title: Isolation of extracellular 28- and 42-kilodalton beta-1,3-glucanases and comparison of three beta-1,3-glucanases produced by Bacillus circulans IAM1165.
abstract: Bacillus circulans IAM1165 produces three major extracellular beta-1,3-glucanases (molecular masses, 28, 42, and 91 kDa) during the stationary phase of growth. The 28- and 42-kDa enzymes were purified to homogeneity from the culture supernatant in this study. The properties of these two enzymes were examined, together with those of the 91-kDa enzyme previously isolated. The enzymatic properties of the 28- and 42-kDa beta-1,3-glucanases closely resemble each other. The enzymes belong to a category of endo type 1,3-beta-D-glucan glucanohydrolases. The enzymes were active at pH 4.0 to 7.0. The optimum temperature of the reactions was 60 degrees C when laminarin (a soluble beta-1,3-glucan) was used as the substrate at pH 7.0. The enzymes hydrolyzed barley glucan and lichenan (beta-1,3-1,4-glucans) more effectively than laminarin. Of the three enzymes, the 42-kDa enzyme lysed fungal cell walls the most effectively.
authors.affiliation: Department of Bioengineering Faculty of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Japan.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Aono
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hammura
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Asano
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001407:Bacillus / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000254:growth & development; D043326:Glucan 1,3-beta-Glucosidase; D005936:Glucans / Q000378:metabolism; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011134:Polysaccharides / Q000378:metabolism; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D013696:Temperature; D001617:beta-Glucosidase / Q000302:isolation & purification*
chemical_list: D005936:Glucans; D011134:Polysaccharides; C008247:laminaran; D001617:beta-Glucosidase; D043326:Glucan 1,3-beta-Glucosidase; C015968:lichenin