Purification and characterization of a thermostable intra-cellular beta-glucosidase with transglycosylation properties from filamentous fungus Termitomyces clypeatus. 2010

Swagata Pal, and Samudra Prosad Banik, and Shakuntala Ghorai, and Sudeshna Chowdhury, and Suman Khowala
Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Drug Development and Biotechnology, Kolkata 700 032, India.

An intra-cellular beta-glucosidase was purified to homogeneity by gel filtration, ion exchange chromatography and HPGPLC from mycelial extract of Termitomyces clypeatus in the presence of the glycosylation inhibitor 2-deoxy-d-glucose. CD spectroscopy demonstrated that the purified enzyme exhibited alpha-helical conformation. MALDI-TOF identified the enzyme's molecular weight as 6688Daltons, but SDS-PAGE and immunoblotting indicated that the enzyme formed aggregates. The enzyme also showed unique properties of co-aggregation with sucrase in the fungus. The enzyme showed around 80% stability up to 60 degrees C and residual activity was 80-100% between pH ranges 5-8. The enzyme had higher specific activity against p-nitrophenyl-d-glucopyranoside than cellobiose and HPLC showed that the enzyme possesses transglycosylation activity and synthesizes cello-oligosaccharides by addition of glucose. The enzyme will be useful in synthetic biology to produce complex bioactive glycosides and to avoid chemical hazards. This is the first report of a beta-glucosidase enzyme with such a low monomeric unit size.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007700 Kinetics The rate dynamics in chemical or physical systems.
D008670 Metals Electropositive chemical elements characterized by ductility, malleability, luster, and conductance of heat and electricity. They can replace the hydrogen of an acid and form bases with hydroxyl radicals. (Grant & Hackh's Chemical Dictionary, 5th ed) Metal
D008970 Molecular Weight The sum of the weight of all the atoms in a molecule. Molecular Weights,Weight, Molecular,Weights, Molecular
D002942 Circular Dichroism A change from planar to elliptic polarization when an initially plane-polarized light wave traverses an optically active medium. (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed) Circular Dichroism, Vibrational,Dichroism, Circular,Vibrational Circular Dichroism
D004591 Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis in which a polyacrylamide gel is used as the diffusion medium. Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis,SDS-PAGE,Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate-PAGE,Gel Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide,SDS PAGE,Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate PAGE,Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate-PAGEs
D004795 Enzyme Stability The extent to which an enzyme retains its structural conformation or its activity when subjected to storage, isolation, and purification or various other physical or chemical manipulations, including proteolytic enzymes and heat. Enzyme Stabilities,Stabilities, Enzyme,Stability, Enzyme
D006031 Glycosylation The synthetic chemistry reaction or enzymatic reaction of adding carbohydrate or glycosyl groups. GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES carry out the enzymatic glycosylation reactions. The spontaneous, non-enzymatic attachment of reducing sugars to free amino groups in proteins, lipids, or nucleic acids is called GLYCATION (see MAILLARD REACTION). Protein Glycosylation,Glycosylation, Protein
D006863 Hydrogen-Ion Concentration The normality of a solution with respect to HYDROGEN ions; H+. It is related to acidity measurements in most cases by pH pH,Concentration, Hydrogen-Ion,Concentrations, Hydrogen-Ion,Hydrogen Ion Concentration,Hydrogen-Ion Concentrations
D000596 Amino Acids Organic compounds that generally contain an amino (-NH2) and a carboxyl (-COOH) group. Twenty alpha-amino acids are the subunits which are polymerized to form proteins. Amino Acid,Acid, Amino,Acids, Amino
D001617 beta-Glucosidase An exocellulase with specificity for a variety of beta-D-glycoside substrates. It catalyzes the hydrolysis of terminal non-reducing residues in beta-D-glucosides with release of GLUCOSE. Cellobiases,Amygdalase,Cellobiase,Emulsion beta-D-Glucosidase,Gentiobiase,Emulsion beta D Glucosidase,beta Glucosidase,beta-D-Glucosidase, Emulsion

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