title: Screening and distributing features of bacteria with hydantoinase and carbamoylase.
abstract: Hydantoinase and carbamoylase are key biocatalysts for the production of optically pure amino acids from dl-5-substituted hydantoins (SSH). Out of 364 isolated strains with hydantoinase and carbamoylase at 45 degrees C, 24 strains showed efficient hydantoinase and carbamoylase activities. Among them, 17 produced l-amino acids, and 7 produced d-amino acids from both aromatic dl-5-benzylhydantoin and aliphatic dl-5-isopropylhydantoin. Most of the strains that were able to form l-amino acid belonged to genera Bacillus, Geobacillus, Brevibacillus, Aneurinibacillus, Microbacterium, and Kurthia. Phylogenetic relationships were investigated based on 16S rRNA from the hydantoinase-producing bacteria. Distinct tendencies toward certain genera were observed between most of the strains forming l-amino acids and d-amino acids from SSH. The results from this study can be utilized to develop new isolation technology of hydantoinase-producing microorganisms, and to understand metabolism and evolutionary origins of hydantoinase and carbamoylase among different bacteria.
authors.affiliation: College of Life Science and Pharmacy, Nanjing University of Technology, Nanjing, China.
authors.forename: Yanzhen
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Mei
authors.forename: Bingfang
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: Nina
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Pingkai
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ouyang
mesh_terms: D000581:Amidohydrolases / Q000378:metabolism*; D001419:Bacteria / Q000145:classification* / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D006827:Hydantoins / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D006827:Hydantoins; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D000581:Amidohydrolases; C020047:dihydropyrimidinase