KMID : 0364820150510010068
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Korean Journal of Microbiology 2015 Volume.51 No. 1 p.68 ~ p.74
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Novel substrate specificity of a thermostable ¥â-glucosidase from the hyperthermophilic archaeon, Thermococcus pacificus P-4
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Kim Yun-Jae
Lee Jae-Eun Lee Hyun-Sook Kwon Kae-Kyoung Kang Sung-Gyun Lee Jung-Hyun
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Abstract
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Based on the genomic analysis of Thermococcus pacificus P-4, we identified a putative GH1 ¥â-glucosidase-encoding gene (Tpa-glu). The gene revealed a 1,464 bp encoding 487 amino acid residues, and the deduced amino acid residues exhibited 77% identity with Pyrococcus furiosus ¥â-glucosidase (accession no. NP_577802). The gene was cloned and expressed in Escherichia coli system. The recombinant protein was purified by metal affinity chromatography and characterized. Tpa-Glu showed optimum activity at pH 7.5 and 75¡ÆC, and thermostability with a half life of 6 h at 90¡ÆC. Tpa-Glu exhibited hydrolyzing activity against various pNP-glycopyranosides, with kcat/Km values in the order of pNP-¥â-glucopyranoside, pNP-¥â-galactopyranoside, pNP-¥â-mannopyranoside, and pNP-¥â-xylopyranoside. In addition, the enzyme exhibited exo-hydrolyzing activity toward ¥â-1,3-linked polysaccharide (laminarin) and ¥â-1,3- and ¥â-1,4-linked oligosaccharides. This is the first description of an enzyme from hyperthermophilic archaea that displays exo-hydrolyzing activity toward ¥â-1,3-linked polysaccharides and could be applied in combination with ¥â-1,3-endoglucanase for saccharification of laminarin.
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KEYWORD
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¥â-1, 3-linked polysaccharide, ¥â-glucosidase, Thermococcus pacificus P-4, exo-hydrolyzing activity, laminarinase activity
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