Characterization of cold- and high-pressure-active polygalacturonases from a deep-sea yeast, Cryptococcus liquefaciens strain N6.

نویسندگان

  • Fumiyoshi Abe
  • Hiroaki Minegishi
  • Takeshi Miura
  • Takahiko Nagahama
  • Ron Usami
  • Koki Horikoshi
چکیده

A deep-sea yeast, Cryptococcus liquefaciens strain N6, produces two polygalacturonases, p36 and p40 (N6-PGases). These N6-PGases were highly active at 0-10 degrees C in comparison to a PGase from Aspergillus japonicus. The hydrolytic activity of these N6-PGases remained almost unchanged up to a hydrostatic pressure of 100 MPa at 24 degrees C with a very small activation volume of -1.1 ml/mol. At 10 degrees C, however, the activation volume increased to 3.3 or 5.4 ml/mol (p36 and p40, respectively), suggesting that the enzyme-substrate complexes can expand at their transition states. We speculate that such a volume expansion upon forming the enzyme-substrate complexes contributes to decreasing the activation energy for hydrolysis. This can account for the high activity of N6-PGases at low-temperature.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Bioscience, biotechnology, and biochemistry

دوره 70 1  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2006