Reactivation of thermally inactivated enzymes by free and immobilized chaperonin GroEL/ES

Appl Microbiol Biotechnol. 1997 Jul;48(1):41-6. doi: 10.1007/s002530051012.

Abstract

Thermally inactivated bovine deoxyribonuclease I (DNase I) and yeast enolase were reactivated by GroEL/ES from Escherichia coli. In both cases, GroEL/ ES was found to have the ability to reactivate inactivated enzymes in an ATP-dependent manner. GroEL/ ES can interact with the enzymes that were denatured at high temperature and convert them to the active conformations. To test the applicability of GroEL/ES to the reactivation processes of thermally inactivated enzymes, GroEL/ES was immobilized using formyl-Cellulofine (GroEL/ES-Cellulofine) and its performance was studied. GroEL/ES-Cellulofine retained a sufficiently high ability to reactivate enzymes. Moreover, GroEL/ES-Cellulofine could be used repeatedly, indicating high durability. These results indicate that immobilized chaperonin is effective for reactivation of enzymes that are thermally inactivated in various bioprocesses.

MeSH terms

  • Adenosine Triphosphate / metabolism
  • Animals
  • Biotechnology / methods
  • Cattle
  • Chaperonin 10 / genetics
  • Chaperonin 10 / metabolism*
  • Chaperonin 60 / genetics
  • Chaperonin 60 / metabolism*
  • Deoxyribonuclease I / metabolism*
  • Enzyme Activation
  • Enzyme Stability
  • Hot Temperature
  • Phosphopyruvate Hydratase / metabolism*
  • Protein Denaturation
  • Recombinant Proteins / metabolism
  • Yeasts / enzymology

Substances

  • Chaperonin 10
  • Chaperonin 60
  • Recombinant Proteins
  • Adenosine Triphosphate
  • Deoxyribonuclease I
  • Phosphopyruvate Hydratase