Cloning and biochemical characterization of a glucosidase from a marine bacterium Aeromonas sp. HC11e-3

World J Microbiol Biotechnol. 2012 Dec;28(12):3337-44. doi: 10.1007/s11274-012-1145-8. Epub 2012 Aug 23.

Abstract

By constructing the genomic library, a β-glucosidase gene, with a length of 2,382 bp, encoding 793 amino acids, designated bgla, is cloned from a marine bacterium Aeromonas sp. HC11e-3. The enzyme is expressed successfully in the recombinant host Escherichia coli BL21 (DE3) and purified using glutathione affinity purification system. It shows the optimal activity at pH 6, 55 °C and hydrolyzes aryl-glucoside specially. Ca(2+), Mn(2+), Zn(2+), Ba(2+), Pb(2+), Sr(2+) can activate the enzyme activity, whereas SDS, EDTA, DTT show slight inhibition to the enzyme activity. Homologous comparing shows that the enzyme belongs to glycosyl hydrolase family 3, exhibiting 46 % identity with a fully characterized glucosidase from Thermotoga neapolitana DSM 4359. Such results provide useful references for investigating other glucosidases in the glycosyl family 3 as well as developing glucosidases using in suitable industrial area.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Aeromonas / enzymology*
  • Aeromonas / genetics
  • Aeromonas / isolation & purification
  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Cations, Divalent / metabolism
  • Chromatography, Affinity
  • Cloning, Molecular
  • Enzyme Activators / metabolism
  • Enzyme Inhibitors / metabolism
  • Enzyme Stability
  • Escherichia coli / genetics
  • Gene Expression
  • Glucosidases / chemistry
  • Glucosidases / genetics*
  • Glucosidases / isolation & purification
  • Glucosidases / metabolism*
  • Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
  • Metals / metabolism
  • Models, Molecular
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Protein Conformation
  • Recombinant Proteins / chemistry
  • Recombinant Proteins / genetics
  • Recombinant Proteins / isolation & purification
  • Recombinant Proteins / metabolism
  • Seawater / microbiology
  • Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
  • Temperature
  • Thermotoga neapolitana / enzymology
  • Thermotoga neapolitana / genetics

Substances

  • Cations, Divalent
  • Enzyme Activators
  • Enzyme Inhibitors
  • Metals
  • Recombinant Proteins
  • Glucosidases