Characterization of two soil metagenome-derived lipases with high specificity for <Emphasis Type="Italic">p</Emphasis>-nitrophenyl palmitate |
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Authors: | Ping Wei Liping Bai Wengang Song Gangping Hao |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Basic Medicine, Taishan Medical University, Taian, Shandong, China;(2) Institute of Medicinal Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China |
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Abstract: | Two novel genes (pwtsB and pwtsC) encoding lipases were isolated by screening the soil metagenomic library. Sequence analysis revealed that pwtsB encodes a protein of 301 amino acids with a predicted molecular weight of 33 kDa, and pwtsC encodes a protein of 323 amino acids with a predicted molecular weight of 35 kDa. Furthermore, both genes were cloned and
expressed in Escherichia coli BL21 (DE3) using pET expression system. The expressed recombinant enzymes were purified by Ni-nitrilotriacetic acid affinity
chromatography and characterized by spectrophotometric with different p-nitrophenyl esters. The results showed that PWTSB displayed a high degree of activity and stability at 20°C with an optimal
pH of around 8.0, and PWTSC at 40°C with an optimal pH of around 7.0. P-nitrophenyl palmitate (p-NPP) was identified as the best substrate of PWTSB and PWTSC. The specific activities of PWTSB and PWTSC were 150 and 166 U/mg,
respectively toward p-NPP at 30°C, about 20-fold higher than that toward p-nitrophenyl butyrate (C4) and caprylate (C8). In conclusion, our results suggest that PWTSB is a cold adapt lipase and PWTSC
is a thermostable lipase to long-chain p-nitrophenyl esters.
P. Wei and L. Bai contributed equally to this work. |
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Keywords: | Lipase Metagenomic library PWTSB PWTSC |
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