title: A novel cold-active and alkali-stable β-glucosidase gene isolated from the marine bacterium Martelella mediterranea.
abstract: A β-glucosidase gene designated gluc3m was cloned through construction of a genomic library of Martelella mediterranea 2928. The gluc3m consisted of 2,496 bp and encoded a peptide of 832 amino acids that shared the greatest amino acid similarity (59%) with a β-glucosidase of family 3 glycoside hydrolase from Agrobacterium radiobacter K84. The optimum reaction temperature and pH of Gluc3M were 45 °C and 8.0, respectively. The K (m) and V (max) for p-nitrophenyl-β-D: -glucopyranoside were 0.18 mg/ml and 196.08 µmol/min/mg enzyme, respectively. Gluc3M was found to be highly alkali stable, retaining 80% of its maximum enzymatic activity after treatment with pH 11.0 buffers for 24 h. Furthermore, the activity of Gluc3M improved remarkably in the presence of univalent metal ions, whereas it was inhibited in the presence of divalent ions. Gluc3M also exhibited significant activities toward various substrates including pNPGlu, pNPGal, salicin, and konjac powder. It is important to note that Gluc3M is a cold-active enzyme that showed over 50% of the maximum enzymatic activity at 4 °C. SWISS-MODEL revealed that the amino acids near the conserved domain SDW of Gluc3M contributed to the cold-active ability. Based on these characteristics, Gluc3M has the potential for use in additional studies and for industrial applications.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Xiaoxia
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Mao
authors.forename: Yuzhi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hong
authors.forename: Zongze
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Shao
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Ziduo
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D000468:Alkalies / Q000494:pharmacology*; D020561:Alphaproteobacteria / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics*; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D003080:Cold Temperature; D004795:Enzyme Stability / Q000187:drug effects; D006868:Hydrolysis / Q000187:drug effects; D007202:Indicators and Reagents / Q000494:pharmacology; D007700:Kinetics; D008670:Metals / Q000494:pharmacology; D008958:Models, Molecular; D009598:Nitrophenylgalactosides / Q000378:metabolism; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D013379:Substrate Specificity; D001617:beta-Glucosidase / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D000468:Alkalies; D007202:Indicators and Reagents; D008670:Metals; D009598:Nitrophenylgalactosides; D001617:beta-Glucosidase