接枝淀粉载体固定化糖化酶的研究

合成了淀粉接枝丙烯腈及丙烯酰胺的两亲性高分子化合物,并以此为载体,用物理吸附方法固定化了糖化酶。最适偶联条件研究表明：缓冲液的浓度,ｐＨ值及吸附时间和加酶量都对固定化酶活力,比活有一定的影响。在最适固定化条件下,固定化酶的活力为１５００Ｕ／ｇ干胶,蛋白载量为２５ｍｇ／ｇ干胶,比活为６０Ｕ／ｍｇ蛋白,比天然酶的比活（８．０Ｕ／ｍｇ蛋白）提高６倍。最适反应温度比天然酶提高１０℃（天然酶最适反应温度为５０℃）．无底物存在下,固定化酶在５５℃的半衰期为２４ｈ,而天然酶只有１ｈ;有底物存在下,固定化酶在５５℃的半衰期为２２０ｈ,４５℃的操作半衰期由外推法算得为６９天,而且该载体对糖化酶有一定的保护作用,当固定化酶在低于５５℃热处理一段时间后,对酶活力有激活作用,酶活力最大可提高４０％。该载体合成简单,固定化方法简单,步骤少,因而为工业上应用提供了一种新的可能性。     

接枝淀粉载体固定化糖化酶的研究

合成了淀粉接枝丙烯腈及烯酰胺的两亲性高分子化合物,并以此为载体,用物理吸附方法固定化了糖化酶,最适偶联条件研究表明：缓冲液的浓度,ＰＨ值及吸附时间和加酶量都对固定化酶活力,比活有一定的影响,有最适固定化条件下,固定化酶的活力为１５００Ｕ／ｇ干胶,蛋白载量为２５ｍｇ／ｇ干胶,比活为６０Ｕ／ｍｇ蛋白,比天然酶的比活提高６倍,最适反应温度比天然酶提高１０℃。无底物存在下,固定化酶在５５℃的半衰期为２４ｈ     

粘虫幼虫肠道蛋白水解酶特性的研究

本文研究了粘虫(Mythimna separata Walker)幼虫蛋白水解原酶和粗提的幼虫肠道蛋白水解酶的一些主要生化特性.实验结果表明:幼虫肠道蛋白水解酶温培后仍然保持最大酶活的最适温度是25℃,最适pH是11,从pH和酶活关系的曲线图可知原酶在pH9和10之间有一个“峰肩”,然而粗提酶则没有. 新鲜收集的幼虫原酶在30℃下经过2小时培养后,酶的活性可以提高10%.本研究也为寻找合适的粘虫幼虫蛋白水解酶的温度处理和作用条件提供了理论依据.     

重组GluV8的克隆表达、纯化及酶学性质研究

谷氨酰内切酶在生物制药及检测中应用较多,但来源受限,将全基因合成的金黄色葡萄球菌来源的谷氨酰内切酶功能区部分对应的基因进行改造后,克隆入表达载体pGEX-4T-2,导入E.coli BL21(DE3),重组蛋白以可溶性形式表达。采用亲和层析等纯化步骤对重组蛋白进行纯化,用底物Z-Phe-Leu-Glu-pNA(L-2135)对重组蛋白的酶学性质进行了研究,用HPLC、LC-MS/MS检测方法对酶切融合蛋白的位点特异性进行了鉴定。结果表明该酶的相对活性为1568U/mg,最适作用温度为42℃、最适作用pH为8.0,在pH 9.0,50℃时仍有较高的酶活,将该酶与胰酶酶切融合蛋白所得肽段结合能够提升质谱检测结果的精确度。以上结果表明该重组酶具有良好的应用前景。     

枯草芽孢杆菌中性植酸酶的纯化和酶学性质

从土壤中分离到了产中性植酸酶的枯草芽孢杆菌菌株并对所产植酸酶进行了分离纯化。此中性植酸酶的反应最适 pH为 7 5,最适温度为 55℃ ,在 37℃下以植酸钠为底物的Km值为 0 1 9mmol/L ,植酸酶活性依赖Ca2 +的存在。酶蛋白的分子量大小约为 45kD ,纯酶蛋白N端序列为Lys His Lys Leu Ser Asp Pro Tyr His Phe Thr。     

微生物薯蓣皂苷糖苷酶的分离纯化的研究

产薯蓣皂苷酶的sp.s00c菌发酵液,通过分级沉淀的分离方法,经离子交换柱提纯分离,得到聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳单点的酶,其酶蛋白分子量为59 ku,提纯酶最适酶反应温度为40℃,最适pH值为5.0。提纯酶不仅能水解薯蓣皂苷的鼠李糖基,也能水解薯蓣皂苷的葡萄糖基。     

木瓜蛋白酶对某些食物蛋白的消化作用

本文就木瓜蛋白酶对某些食物蛋白的消化作用进行了比较系统的研究。选择的食物有瘦猪肉、瘦羊肉、瘦牛肉、花生、黄豆、红豆、绿豆和眉豆等。结果表明,该酶对大部分食物消化的最适pH在7.0附近,但对花生消化的最适PH是8.0,这可能与花生蛋白在碱性溶液中有较大溶解度有关。而木瓜蛋白酶对这些食物蛋白消化的最适温度均为75℃,高于文献报道的活性稳定温度。此外,还测定了酶,食物不同比例的最适消化时间和它对各食物的表观消化率,显示该酶对肉类蛋白具有很高的消化效果,而对植物蛋白则较差。     

以Fe(III) 改性胶原纤维为载体固定过氧化氢酶

将胶原纤维用三价铁改性后作为载体,通过戊二醛的交联作用将过氧化氢酶固定在该载体上。制备的固定化过氧化氢酶蛋白固载量为16.7 mg/g,酶活收率为35％。研究了固定化酶与自由酶的最适pH、最适温度、热稳定性、贮存稳定性及操作稳定性。结果表明：过氧化氢酶经此法固定化后,最适pH及最适温度与自由酶相同,分别为pH 7.0和25 ℃;但固定化酶的热稳定性显著提高,在75 ℃保存5 h后,仍能保留30％的活力,而自由酶则完全失活;固定化酶在室温下保存12 d后,酶活力仍保持在88％以上,而自由酶在此条件下则完全失     

植酸酶产生菌的筛选与酶纯化及其性质的研究

对从土壤中分离得到的一株产植酸酶的细菌进行了生理生化鉴定,并对植酸酶进行了分离纯化,该酶反应的最适温度约为55℃,最适pH值为5．8,植酸酶蛋白分子量约为14kD。     

黑曲霉D2-26高温乳糖酶的酶学性质研究

为研究黑曲霉来源的高温乳糖酶的酶学性质,对黑曲霉D2-26发酵液进行分离纯化使酶蛋白达到电泳纯,并对其进行酶学性质研究.结果表明:乳糖酶的最适温度70℃,在30℃～60℃有较高的耐受性;最适pH为2.5,pH稳定范围在2.0～9.0;Mn2 对乳糖酶活性有显著的激活作用,Hg2 、Pb2 对酶活有较强的抑制作用;SDS严重抑制了酶活性;以ONPG为底物采用双倒数做图法测得Vmax为97 nmol/min,Km为8.77 mmol/L;单亚基蛋白的分子量为116.978 kD;糖基化程度为11.3%.     

Purification and characterization of extracellular phytase from Aspergillus niger ATCC 9142

Extracellular phytase produced by Aspergillus niger ATCC 9142 was purified to homogeneity by employing an initial ultrafiltration step, followed by chromatography using ion exchange, gel filtration and chromatofocusing steps. The purified enzyme was an 84 kDa, monomeric protein. It possessed a temperature optimum of 65 degrees C, and a pH optimum of 5.0. Km and Vmax values of 100 microM and 7 nmol/s, respectively, were recorded and these values fall well within the range of those previously reported for microbial phytases. Substrate specificity studies indicated that, while the enzyme could hydrolyse a range of non-phytate-based phosphorylated substrates, its preferred substrate was phytate. Phytase activity was moderately stimulated in the presence of Mg2+, Mn2+, Cu2+, Cd2+, Hg2+, Zn2+ and F- ions. Activity was not significantly affected by Fe2- or Fe3- and was moderately inhibited by Ca2+. The enzyme displayed higher thermostability at 80 degrees C than did two commercial phytase products. Initial characterisation of the purified enzyme suggested that it could be a potential candidate for use as an animal feed supplement.     

Purification and characterisation of an acid phosphatase with phytase activity from Mucor hiemalis Wehmer

An acid phosphatase with phytase activity, produced by Mucor hiemalis Wehmer, was purified to homogeneity by a combination of anion exchange, gel filtration and hydrophobic interaction chromatography. The monomeric, glycosylated enzyme displayed maximum activity at 55 degrees C and pH 5.0-5.5. When compared to commercialised products, the enzyme is more thermostable (80 degrees C, 5min), displays a broader pH versus activity profile and greater stability under simulated digestive tract conditions. Unlike commercial phytases, the Mucor enzyme should retain some activity in the small intestine as well as in the stomach, facilitating a longer duration of action and hence more extensive substrate hydrolysis. Substrate specificity studies and protein database similarity searching using mass spectrometry-derived sequence data indicate that the enzyme is an acid phosphatase with activity on phytate. Cocktails containing acid phosphatases in combination with true phytases have been shown to promote more extensive phytate degradation than do true phytases alone. This, coupled to the enzyme's functionally relevant physicochemical characteristics, suggests its likely suitability for inclusion in second generation phytase cocktails for application in animal feed.     

Production of two Highly Active Bacterial Phytases with Broad pH Optima in Germinated Transgenic Rice Seeds

Phytate is the main storage form of phosphorus in many plant seeds, but phosphate bound in this form is not available to monogastric animals. Phytase, an enzyme that hydrolyzes phosphate from phytate, has the potential to enhance phosphorus availability in animal diets when engineered in rice seeds as a feed additive. Two genes, derived from a ruminal bacterium Selenomonas ruminantium (SrPf6) and Escherichia coli (appA), encoding highly active phytases were expressed in germinated transgenic rice seeds. Phytase expression was controlled by a germination inducible alpha-amylase gene (alphaAmy8) promoter, and extracellular phytase secretion directed by an betaAmy8 signal peptide sequence. The two phytases were expressed in germinated transgenic rice seeds transiently and in a temporally controlled and tissue-specific manner. No adverse effect on plant development or seed formation was observed. Up to 0.6 and 1.4 U of phytase activity per mg of total extracted cellular proteins were obtained in germinated transgenic rice seeds expressing appA and SrPf6 phytases, respectively, which represent 46-60 times of phytase activities compared to the non-transformant. The appA and SrPf6 phytases produced in germinated transgenic rice seeds had high activity over broad pH ranges of 3.0-5.5 and 2.0-6.0, respectively. Phytase levels and inheritance of transgenes in one highly expressing plant were stable over four generations. Germinated transgenic rice seeds, which produce a highly active recombinant phytase and are rich in hydrolytic enzymes, nutrients and minerals, could potentially be an ideal feed additive for improving the phytate-phosphorus digestibility in monogastric animals.     

Purification and characterization of phytase from cotyledons of germinating soybean seeds

Soybean phytase (myo-inositol-hexakisphosphate phosphohydrolase; EC 3.1.3.8) was purified from 10-day-old germinating cotyledons using a four-step purification scheme. Phytase was separable from the major acid phosphatase present, and stained as a minor band of the three acid phosphatases detectable by activity staining after gel electrophoresis. The purified enzyme exhibited two closely migrating bands on sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of approximately 59 and 60 KDa. The molar extinction coefficient of the enzyme at 280 nm was estimated to be 7.5 X 10(4) M-1 cm-1. The isoelectric point of phytase, as judged by the elution profile on chromatofocusing, was about 5.5. The enzyme was totally absorbed to a Procion Red HE3B column and eluted as a single protein component at a salt concentration of 250-300 mM. The enzyme possessed a high affinity for phytic acid (apparent Km = 48 microM), and was strongly inhibited by phosphate (apparent Ki = 18 microM), vanadate, and fluoride. Characteristic of other plant phytases, the pH and temperature optima were 4.5-4.8 and 55 degrees C, respectively.     

Studies on the dephosphorylation of phytic acid in livestock feed using phytase from Aspergillus niger van Teighem

Phytase from Aspergillus niger van Teighem efficiently hydrolyses phytate phosphorus present in various commercial live stock feeds and was not inactivated by various formulations and antibiotics present. The enzyme retained 90-95% phytase activity at 55 degrees C, pH 2.5 after 72 h of incubation with all the commercial feeds tested, thus indicating its suitability in feed application. The phytase hydrolysis increased with the increase in temperature and a significant release of 41 nmols P(i)/ml in phytase-treated feed over control sample was observed at 55 degrees C after 48 h. Besides this, the enzyme was maximally effective when used under acidic condition, releasing 21 and 42 nmols P(i)/ml at pH 1.5 and 2.5, respectively. As the pH shifted towards 5.5, significant decline in phosphorus release was observed. However, the enzyme was able to retain almost complete phytase activity in the presence of feed constituent even after 48 h over various pH tested. Thus it can be a potential candidate in animal nutrition where the ability of present phytase to retain activity over period of time in the presence of feed constituent is desired.     

Lactobacillus plantarum phytase activity is due to non-specific acid phosphatase

Microbial phytases suitable for food fermentations could be obtained from lactic acid bacteria isolated from natural vegetable fermentations. Phytase activity was evaluated for six lactic acid bacteria cultures. Although the highest activity was found for Lactobacillus plantarum, the phytase activity was very low. Further characterization of the enzyme with phytate-degrading activity showed a molecular weight of 52 kDa and an optimum activity at pH 5.5 and 65 degrees C. Enzyme activity was due to a non-specific acid phosphatase which had a higher hydrolysis rate with monophosphorylated compounds such as acetyl phosphate that could explain the low phytase activity.     

Molecular cloning and the biochemical characterization of two novel phytases from B. subtilis 168 and B. licheniformis

A novel phytase gene ( phyL) was cloned from Bacillus licheniformis by multiple steps of degenerate and inverse PCR. The coding region of the phyL gene was 1,146 bp in size and a promoter region of approximately 300 bp was identified at the upstream sequence. This gene, together with a phytase gene ( 168phyA) identified in the B. subtilis strain 168 genome by a homology search, was cloned and over-expressed in B. subtilis using a phi105MU331 prophage vector system. Up to 35 units of phytase/ml were secreted into the culture media; and mature enzymes of around 44-47 kDa were purified for characterization. Both phytases exhibited broad temperature and pH optima and showed high thermostability. Of the two, the phytase encoded by phyL exhibited higher thermostability, even at a lower calcium concentration, as it was able to recover 80% of its original activity after denaturation at 95 degrees C for 10 min. With their neutral pH optima and good temperature stabilities, these Bacillus phytases are good candidates for animal feed applications and transgenic studies.     

Purification and characterization of a novel phytase from Nocardia sp. MB 36

Phytase from Nocardia sp. MB 36 was purified (9.65-fold) to homogeneity by acetone precipitation, ion exchange, and molecular sieve chromatography. Native polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE) and zymogram analysis showed a single active protein in the purified enzyme preparation. Sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS)-PAGE analysis showed that phytase was a monomeric protein with a molecular weight of approximately 43 kDa. Phytase exhibited activity and stability over a broad pH range (2–8) and elevated temperatures (50–80°C), and utilized several phosphate compounds as substrates. Phytase was extremely resistant to pepsin and trypsin. Various metal ions viz. Fe²⁺, Co²⁺, and Mn²⁺, and NH₄⁺, ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid or EDTA and phenylmethylsulfonyl fluoride or PMSF had no influence on activity, while Ca²⁺ and Zn²⁺ enhanced activity by 15 % and 3.58 %, respectively. SDS caused significant reduction in enzyme activity (41.8 %), while 2,3-butanedione did so moderately (15.9 %). Features of Nocardia sp. MB 36 phytase suggest a potential for animal feed applications.     

Comparative studies on the in vitro properties of phytases from various microbial origins

The physical and chemical properties of six crude phytase preparations were compared. Four of these enzymes (Aspergillus A, Aspergillus R, Peniophora and Aspergillus T) were produced at commercial scale for the use as feed additives while the other two (E. coli and Bacillus) were produced at laboratory scale. The encoding genes of the enzymes were from different microbial origins (4 of fungal origin and 2 of bacterial origin, i.e., E. coli and Bacillus phytases). One of the fungal phytases (Aspergillus R) was expressed in transgenic rape. The enzymes were studied for their pH behaviour, temperature optimum and stability and resistance to protease inactivation. The phytases were found to exhibit different properties depending on source of the phytase gene and the production organism. The pH profiles of the enzymes showed that the fungal phytases had their pH optima ranging from 4.5 to 5.5. The bacterial E. coli phytase had also its pH optimum in the acidic range at pH 4.5 while the pH optimum for the Bacillus enzyme was identified at pH 7.0. Temperature optima were at 50 and 60°C for the fungal and bacterial phytases, respectively. The Bacillus phytase was more thermostable in aqueous solutions than all other enzymes. In pelleting experiments performed at 60, 70 and 80°C in the conditioner, Aspergillus A, Peniophora (measurement at pH 5.5) and E. coli phytases were more heat stable compared to other enzymes (Bacillus enzyme was not included). At a temperature of 70°C in the conditioner, these enzymes maintained a residual activity of approximately 70% after pelleting compared to approximately 30% determined for the other enzymes. Incubation of enzyme preparations with porcine proteases revealed that only E. coli phytase was insensitive against pepsin and pancreatin. Incubation of the enzymes in digesta supernatants from various segments of the digestive tract of hens revealed that digesta from stomach inactivated the enzymes most efficiently except E. coli phytase which had a residual activity of 93% after 60 min incubation at 40°C. It can be concluded that phytases of various microbial origins behave differently with respect to their in vitro properties which could be of importance for future developments of phytase preparations. Especially bacterial phytases contain properties like high temperature stability (Bacillus phytase) and high proteolytic stability (E. coli phytase) which make them favourable for future applications as feed additives.     

Isolation and characterization of a novel phytase fromPenicillium simplicissimum

Eighty-three isolates from different soil samples exhibited the potential for producing active extracellular phytase. The most active fungal isolate with phytase activity was identified as Penicillium simplicissimum. In shaking culture with enrichment medium, the highest extracellular phytase activity of the producing strain was 3.8 U/mL. The crude enzyme filtrate was purified to homogeneity using ultrafiltration. IEC and gel filtration chromatography. The molar mass of the purified enzyme was estimated to be 65 kDa on SDS-PAGE. The saccharide identification with periodic acid-Schiff reagent (PAS) and activity recognition by 1-naphthyl phosphate was all positive. The isoelectric point of the enzyme, as deduced by isoelectric focusing, was pH 5.8, the optimum pH and temperature being pH 4.0 and 55 degrees C, respectively. The purified enzyme revealed broad substrate specificity and was strongly inhibited by Fe2+, Fe3+ and Zn2+; however, no inhibition was found by EDTA and PMSF. Phytase activity was inhibited when 2 mmol/L of dodecasodium phytate was added and the Km for it was determined to be 813 mmol/L.