An extracellular polyhydroxybutyrate（PHB） depolymerase was purified to homogeneity from the culture supernatant of a PHB-degrading bacterium, Pseudomonas mendocina DSWY0601, which was isolated from brewery sewage fo...An extracellular polyhydroxybutyrate（PHB） depolymerase was purified to homogeneity from the culture supernatant of a PHB-degrading bacterium, Pseudomonas mendocina DSWY0601, which was isolated from brewery sewage for the ability to form clear zones on the PHB mineral agar plates. The molecular weight of the purified PHB depolymerase as determined by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis（SDS-PAGE） was ap- proximately 59800 at the optimal temperature and pH value being 50 ℃ and 8.5, respectively. PHB depolymerase was stable in a temperature range of 20--50 ℃ and sensitive to pH value within a pH range of 8.0-9.5. PHB depo- lymerase degraded poly-3-hydroxybutyrate-co-4-hydroxybutyrate（P3/4HB） and poly-3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3- hydroxyvalerate（PHBV） but did not degrade poly（lactic acid）（PLA）, poly（butylene succinate）（PBS） or poly- （caprolactone）（PCL）. PHB depolymerase was sensitive to phenylmethylsulfonyl fluoride（PMSF）, H202 and SDS. The main product after enzymatic degradation of PHB was indentified as 3-hydroxbutyrate monomer（3HB） by mass spectrometric analysis, suggesting that PHB depolymerase acted as an exo-type hydrolase. Analysis ofphaZpm gene reveals that PHB depolymerase is a typical denatured short-chain-length PHA（dPHAscL, PHA=polyhydroxyalkanoate） depolymerase containing catalytic domain, linker and substrate-binding domain.展开更多
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos.31100046,31100099)
文摘An extracellular polyhydroxybutyrate（PHB） depolymerase was purified to homogeneity from the culture supernatant of a PHB-degrading bacterium, Pseudomonas mendocina DSWY0601, which was isolated from brewery sewage for the ability to form clear zones on the PHB mineral agar plates. The molecular weight of the purified PHB depolymerase as determined by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis（SDS-PAGE） was ap- proximately 59800 at the optimal temperature and pH value being 50 ℃ and 8.5, respectively. PHB depolymerase was stable in a temperature range of 20--50 ℃ and sensitive to pH value within a pH range of 8.0-9.5. PHB depo- lymerase degraded poly-3-hydroxybutyrate-co-4-hydroxybutyrate（P3/4HB） and poly-3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3- hydroxyvalerate（PHBV） but did not degrade poly（lactic acid）（PLA）, poly（butylene succinate）（PBS） or poly- （caprolactone）（PCL）. PHB depolymerase was sensitive to phenylmethylsulfonyl fluoride（PMSF）, H202 and SDS. The main product after enzymatic degradation of PHB was indentified as 3-hydroxbutyrate monomer（3HB） by mass spectrometric analysis, suggesting that PHB depolymerase acted as an exo-type hydrolase. Analysis ofphaZpm gene reveals that PHB depolymerase is a typical denatured short-chain-length PHA（dPHAscL, PHA=polyhydroxyalkanoate） depolymerase containing catalytic domain, linker and substrate-binding domain.
