title: Identification of the gene encoding esterase, a homolog of hormone-sensitive lipase, from an oil-degrading bacterium, strain HD-1.
abstract: The gene encoding an esterase (HDE) was cloned from an oil-degrading bacterium, strain HD-1. HDE is a member of the hormone-sensitive lipase family and composed of 317 amino acid residues with a molecular weight of 33,633. The HDE-encoding gene was expressed in Escherichia coli, and the recombinant protein was purified and characterized. Amino acid sequence analysis indicated that the methionine residue was removed from its NH(2)-terminus. The good agreement of the molecular weights estimated by SDS-PAGE (35,000) and gel filtration (38,000) suggests that it acts in a monomeric form. HDE showed hydrolytic activity towards p-nitrophenyl esters of fatty acids with an acyl chain length of 2 to 14 and tributyrin, whereas it showed little hydrolytic activity towards p-nitrophenyl oleate (C(18)), tricaprylin and triolein. Determination of the kinetic parameters for the hydrolyses of the p-nitrophenyl substrates from C(2) to C(14) indicated that HDE shows a relatively broad substrate specificity. However, comparison of the k(cat)/K(m) values indicated that the C(10)-C(14) substrates are the most preferred ones. Such a preference for substrates with long acyl chains may be a characteristic of HDE.
authors.affiliation: Department of Material and Life Science, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mizuguchi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Amada
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Haruki
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Imanaka
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Morikawa
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kanaya
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001419:Bacteria / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D001673:Biodegradation, Environmental; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004950:Esterases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D006358:Hot Temperature; D007700:Kinetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D008970:Molecular Weight; D009821:Oils / Q000378:metabolism*; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D002787:Sterol Esterase / Q000235:genetics*; D013379:Substrate Specificity
chemical_list: D009821:Oils; D004950:Esterases; D002787:Sterol Esterase