The Conserved Lid Tryptophan, W211, Potentiates Thermostability and Thermoactivity in Bacterial Thermoalkalophilic Lipases

The Conserved Lid Tryptophan, W211, Potentiates Thermostability and Thermoactivity in Bacterial Thermoalkalophilic Lipases

We hypothesize that aggregation of thermoalkalophilic lipases could be a thermostability mechanism. The conserved tryptophans (W211, W234) in the lid are of particular interest owing to their previous involvements in aggregation and thermostability mechanisms in many other proteins. The thermoalkalophilic lipase from Bacillus thermocatenulatus (BTL2) and its mutants (W211A, W234A) were expresse...

Thermostability and Thermoactivity of Extremozymes

The Role of Highly Conserved Tryptophan in the Sixth Conserved Region at Substrate Specificity of α- amylase

Early in this study, an α-Amylase from Bacillus megaterium WHO (BMW) was isolated from hot springs of Ramsar (North of Iran), and its gene was cloned in E.coli. Based on its conserved sequence regions and substrate specificity, it was classified as intermediary group enzymes with the specificity of oligo-1,6-glucosidase and neopullulanase subfamilies. In the sixth conserved re...

Bacterial lipases and chronic blepharitis.

Eyelids and conjunctivae of 36 normal individuals and 60 patients from six clinical groups of chronic blepharitis were cultured for aerobic and anaerobic bacteria. The most common species isolated were coagulase-negative staphylococci (C-NS) and Propionibacterium acnes. All strains of these species, and all Staphylococcus aureus strains isolated were tested for the ability to break down triglyc...

the role of highly conserved tryptophan in the sixth conserved region at substrate specificity of α- amylase

early in this study, an α-amylase from bacillus megaterium who (bmw) was isolated from hot springs of ramsar (north of iran), and its gene was cloned in e.coli. based on its conserved sequence regions and substrate specificity, it was classified as intermediary group enzymes with the specificity of oligo-1,6-glucosidase and neopullulanase subfamilies. in the sixth conserved region (83-qvngiwmmp...