Self-assembly of Pseudomonas fluorescens lipase into bimolecular aggregates dramatically affects functional properties |
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Authors: | Fernández-Lorente Gloria Palomo José M Fuentes Manuel Mateo Cesar Guisán José M Fernández-Lafuente Roberto |
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Affiliation: | Department of Biocatalysis, Institute of Catalysis, CSIC, Campus UAM, Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain. |
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Abstract: | It has been found that lipase from Pseudomonas fluorescens (PFL) is able to aggregate into bimolecular structures (MW around 66 kD) even at moderate enzyme concentrations. At very low enzyme concentrations and in the presence of detergents, the same enzyme displayed a unimolecular structure with a molecular weight of 33 kD. Both enzyme structures displayed different functional properties. First, the bimolecular structure was much more stable than the unimolecular species (the bimolecular structure maintained over 80% of initial activity after 72 hours at 45 degrees C, while the unimolecular structure retained only around 30% of initial activity after 4 hours of incubation under the same experimental conditions); and the bimolecular form presented a higher optimal T. Second, the unimolecular form showed a much lower K(M) for ethyl butyrate than the bimolecular form. Third, the interfacial activation in biphasic substrate-aqueous milieu was higher for the bimolecular form. Fourth, the unimolecular structure was less active but much more enantioselective than the unimolecular species in the model reaction used. It is proposed that the bimolecular aggregates of PFL might be formed by two open lipase molecules (mutual interfacial activation), in intimate contact, and that the bimolecular form represents an example of "pseudo-quaternary" structure. |
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Keywords: | pseudo‐quaternary structure lipase auto‐assembling aggregation interfacial activation enantioselectivity (R,S)‐2‐hydroxy‐4‐phenylbutyric acid ethyl ester |
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