Journal
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES
Volume 94, Issue -, Pages 594-602Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2016.10.043
Keywords
beta-1,3-1,4-Glucanase; Thermostability; Halostability
Funding
- National Institute of Fisheries Science [R2016016]
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The aim of this study was to improve the stability of beta-1,3-1,4-glucanase by substituting hydrophobic residue for specific amino acid. The results indicated that the catalytic efficiency, thermostability and halostability were enhanced simultaneously by replacement of Lys48 with Ala (K48A) or Leu (K48L). Comparison of kinetic parameters revealed that catalytic efficiency of mutants is enhanced as a result of the increase in substrate affinity. A great improvement in thermostability and halostability was observed. The half-lives of mutants significantly increased (up to similar to 7-fold) at 60-70 degrees C. Moreover, relative enzymatic activities of mutants were observed more than 80% even in the presence of 30% NaCl, and half-lives were increased to 3-fold that of wild-type. Based on above results, when applied to ionic liquid, mutants were more active and stable compared to wild-type. These were the results from improvement of protein functions by the substitution of hydrophobic single residue in adjacent with forming carbohydrate binding cavity. Therefore, this report could be helpful for improvement of the enzyme property and for biotechnological application as well. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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