On the Similarity of Triacylglycerol and Acylcholesterol Lipases in Rat Brain

Previously, we described a similar stimulating effect of adrenocorticotrophic hormone (ACTH) and ACTH-related synthetic peptides on triacylglycerol (TAGL) and acylcholesterol (ACL) lipase activities of rat brain. In present study, TAGL and ACL activities from rat brain were further investigated and compared through the use of tri-[3H]oleoylglycerol and [14C]oleoylcholesterol, respectively, as the substrates. A number of specific properties proved to be similar for both activities: (a) comparable rates of activity decay were observed upon heat treatment, (b) similar reaction kinetics as determined at different substrate concentrations with and without ACTH (10(-4) M), (c) both activities showed a common susceptibility to the presence of sodium taurocholate (5 mM) or trace amounts (5 microliter/ml) of organic solvent in the assay medium, (d) the distributions of the two activities in various brain regions were comparable. Taken together, these data, along with the similar activability by ACTH, suggest a common structural basis for TAGL and ACL activities in rat brain.     

Lipase stereoselectivity and regioselectivity toward three isomers of dicaprin: A kinetic study by the monomolecular film technique

Here we present a kinetic study on the steroselectivity and regioselectivity of 23 purified lipases of animal and microbial origin. This work, concerning a general problem of the mechanism of lipase–substrate molecular recognition, was performed using pure dicaprin isomers: 1,2-sn-dicaprin, 2,3-sn-dicaprin, and 1,3-sn-dicaprin spread as monomolecular films at the air–water interface. The first two isomers are optically active antipodes (enantiomers), forming stable films up to 40 mN m^?1, while the last is a prochiral compound, with a surface pressure of collapse of 32 mN m^?1. To our knowledge, this is the first report on the use of three diglyceride isomers as lipase substrates under identical and controlled physicochemical conditions. The lipases tested display a typical behaviour, characteristic of each enzyme, which allowed us to classify the lipases in groups according to (1) the profiles of enzyme velocity as a function of surface pressure, (2) their preferences for a given diglyceride isomer, quantified using new parameters termed steroselectivity index (S.I.), vicinity index (V.I.), and surface pressure threshold (S.P.T.). The general observation, true for all the enzymes tested, is that the three substrates are well differentiated, and the differentiation is more pronounced at high interfacial energy (low surface pressure). This observation supports our hypothesis that lipase conformational changes, resulting from the enzymesurface interaction, affect the enzymes' specificities. Generally speaking, the stereopreference for either sn-1 or sn-3 position on glycerides is maintained both in the case of di- and tri-glycerides. © 1995 Wiley-Liss, Inc.     

Optimization of Lipase Purification by Rotating Annular Size-exclusion Chromatography

Crude porcine lipase was purified by continuous rotating annular size-exclusion chromatography. Sephadex G-75 was used as the size-exclusion packing material. Initial studies by this group on a similar unit have been reported [Genest et al. (1998) Continuous purification of porcine lipase by rotating annular size-exclusion chromatography, Appl. Biochem. Biotechnol. 73, 215-230]. This article presents the results of optimization studies carried out on a modified unit. These modifications resulted in a better performance of the column and a higher throughput. Purification fold values of around 11 were achieved in most runs. The activity recovered was around 99% and the productivity was around 3 mg lipase/mg gel h.     

Evidence for importance of the Staphylococcus hyicus lipase pro-peptide in lipase secretion, stability and activity

Abstract To investigate the function of the pro-peptide (PP) region of the Staphylococcus hyicus exolipase, restriction sites were created in the lipase gene to facilitate the construction of deletions in this region. Lipase gene expression was carried out in Staphylococcus carnosus . In the presence of the entire PP region, the 86-kDa pro-lipase was efficiently exported, had high lipolytic activity, and hardly any degradation products were seen in Western blot analysis. In addition to the 86-kDa pro-lipase, the membrane fraction contained a 106-kDa immunoreactive form. If the PP was completely or partially deleted, signal peptide processing, lipase secretion, lipase activity and/or lipase stability were impaired. The results obtained with lipase PP deletion mutants indicate that the PP region may have two functional domains. The N-terminal region of the lipase PP appears to be more important for lipase activity and the C-terminal portion for lipase secretion and proteolytic stability. In the presence of only the C-terminal part of the PP lipase, secretion was hardly affected. However, the activity of the extracellular lipase was markedly reduced. If only a small portion of the C-terminal part of the PP was present, lipase secretion was again markedly reduced and no lipase activity was detectable. In the presence of the N-terminal half of the PP region, lipase secretion was affected to a lesser extent. However, the resulting 60-kDa form, which showed comparably good specific lipase activity, suffered severe proteolytic degradation.     

微生物脂肪酶活性构像的形成及激活过程中的影响因子

微生物脂肪酶是一类具有重要应用价值的生物催化剂。作为一种胞外酶,其活性构像的形成及激活是一个高度复杂而特异性的生理过程。综述了作为微生物脂肪酶的结构成分,参与脂肪酶折叠和激活过程中的各种因子及其作用机制,这些因子包括脂肪酶特异性的折叠酶、脂肪酶激活因子、前序列、钙离子和二硫键等。     

大麦脂肪酶的研究进展

脂肪酶以其独特的优势在各个领域都有其潜在的应用前景。在高等植物中,种子萌发过程中脂肪酶活性较高,其活性与食品的加工方法有关。应用不同的方法测定大麦脂肪酶酶活力,得到的结果也不同。详细介绍了大麦脂肪酶的部分酶学性质。     

Production of Extracellular lipases by Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Seven strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae all produced lipase when grown in shake flask culture. The best strain, DSM 1848, produced 4.0U of lipase in the medium containing olive oil and yeast extract. Production of the lipase was growth-associated.     

Development of an indirect method for measuring porcine pancreatic lipase in human duodenal fluid

Patients with exocrine pancreatic insufficiency are usually treated with porcine pancreatic enzymes but the bioavailability of these enzymes in the gut remains a matter of discussion. In order to determine the duodenal availability of porcine pancreatic lipase (PPL) present in pancreatic extracts (PE) taken orally, we developed a method for quantifying PPL in samples containing both PPL and human pancreatic lipase (HPL). Total pancreatic lipase activity measurements using the pH-stat technique and tributyrin as substrate were combined with an HPL-specific ELISA. Based on the known specific activity of the purified HPL, its activity was deduced from the ELISA measurements, and the PPL activity was obtained by subtracting the HPL activity from the total pancreatic lipase activity. This assay was established and validated using various samples containing pure PPL and recombinant HPL or PE, mixed or not with human duodenal juice. Samples collected in vivo from patients treated with PE were also tested. It was found that PPL did not affect the HPL ELISA, and the indirect PPL assay gave a measurement accuracy of 6.6% with the samples containing pure PPL and 10% with those containing PE. This assay was also used successfully to discriminate between PPL and the endogenous HPL present in the duodenal contents of patients with severe pancreatic insufficiency treated with PE. This method might provide a useful means of assessing the availability of PEs at their site of action, in the absence of a PPL-specific ELISA.     

脂肪酶产生菌分离,鉴定及酶性质的研究

从含油污泥中分离筛选出１７株产脂肪酶菌株,对其中一株进行鉴定,为无花果丝孢酵母（Ｔｒｉｃｈｏｓｐｆｉｇｕｅｒｉａｅ）．研究了该菌的最适产酶条件,并对其部分酶性质进行了研究．     

适用于高通量筛选的脂肪酶表达系统

突变库容量和高通量筛选方法是影响酶分子定向进化的两个决定因素,虽然巴斯德毕赤酵母pPIC9K表达系统已被广泛使用[1],但由于外源基因可通过单插入整合入基因组,产生多拷贝突变基因,从而干扰后续重组子的筛选;另一方面,pPIC9K表达系统需要甲醇诱导,需要每日补加甲醇来诱     

假单胞菌脂肪酶的研究进展

脂肪酶是一种重要的工业用酶,来自于假单胞菌的脂肪酶较来自其它菌株的具有更强的温度、有机溶剂耐受性等比较优势,在有机合成、食品工业、药物制造、油脂深加工等工业应用方面应用潜力巨大。对假单胞菌脂肪酶的分类及性质、结构、表达调控和分泌机制等进行了简要的概述。     

Lipases from psychrotropic antarctic bacteria

Abstract Properties of lipases excreted by 4 psychrotropic Moraxella strains from antarctic sea water have investigated. Despite an optimal cell generation time at 25°C, maximal lipase excretion essentially occurs at low temperatures. These enzymes are characterized by a shift of the apparent optimal activity towards low temperatures, by a reduction of the activation energy value and by a decrease in heat stability. These lipases are associated with lipopolysaccharides, forming high molecular weight complexes. One of the selected strain is able to express the antibiotic resistances carried by RP4, at both 4 and 25°C.     

pH-optima in lipase-catalysed esterification

Though lipases are frequently applied in ester synthesis, fundamental information on optimal pH or substrate concentration, can almost only be found for the reverse reaction - hydrolysis. This study demonstrates that the pH-optima of lipase-catalysed esterifications differ significantly from the optima of the hydrolysis reaction. In the esterification of n-butanol and propionic acid with lipases of Candida rugosa (CRL) and Thermomyces lanuginosa (TLL) pH-optima of 3.5 and 4.25, respectively, were found. This is about 3-4 units (CRL) and 7 units (TLL) in pH lower than optimum for hydrolysis. Enzyme activity increased with increasing concentrations of protonated acid indicating that the protonated acid rather than the deprotonated form is substrate for esterification. The rate of esterification can be drastically increased by ensuring acid concentrations up to 1000 mmol L^-1 for CRL and 600 mmol L^-1 for TLL in the reaction system.     

pH-optima in lipase-catalysed esterification

Though lipases are frequently applied in ester synthesis, fundamental information on optimal pH or substrate concentration, can almost only be found for the reverse reaction – hydrolysis. This study demonstrates that the pH-optima of lipase-catalysed esterifications differ significantly from the optima of the hydrolysis reaction. In the esterification of n-butanol and propionic acid with lipases of Candida rugosa (CRL) and Thermomyces lanuginosa (TLL) pH-optima of 3.5 and 4.25, respectively, were found. This is about 3–4 units (CRL) and 7 units (TLL) in pH lower than optimum for hydrolysis. Enzyme activity increased with increasing concentrations of protonated acid indicating that the protonated acid rather than the deprotonated form is substrate for esterification. The rate of esterification can be drastically increased by ensuring acid concentrations up to 1000 mmol L^?1 for CRL and 600 mmol L^?1 for TLL in the reaction system.     

Some Interesterification Reactions Involving Mucor Miehei Lipase

An enzyme-catalysed inter-esterification strategy is described which allows the preparation of esters of the chiral secondary alcohols (3) and (9) in states of high optical purity.     

蚕丝固定化脂肪酶的研究

研究了蚕丝固定化脂肪酶的工艺条件,并考察了固定化脂肪酶的稳定性。试验结果表明：蚕丝与对-β-硫酸酯乙砜基苯胺(SESA)进行反应的最适条件是PH=10．8,SESA：2．0g／g蚕丝,反应生成的对氨基苯磺酰乙基蚕丝(ABSE-蚕丝)经重氮化后与脂肪酶偶联的最适条件是：pH=7．5,偶联时间>10h。加酶量为168～308u／g蚕丝时,所得固定化脂肪酶活力为106～160u√g蚕丝．此时固定化冀的活力回收率较高(>52％)。固定化脂肪酶稳定性较高．其操作半衰期约为250h。     

Influence of self-assembled monolayer surface chemistry on Candida antarctica lipase B adsorption and specific activity

Immobilization of Candida antarctica B lipase was examined on gold surfaces modified with either methyl- or hydroxyl-terminated self-assembled alkylthiol monolayers (SAMs), representing hydrophobic and hydrophilic surfaces, respectively. Lipase adsorption was monitored gravimetrically using a quartz crystal microbalance. Lipase activity was determined colorimetrically by following p-nitrophenol propionate hydrolysis. Adsorbed lipase topography was examined by atomic force microscopy. The extent of lipase adsorption was nearly identical on either surface (approximately 240 ng cm⁻²), but its specific activity was sixfold higher on the methyl-terminated SAM, showing no activity loss upon immobilization. A uniform, 5.5 nm high, highly packed monolayer of CALB formed on the methyl-terminated SAM, while the adsorbed protein was disordered on the hydroxyl-terminated SAM. Hydrophobic surfaces thus may specifically orient the lipase in a highly active state.