Proteolysis by toxigenic Aspergillus nidulans from Nigerian palm produce

The submerged cultures of Aspergillus nidulans had optimal growth and protease production at 37 degrees C and within 6 days of incubation. A rapid drop in pH of the growth medium from 6.9 to 4.8 and a subsequent gradual rise was recorded with the period of incubation. The acid-protease produced was purified by a combination of ethanolic precipitation, ultrafiltration and fractionation on DEAE-cellulose and Sephadex G-200. A single peak showing protease activity was subsequently obtained with a 16-fold increase in specific activity and a recovery value of 36%. The purified enzyme had optimal activity on casein and gelatin at pH 5.4 and a temperature of 40 degrees C.     

豆豉溶栓酶工程菌的发酵条件及重组溶栓酶的分离纯化

对豆豉溶栓酶工程菌株WB DFE5进行了摇瓶发酵条件的研究 ,确定了发酵的优化条件为 :可溶性淀粉 2 % ,酪蛋白 2 % ,大豆蛋白胨 0 5 % ,酵母粉 0 15 % ,K2 HPO40 2 5 % ,KH2 PO40 0 5 % ,CaCl2 0 0 2 % ,MgSO40 0 5 % ,pH7 0。通过硫酸铵分段盐析、离子交换和凝胶过滤 ,从 1L工程菌株WB DFE5的发酵液中分离纯化出 12 5mg重组豆豉溶栓酶 ,酶的比活为 5 918 7IU/mg。     

Low molecular weight serine protease from the viscera of sardinelle (Sardinella aurita) with collagenolytic activity: Purification and characterisation

A new low molecular weight (LMW) serine-protease from sardinelle (Sardinella aurita) viscera was purified using ammonium sulphate precipitation and Sephadex G-100 gel filtration, with a 3.82-fold increase in specific activity. The molecular weight of the enzyme was estimated to be 14.2 kDa by SDS-PAGE. The optimum pH and temperature for the enzyme activity were around pH 8.0 and 60 °C, respectively. The purified protease was strongly inhibited by phenylmethylsulphonyl fluoride, a serine-protease inhibitor, and soybean trypsin inhibitor. The N-terminal amino acid sequence of the first 10 amino acids of the purified protease was APVQPCVVVI. This sequence showed low homology with several peptidases, suggesting that the enzyme is a new protease. Interestingly, the protease was found to cleave collagen type I and hydrolyze succinyl-L-Ala-L-Ala-L-Pro-L-Phe-p-nitroanilide (sAAPFpna), an amide substrate of chymotrypsin. Our findings indicate that the S. aurita protease is a new LMW enzyme with collagenolytic activity.     

Catalysis and stability of an alkaline protease from a haloalkaliphilic bacterium under non-aqueous conditions as a function of pH, salt and temperature

A haloalkaliphilic bacterium, isolated from Coastal Gujarat (India) was identified as Oceanobacillus sp. (GQ162111) based on 16S rRNA gene sequence. The organism grew and secreted extra cellular protease in presence of various organic solvents. At 30% (v/v) concentration of hexane, heptane, isooctane, dodecane and decane, significant growth and protease production was evident. The alkaline protease was purified in a single step on phenyl sepharose 6 FF with 28% yield. The molecular mass as judged by SDS-PAGE was 30?kDa. The temperature optimum of protease was 50°C and the enzyme retained 70% activity in 10% (v/v) isooctane. Effect of salt and pH was investigated in combination to assess the effect of isooctane. In organic solvents, the enzyme was considerably active at pH 8-11, with optimum activity at pH 10. Salt at 2?M was optimum for activity and enzyme maintained significant stability up to 18?h even at 3?M salt concentration. Patters of growth, protease production, catalysis and stability of the enzyme are presented. The study resumes significance as limited information is available on the interaction of haloalkaliphilic bacteria and their enzymes with organic solvents.     

Purification and characterization of extracellular caseinolytic enzyme of Micrococcus sp. MCC-315 isolated from cheddar cheese

Micrococcus sp. MCC-315, an organism isolated from Cheddar cheese, produced an extracellular calcium metalloenzyme. This protease was purified to homogeneity from culture supernatant by precipitation with ammonium sulfate (50 to 70% saturation) and gel filtration through Sephadex G-100, resulting in about 82 times increase of specific activity and 53% recovery of the enzyme. The protease exhibited a pH optimum at 10.6 for both whole casein and beta-casein. It had optimum activity for whole casein in the presence and absence of calcium++ at 60 and 50 degrees C, respectively, and at 37 to 40 degrees C for beta-casein with or without calcium++. The enzyme was stable at 45 degrees C but lost activity at higher temperatures. It was inhibited by heavy metal ions but calcium++, cobalt++, manganese++, strontium++, and iron++ had a slight stimulatory effect. The enzyme was inhibited completely and irreversibly by metal chelating agents. Calcium ions were required for maintenance of an active conformation of the enzyme. The enzyme had molecular weight of 28,900 and Michaelis constants 6.66 and 5.00 mg/ml for whole casein and beta-casein. Amino acid analysis of the hydrolyzed enzyme revealed the absence of sulfhydryl groups as was indicated also by lack of inhibition by thiol reagents.     

LiCl-ARTP复合诱变选育高产碱性蛋白酶菌株及其发酵条件优化

以地衣芽孢杆菌（Baclicus lincheniformis）E-417为出发菌株,采用氯化锂（LiCl）-常压室温等离子体（ARTP）复合诱变法对其进行诱变,通过酪蛋白平板初筛、摇瓶复筛、遗传稳定性验证筛选高产碱性蛋白酶的优良菌株,并通过单因素及响应面试验对其发酵产酶条件进行优化。结果表明,在氯化锂添加量为1.5%、ARTP照射时间为45 s的最适复合诱变条件下筛选得到1株高产碱性蛋白酶的优良菌株F-3,酶活达到12 147 U/mL,且该菌株传代8次后仍具有良好的遗传稳定性,其最适发酵培养基成分为玉米粉41 g/L、豆饼粉40 g/L、碳酸钠2.1 g/L、磷酸氢二钠2.0 g/L;最适发酵条件为发酵温度37 ℃、初始pH值7.0、接种量8%。在此优化条件下,碱性蛋白酶酶活达到16 156 U/mL,较原始菌株提高75%。     

A heat-stable trypsin from the hepatopancreas of the cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis): Purification and characterisation

Thermostable trypsin from the hepatopancreas of Sepia officinalis was purified by fractionation with ammonium sulphate, Sephadex G-100 gel filtration, DEAE-cellulose an ion-exchange chromatography, Sephadex G-75 gel filtration and Q-Sepharose anion-exchange chromatography, with a 26.7-fold increase in specific activity and 21.8% recovery. The molecular weight of the purified enzyme was estimated to be 24,000 Da by SDS-PAGE and size exclusion chromatography. The purified enzyme showed esterase specific activity on Nα -benzoyl-L-arginine ethyl ester (BAEE) and amidase activity on Nα -benzoyl-DL-arginine-p-nitroanilide (BAPNA). The optimum pH and temperature for the enzyme activity were pH 8.0 and 70 °C, respectively, using BAPNA as a substrate. The enzyme was extremely stable in the pH range 6.0–10.0 and highly stable up to 50 °C after 1 h of incubation. The purified enzyme was inhibited by soybean trypsin inhibitor (SBTI) and phenylmethylsulphonyl fluoride (PMSF), a serine-protease inhibitor. The N-terminal amino acid sequence of the first 12 amino acids of the purified trypsin was IVGGKESSPYNQ. S. officinalis trypsin, which showed high homology with trypsins from marine vertebrates and invertebrates, had a charged Lys residue at position 5 and a Ser residue at position 7, where Tyr and Cys are common in all marine vertebrates and mammalian trypsins. Further, the enzyme had an Asn at position 11, not found in any other trypsins.     

Partial characterization of dextran-degrading enzyme obtained from blue cheese

Degradation of dextran beads was observed when the water-soluble fraction of a blue cheese extract was applied to the top of a Sephadex G-150 or G-200 column. This phenomenon suggests the presence of a specific enzyme that can hydrolyze dextran. After removal of casein components from the blue cheese fraction, ammonium sulfate treatment and gel filtration chromatography were performed to isolate the enzyme fraction. The enzymatic products were analyzed by thin-layer chromatography and gel filtration chromatography and identified as isomaltooligosaccharides. The isoelectric point of this enzyme fraction was approximately 4.9, as determined by isoelectric focusing using Rotofor, and the molecular weight of the fraction was 65 kDa, as estimated by sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS)-PAGE. Optimum pH for enzymatic activity was 5.0 to 5.3. A partial N-terminal amino acid sequence of 20 residues was determined to be ATPDEWRSRSIYFMLTDRGA from an enzyme fraction further purified by ion-exchange chromatography and native PAGE. This sequence showed a maximum homology of 80% with alpha-amylase or Taka amylase that originated from various microorganisms.     

A novel aspartic protease from the viscera of Sardinelle (Sardinella aurita): Purification and characterisation

A novel aspartic protease was extracted from the defatted viscera of sardinelle (Sardinella aurita) and purified, with a 9.5-fold increase in specific activity and 23.3% recovery. The molecular weight of the purified enzyme was estimated to be 17 kDa by sodium dodecyl sulphate–polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS–PAGE). The purified enzyme appeared as a single band on native-PAGE. The optimum pH and temperature for protease activity were around 3.0 and 40 °C, respectively. The enzyme showed pH stability between 2.0 and 5.0 and retained more than 50% of its activity after heating for 30 min at 50 °C. The enzyme lost 90% of its activity after incubation with pepstatin A at room temperature, but was not inhibited by soybean trypsin inhibitor or phenylmethylsulfonyl fluoride. Its K_m value was determined to be 0.73 × 10⁻⁴ M using haemoglobin as a substrate. The N-terminal 12 amino acid sequence of the purified acidic protease was R V I I E D X D Q F C T. This sequence showed low homology with aspartic peptidases of several other species of fish, suggesting that the enzyme is a new aspartic protease.     

Purification and characteristics of serine protease from the head of pacific white shrimp

Serine protease from the head of Pacific white shrimp was purified by the following techniques: ammonium sulfate fractionation, Q-Sepharose HP ion exchange chromatography, and Sephadex G-100 gel filtration. The molecular weight was estimated as 32.8 kDa using SDSPAGE. The optimum pH and temperature of the enzyme for the hydrolysis of casein were determined to be 10.0 and 40°C. It was stable at pH range from 8.0 to 11.0 and had good thermal stability. Pb²⁺, Ca²⁺, Mg²⁺, Cu²⁺, and Mn²⁺ could active the enzyme certainly when Zn²⁺ and Hg²⁺ strongly inhibited the activity. The enzyme was inhibited by the general serine protease inhibitor (PMSF) and the specific trypsin inhibitors (TLCK, SBTI). The modification of various amino acid modifiers for the purified enzyme determined that the enzyme active center included tryptophan, histidine, and serine, moreover, arginine had a certain relationship with the enzyme activity.     

高产碱性蛋白酶低温菌的筛选及发酵

从123株南极低温细菌中筛选到1株高产低温蛋白酶的菌株,16S rDNA系统发育分析鉴定为Pseudoalteromonas。经生长条件优化,羧甲基纤维素钠和蛋白胨分别为发酵培养的最适碳源和氮源,该菌在初始pH7.0～8.0、10℃培养5d后产酶酶活达0.48U/mL,约为优化前(0.27U/mL)的1.8倍。对粗酶液进行酶学性质初步研究,此酶在pH9.0、30℃下活性最高,是一种低温碱性蛋白酶,在工业领域有很大的应用潜力。     

鳀鱼胰蛋白酶分离纯化及性质初步研究

鳀鱼内源蛋白酶粗酶中主要含有4 种蛋白酶,其中活性最强的为胰蛋白酶,其对鳀鱼自溶所起的作用最大。鳀鱼蛋白酶粗酶经过两次Q-Sepharose FF 离子交换色谱和一次Sephacryl S-300 凝胶色谱分离,得到纯化的鳀鱼胰蛋白酶,对分离纯化后鳀鱼胰蛋白酶生化特性进行初步研究。结果表明,最适pH9.0,最适温度为55℃,并且有非常好的热稳定性。鳀鱼胰蛋白酶能分解胰蛋白酶的特异性底物,也可以分解天然蛋白,钙、镁离子都对胰蛋白酶酶活有一定的稳定作用。     

一株产大豆蛋白酶的芽孢杆菌发酵条件的优化

对一株产大豆蛋白酶芽孢杆菌(Bacillussp.D-16-9)的发酵条件进行了优化,研究各种碳源、氮源及无机盐对产酶的影响,应用正交试验优化发酵培养基组成。结果发现菌株D-16-9可以利用无机氮源生长,但用来产酶则很差;有机氮源利于生长和产酶,适当添加诱导物更利于产酶;酶合成模式属于滞后合成型,大量收获在菌体生长的稳定期。通过试验确定发酵培养基的最佳组成:5.0%玉米粉、3.0%大豆豆粕、0.05%氯化钾0、.05%硫酸镁;确定最适发酵条件为:起始pH10,培养温度30℃、种龄24 h、接种量10%,250 mL三角瓶中装入100 mL发酵培养基,摇瓶转速170 r/min,发酵时间120 h。综合最佳的培养基组成和培养条件,最终大豆蛋白酶活达6 500 U/mL。优化后蛋白酶活性由4423.20U/mL提高到6505.60U/mL。     

Cold-active lipolytic activity of psychrotrophic Acinetobacter sp. strain no. 6

A lipolytic bacterium, strain no. 6, was isolated from Siberian tundra soil. It was a gram-negative coccoid rod capable of growing at 4 degrees C but not at 37 degrees C and was identified as a psychrotrophic strain of the genus Acinetobacter. Strain no. 6 extracellularly produced a lipolytic enzyme that efficiently hydrolyzed triglycerides such as soybean oil during bacterial growth even at 4 degrees C; it degraded 60% of added soybean oil (initial concentration, 1% w/v) after cultivation in LB medium at 4 degrees C for 7 d. Thus, the bacterium is potentially applicable to in-situ bioremediation or bioaugumentation of fat-contaminated cold environments. We partially purified the lipolytic enzyme from the culture filtrate by acetone fractionation and characterized it. The enzyme preparation contained a single species of cold-active lipase with significant activity at 4 degrees C, which was 57% of the activity at the optimum temperature (20 degrees C). The enzyme showed a broad specificity toward the acyl group (C8-C16) of substrate ethyl esters.     

Ochrobacterum intermedium DN2新型烟碱降解酶的分离纯化

中间苍白杆菌（Ochrobacterum intermedium DN2）是一株新发现的可以降解烟碱的菌株。本研究对O．intermedium DN2烟碱降解酶的合成动态进行了分析，确定其酶的合成模式为同步合成型。另外，对它的烟碱降解酶进行了分离纯化。粗酶经硫酸铵沉淀、Sephadex G-100分子筛层析、DEAE-Sephadex A50离子交换层析等步骤后获得电泳纯的烟碱降解酶，纯化倍数35．24倍，酶活回收率6．4％。经SDS-PAGE电泳确定为电泳纯，测得该酶的分子量约为40．06kDa。由中间苍白杆菌产生的烟碱降解酶的分离纯化在国内外还是首次报道。     

Induction of apoptosis in HL-60 cells by skimmed milk digested with a proteolytic enzyme from the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Bovine skimmed milk digested with cell-free extract of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae was found to exhibit proliferation inhibition activity towards human leukemia (HL-60) cells. The optimum pH for digestion of skimmed milk and production of the proliferation inhibition factor was pH 4.8. Nondigested skimmed milk exhibited little suppressive effect on the proliferation of HL-60 cells. An active enzyme involved in the production of cell proliferation inhibitory materials from skimmed milk was purified from the cell-free extract of S. cerevisiae by a series of column chromatographies: DEAE-Sephacel, D-tryptophan methyl ester-Sepharose 4B, Hiload Superdex G-200 and HPLC Mono Q. The homogeneous purified enzyme and exhibited a molecular mass of 33 kDa in sodium dodeceyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) and was identified as protease B by N-terminal amino acid sequence analysis. Bovine skimmed milk digested with purified protease B was found to inhibit proliferation activity of HL-60 cells most strongly when digestion was conducted at pH 4.8. The cell proliferation inhibition activity induced by digested skimmed milk was shown to be due to the induction of apoptosis, demonstrated by the formation of apoptotic bodies and fragmentation of DNA in treated cells. The proliferation inhibition factors produced were recovered in the soluble fraction of 92% ethanol, suggesting that the factors were hydrophilic low molecular mass substances derived from skimmed milk.     

Protein hydrolysis by protease isolated from tuna spleen by membrane filtration: A comparative study with commercial proteases

Membrane filtration is considered to be a low-cost and large scale method for recovery and purification of enzymes. The trypsin-like serine protease (TSP) was recovered and purified by microfiltration and ultrafiltration from the extract of the spleen of the yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacores). The partially purified TSP has the activity of 96.5 U/mL and purity of 74.2 U/mg protein based on casein digesting unit. It has the molecular weight of 24 kDa proved by SDS-PAGE. The potential application of TSP in the protein hydrolysis was investigated in comparison to the use of two commercial proteases, i.e. Alcalase^® 0.6 L and Delvo-Pro under their optimal hydrolysis conditions. The effects of enzymes, substrates and enzyme to substrate ratio on the degree of hydrolysis (DH) were studied. Alcalase showed the highest DH for both casein and soybean isolate. TSP showed higher DH than Delvo-Pro when casein was employed as the substrate. However, TSP showed the lowest DH when soybean protein was used as the substrate. The present study proved that TSP recovered and purified from the tuna canning waste by membrane filtration can be used for protein hydrolysis as well as other commercial proteases.     

海藻糖合成酶的分离纯化及部分酶学性质研究

食尼古丁节杆菌JNU-1（Arthrobacter nicotinovorus JNU-1）菌株所产胞内海藻糖合成酶，该酶能转化麦芽糖合成海藻糖，将食尼古丁节杆菌JNU-1进行大量的培养，富集发酵菌丝体，经超声破碎、浸提、离心后获得粗酶液，粗酶液经硫酸铵分级沉淀后，收集相应的活性部分，用葡聚糖凝胶进一步纯化，通过电泳来测定海藻糖合成酶的纯度和分子量。     

New alkaline trypsin from the intestine of Grey triggerfish (Balistes capriscus) with high activity at low temperature: Purification and characterisation

A highly alkaline trypsin from the intestine of Grey triggerfish (Balistes capriscus), with high activity at low temperature, was purified and characterised. The enzyme was purified to homogeneity using acetone precipitation, Sephadex G-100 gel filtration and Mono Q-Sepharose anion-exchange chromatography, with a 13.9-fold increase in specific activity and 41.3% recovery. The molecular weight of the purified alkaline trypsin was estimated to be 23.2 kDa by sodium dodecyl sulphate–polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS–PAGE) and size exclusion chromatography. Purified trypsin appeared as a single band on native–PAGE. Interestingly, the enzyme was highly active over a wide range of pH, from 9.0 to 11.5, with an optimum at pH 10.5, using Nα-benzoyl-DL-arginine-p-nitroanilide (BAPNA) as a substrate. The relative activities at pH 9.0, 11.5 and 12.0 were 86.5%, 92.6% and 52.4%, respectively. The enzyme was extremely stable in the pH range 7.0–12.0. In addition, the enzyme had high activity at low and moderate temperatures with an optimum at around 40 °C and had more than 80% of its maximum activity at 20 °C. The purified enzyme was strongly inhibited by soybean trypsin inhibitor (SBTI) and phenylmethylsulphonyl fluoride (PMSF), a serine protease inhibitor. The enzyme showed extreme stability towards oxidising agents, retaining about 87% and 80% of its initial activity after 1 h incubation at 40 °C in the presence of 1% sodium perborate and 1% H₂O₂, respectively. In addition, the enzyme showed excellent stability and compatibility with some commercial solid detergents.     

Purification and Some Properties of a Protease from Sorghum Malt Variety KSV8–11

A protease from sorghum malt variety KSV8–11 was purified by a combination of dialysis against 4 M sucrose, ion‐exchange chromatography on Q‐Sepharose (Fast flow), gel filtration chromatography on Sephadex G‐100 and hydrophobic interaction chromatography on Phenyl Sepharose CL‐4B. The enzyme was purified 5‐fold to give a 14.1% yield relative to the total activity in the crude extract and a final specific activity of 1348.9 U mg^?1 protein. SDS‐PAGE revealed a single migrating protein band corresponding to a relative molecular mass of 16 KDa. Using casein as substrate, the purified protease had optimal activity at 50°C and maximal temperature stability between 30°C and 40°C but retained over 64% of its original activity after incubation at 60°C for 30 min. The pH optimum was 5.0 with maximum stability at pH 6.0 but 60% of the activity remained after 24 h between pH 5.0 and 8.0. The protease was inhibited by Ag⁺, Ca²⁺, Co²⁺, Fe²⁺, Mg²⁺, iodoacetic acid (IAA) and p‐chloromercuribenzoate (p‐CMB), stimulated by Cu²⁺, Sr²⁺, phenylmethylsulfonyl‐fluoride (PMSF) and 2‐mercaptoethanol (2‐ME) while Mn²⁺ and ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) had no effect. The purified enzyme had a K_m of 18 mg·mL^?1 and a V_max of 11.1 μmol · mL^?1 · min^?1 with casein as substrate.