title: A novel beta-N-acetylglucosaminidase of Clostridium paraputrificum M-21 with high activity on chitobiose.
abstract: A beta- N-acetylglucosaminidase gene ( nag3A) from Clostridium paraputrificum M-21 was cloned in Escherichia coli. The nag3A gene consists of an open reading frame of 1,239-bp, encoding 413 amino acids with a deduced molecular weight of 45,531 Da. Nag3A is a single domain enzyme containing a family 3 glycoside hydrolase catalytic domain. Nag3A was purified from recombinant E. coli and characterized. The enzyme hydrolyzed chitooligomers such as di- N-acetylchitobiose, tri- N-acetylchitotriose, tetra- N-acetylchitotetraose, penta- N-acetylchitopentaose, hexa- N-acetylchitohexaose, ball-milled chitin, and synthetic substrates such as 4-methylumbelliferyl N-acetyl beta- D-glucosaminide [4-MU-(GlcNAc)], but had no activity at all against p-nitrophenyl-beta- D-glucoside, p-nitrophenyl-beta- D-xyloside, or p-nitrophenyl-beta- D-galactosamine. The enzyme was optimally active at 50 degrees C and pH 7.0, and the apparent K(m) and V(max) values for 4-MU-(GlcNAc) were 7.9 micro M and 21.8 micro mol min(-1) mg protein(-1), respectively. SDS-PAGE, zymogram, and immunological analyses suggested that this enzyme is induced by ball-milled chitin.
authors.affiliation: School of Biotechnology, Southern Yangtze University, 170 Huihe Road, Wuxi 214036, China.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Morimoto
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Katagiri
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kimura
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sakka
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lun
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ohmiya
mesh_terms: D000118:Acetylglucosaminidase / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D015153:Blotting, Western; D002855:Chromatography, Thin Layer; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D003013:Clostridium / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*; D004187:Disaccharides / Q000378:metabolism*; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D004187:Disaccharides; C032438:chitobiose; D000118:Acetylglucosaminidase