title: Purification and properties of cold-active metalloprotease from Curtobacterium luteum and effect of culture conditions on production.
abstract: Curtobacterium luteum, a gram-positive psychrotrophic bacterium, secreting an extracellular protease was isolated from the soil of Gangotri glacier, Western Himalaya. The maximum enzyme production was achieved when isolate was grown in a pH-neutral medium containing skim milk at 15 degrees C over 120 hour. The metal ions such as Zn2+ and Cr2+ enhanced enzyme production. The specific activity of purified enzyme was 8090 u/mg after 34.1 fold purification. The 115 kD enzyme was a metalloprotease (activity inhibited by EDTA and EGTA) and showed maximum activity at 20 degrres C and pH 7. The enzyme was active over a broad pH range and retained 84% of its original activity between pH 6-8. There was no loss in enzyme activity when exposed for 3 hours at 4 degrees C-20 degrees C. However, lost 65% of activity at 30 degrees C, and was almost inactivated at 50 dgrees C, but was resistant to repeated freezing and thawing. The enzyme activity was stimulated by manganese ions; however, it was inactivated by copper ions.
authors.affiliation: Protein Research Laboratory, Department of Biotechnology, Integral University, Kursi Road Lucknow 226026, India. kuddus_biotech@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Mohammed
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kuddus
authors.forename: Pramod W
authors.initials: PW
authors.lastname: Ramteke
mesh_terms: D000192:Actinomycetales / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000254:growth & development; D003080:Cold Temperature; D003470:Culture Media; D004795:Enzyme Stability; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D045726:Metalloproteases / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism; D012988:Soil Microbiology
chemical_list: D003470:Culture Media; D045726:Metalloproteases