Purification and characterization of a Bacillus cereus exochitinase.

Enzyme Microb Technol

Department of Biological Sciences, Auburn University, 101 Life Sciences Building, 36849, Auburn, AL, USA

Published: April 2001

Five extracellular chitinases of Bacillus cereus 6E1 were detected by a novel in-gel chitinase assay using carboxymethyl-chitin-remazol brilliant violet 5R (CM-chitin-RBV) as a substrate. The major chitinase activity was associated with a 36-kDa (Chi36) gel band. Chi36 was purified by a one-step, native gel purification procedure derived from the new in-gel chitinase assay. The purified Chi36 has optimal activity at pH 5.8 and retains some enzymatic activity between pH 2.5-8. The temperature optimum for Chi36 was 35 degrees C, but the enzyme was active between 4-70 degrees C. Based on its ability to hydrolyze mainly p-nitrophenyl-(N-acetyl-beta-D-glucosaminide)(2), Chi36 is characterized as a chitobiosidase, a type of exochitinase. The N-terminal amino acid sequence of mature Chi36 was determined (25 amino acids). Alanine is the first N-terminal amino acid residue indicating the cleavage of a signal peptide from a Chi36 precursor to form the mature extracellular Chi36. The N-terminal sequence of Chi36 demonstrated highest similarity with Bacillus circulans WL-12 chitinase D and significant similarity with several other bacterial chitinases.

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