins. Molecular modeling suggested the potential involvement of a Leu31 residue in a network of hydrophobic interactions, which could have shaped the S4 substrate binding site. The latter could be enlarged by mutating L31I, fitting more easily in position P4 than a phenylalanine residue. The molecular modeling of SAPB-T33S showed a potential S2 subside widening by a T33S mutation, thus suggesting its importance in substrate specificity.
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- Nadia Zaraî Jaouadi
- Laboratory of Microorganisms and Biomolecules, Centre of Biotechnology of Sfax (CBS), University of Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia
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- Laboratory of Microorganisms and Biomolecules, Centre of Biotechnology of Sfax (CBS), University of Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia
- * E-mail: (BJ); (SB)
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- Laboratory of Microorganisms and Biomolecules, Centre of Biotechnology of Sfax (CBS), University of Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia
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- Laboratory of Microorganisms and Biomolecules, Centre of Biotechnology of Sfax (CBS), University of Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia
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- Laboratory of Microorganisms and Biomolecules, Centre of Biotechnology of Sfax (CBS), University of Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia
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- Laboratory of Microorganisms and Biomolecules, Centre of Biotechnology of Sfax (CBS), University of Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia
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- National Leather and Shoe Center (CNCC), Mégrine, Ben Arous, Tunisia
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- National Leather and Shoe Center (CNCC), Mégrine, Ben Arous, Tunisia
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- Laboratory for Biocrystallography and Structural Biology of Therapeutic Targets, Molecular and Structural Bases of Infectious Systems, UMR 5086-CNRS-University of Lyon 1, Institute for the Biology and Chemistry of Proteins (IBCP), FR3302, Lyon, France
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- Laboratory of Microorganisms and Biomolecules, Centre of Biotechnology of Sfax (CBS), University of Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia
- * E-mail: (BJ); (SB)
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Biochemical and molecular characterization of a serine keratinase from Brevibacillus brevis US575 with promising keratin-biodegradation and hide-dehairing activities. PLoS One 2013; 8:e76722. [PMID: 24146914 PMCID: PMC3795758 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0076722] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2013] [Accepted: 08/26/2013] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Dehairing is one of the highly polluting operations in the leather industry. The conventional lime-sulfide process used for dehairing produces large amounts of sulfide, which poses serious toxicity and disposal problems. This operation also involves hair destruction, a process that leads to increased chemical oxygen demand (COD), biological oxygen demand (BOD), and total suspended solid (TSS) loads in the effluent. With these concerns in mind, enzyme-assisted dehairing has often been proposed as an alternative method. The main enzyme preparations so far used involved keratinases. The present paper reports on the purification of an extracellular keratinase (KERUS) newly isolated from Brevibacillus brevis strain US575. Matrix assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF/MS) analysis revealed that the purified enzyme was a monomer with a molecular mass of 29121.11 Da. The sequence of the 27 N-terminal residues of KERUS showed high homology with those of Bacillus keratinases. Optimal activity was achieved at pH 8 and 40°C. Its thermoactivity and thermostability were upgraded in the presence of 5 mM Ca2+. The enzyme was completely inhibited by phenylmethanesulfonyl fluoride (PMSF) and diiodopropyl fluorophosphates (DFP), which suggests that it belongs to the serine protease family. KERUS displayed higher levels of hydrolysis, substrate specificity, and catalytic efficiency than NUE 12 MG and KOROPON® MK EG keratinases. The enzyme also exhibited powerful keratinolytic activity that made it able to accomplish the entire feather-biodegradation process on its own. The kerUS gene encoding KERUS was cloned, sequenced, and expressed in Escherichia coli. The biochemical properties of the extracellular purified recombinant enzyme (rKERUS) were similar to those of native KERUS. Overall, the findings provide strong support for the potential candidacy of this enzyme as an effective and eco-friendly alternative to the conventional chemicals used for the dehairing of rabbit, goat, sheep and bovine hides in the leather processing industry.
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Jaouadi B, Zaraî Jaouadi N, Rekik H, Naili B, Beji A, Dhouib A, Bejar S. Biochemical and molecular characterization of Pseudomonas aeruginosa CTM50182 organic solvent-stable elastase. Int J Biol Macromol 2013; 60:165-77. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2013.05.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2013] [Revised: 05/20/2013] [Accepted: 05/23/2013] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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