The properties of immobilized caldolysin, a thermostable protease from an extreme thermophile |
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Authors: | Cowan D A Daniel R M |
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Institution: | Department of Biological Sciences, University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand. |
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Abstract: | Caldolysin, the extracellular thermostable metal-chelator-sensitive lytic protease from Thermus T-351 was immobilized to Sepharose 4B, CM-cellulose, and controlled pore glass (CPG). Although protein binding efficiencies were high (96, 88, and 95%), some loss of enzyme activity occurred on immobilization (26, 69, and 89%). The pH optimum of both CM-cellulose and CPG-immobilized Caldolysin was decreased by about one pH unit. The K(m) for Sepharose-Caldolysin was unchanged with respect to the free protease, while those for CM-cellulose-Caldolysin and CPG-Caldolysin were lower by approximately one order of magnitude. Immobilization to both Sepharose and CM-cellulose increased the thermostability of Caldolysin at high temperatures, while CPG-Caldolysin was less thermostable than the free protease. |
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