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Query: EC:3.2.1.21 (beta-glucosidase)
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An extracellular xylanase was purified to homogeneity from the culture filtrate of a thermophilic fungus, Thermomyces lanuginosus-SSBP, and its biochemical characteristics were studied. A yield of 70-80% was achieved through the procedures of 80%-satd. ammonium sulphate precipitation, DEAE-Sephadex A25 and quaternary aminoethyl (QAE)-Sephadex A25 column chromatography. The molecular mass of the purified xylanase was 23.6 kDa, as analysed by SDS/PAGE, with a pI value of 3.8. The molar absorption coefficient of the absorbance at 280 nm was 6.8x10(4) M(-1).cm(-1). The specific activity, calculated using the dinitrosalicylic acid (DNS) method, was 3500 units/mg. The enzyme reactions followed Michaelis-Menten kinetics with K app m and V(max) values of 3.26 mg/ml and 6300 units/ml per mg of protein respectively, as obtained from a Lineweaver-Burk plot. The xylanase contained no other enzyme activity (cellulase, beta-glucosidase, beta-mannosidase, alpha-arabinofuranosidase, or beta-xylosidase) except for the hydrolysis of xylan substrate. The optimal temperature of the enzyme assay was 70-75 degrees C. The enzyme retained full activity after a 60 degrees C incubation for 3 h. The optimal pH of xylanase activity was 6.5 and the enzyme appeared to be stable over a broad pH range (pH 5-12) under the assay conditions. The majority of the metal ions tested had no effect on the enzyme activity, with the exception of Pb(2+) (modest inhibitor) and Hg(2+) (strong inhibitor). The results showed that one or two tryptophan residues oxidized by N-bromosuccinamide per enzyme molecule was sufficient to inhibit the enzyme activity completely, thus indicating that the tryptophan residues play an important role in the catalytical processes of the enzyme reaction. Because of the outstanding properties of the purified xylanase from the SSBP strain, this xylanase has a potential use in biopulping processes and other industrial applications.
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PMID:Purification and biochemical characteristics of beta-D-xylanase from a thermophilic fungus, Thermomyces lanuginosus-SSBP. 1046 22

An extracellular beta-glucosidase II (beta-Glu II) has been purified to homogeneity by column chromatography from Aspergillus niger CCRC 31494. Its molecular mass was estimated to be 360 kDa by gel filtration and 120 kDa by SDS-PAGE. The enzyme has a pI of 4.0 and has optimum activity at pH 4.5 and 60 degrees C. The beta-Glu II was completely inhibited by 5.0 mM Fe(2+). Methanol (20%, v/v) activated the enzyme activity at 1.8-fold. V(max) values of 10.2 and 464 units/mg were found for p-nitrophenyl beta-D-glucoside (K(m) = 2.2 mM) and for cellobiose (K(m) = 15.4 mM). The enzyme was strongly inhibited by substrates, p-nitrophenyl beta-D-glucopyranoside in excess of 7.5 mM and cellobiose in excess of 50 mM, and was competitively inhibited by glucose with a K(i) of 5.7 mM. Transglucosylation products of cellotriose, methyl beta-glucoside and ethyl beta-glucoside, were obtained under neutral conditions and in the presence of methanol and ethanol, respectively.
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PMID:Purification and Characterization of an Extracellular beta-Glucosidase II with High Hydrolysis and Transglucosylation Activities from Aspergillus niger. 1055 58

An alpha-L-rhamnosidase clone was isolated from a genomic library of the thermophilic anaerobic bacterium Clostridium stercorarium and its primary structure was determined. The recombinant gene product, RamA, was expressed in Escherichia coli, purified to homogeneity and characterized. It is a dimer of two identical subunits with a monomeric molecular mass of 95 kDa in SDS polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. At pH 7.5 it is optimally active at 60 degrees C and insensitive to moderate concentrations of Triton X100, ethanol and EDTA. It hydrolysed p-nitrophenyl-alpha-L-rhamnopyranoside, naringin and hesperidin with a specific activity of 82, 1.5 and 0.46 U mg-1 respectively. Hydrolysis occurs by inversion of the anomeric configuration as detected using 1H-NMR, indicating a single displacement mechanism. Naringin was hydrolysed to rhamnose and prunin, which could further be degraded by incubation with a thermostable beta-glucosidase. The secondary structure of RamA consists of 27% alpha-helices and 50% beta-sheets, as detected by circular dichroism. The primary structure of the ramA gene has no similarity to other glycoside hydrolase sequences and possibly is the first member of a new enzyme family.
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PMID:The thermostable alpha-L-rhamnosidase RamA of Clostridium stercorarium: biochemical characterization and primary structure of a bacterial alpha-L-rhamnoside hydrolase, a new type of inverting glycoside hydrolase. 1063 87

Flavobacterium johnsonae was isolated as a microorganism that produced a beta-glucosidase with hydrolytic activity of beta-glucosyl ester linkages in steviol glycosides. The enzyme was purified to homogeneity from a cell-free extract by streptomycin treatment, ammonium sulfate fractionation, and column chromatographies on S-Sepharose and phenyl-Toyopearl. The molecular mass of the purified enzyme was about 72 kDa by SDS-PAGE. An isoelectric point of pI 8.8 was estimated by isoelectric focusing. The enzyme was most active at pH 7.0, and was stable between pH 3.0 and 9.0. The optimum temperature was 45 degrees C, and the enzyme was stable below 35 degrees C. The enzyme hydrolyzed glucosyl ester linkages at site 19 of rebaudioside A, stevioside, and rubusoside, although it could not degrad beta-glucosidic linkages at site 13 of rebaudioside B or steviol bioside. The enzyme acted on aryl beta-glucosides such as p-nitrophenyl beta-glucoside, phenyl betaglucoside, and salicin, and glucobioses such as sophorose and laminaribiose. The enzyme activity on Rub was inactivated completely by Hg2+, and reduced by Fe3+, Cu2+, p-chloromercuric benzoate, and phenylmethylsulfonyl fluoride (residual activity; 67.9-84.8%). The pNPG hydrolysis was also inactivated to almost the same degrees. Kinetic behaviors in the mixed substrate reactions of rebaudioside A and steviol monoside, and of steviol monoglucosyl ester and phenyl beta-glucoside suggested the glucosidic and glucosyl ester linkages were hydrolyzed at a single active site of the enzyme.
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PMID:Purification and some properties of a beta-glucosidase from Flavobacterium johnsonae. 1073 90

Cyclic hydroxamic acids and a glucosidase that occur in rye seedlings were investigated. The concentration of the glucoside of 2,4-dihydroxy-1,4-benzoxazin-3-one (DIBOA-Glc) in shoots increased soon after germination and decreased to a lower, constant level as the plants started autotrophic growth. Cyclic hydroxamic acid glucoside beta-glucosidase activity also occurred transiently, and the timing of the increase and decrease was concurrent with that of cyclic hydroxamic acid glucosides. The glucosidase was isolated from 48-h-old rye shoots and purified to apparent homogeneity by using isoelectric precipitation, anion exchange chromatography, and gel filtration. The isoelectric point and the optimum reaction temperature were 4.9-5.1 and 25-30 degrees C, respectively. The N-terminal amino acid sequence was almost identical to that of the wheat glucosidases, but did not show any similarity to the sequences of other glucosidases of plant origin. SDS- and native-PAGE analyses showed that rye had several isozymes of glucosidase, and each isozyme was an oligomer of 60-kDa monomers with a molecular mass of approximately 300 kDa. The enzyme was highly active not only for DIMBOA-Glc but also for its 7-demethoxy analogue, DIBOA-Glc, which was different from the specificities of maize and wheat glucosidases.
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PMID:Purification and characterization of a beta-glucosidase from rye (Secale cereale L.) seedlings. 1077 41

The hyphomycete Chalara paradoxa CH32 produced an extracellular beta-glucosidase during the trophophase. The enzyme was purified to homogeneity by ion-exchange and size-exclusion chromatography. The purified enzyme had an estimated molecular mass of 170 kDa by size-exclusion chromatography and 167 kDa by SDS-PAGE. The enzyme had maximum activity at pH 4.0-5.0 and 45 degrees C. The enzyme was inactivated at 60 degrees C. At room temperature, it was unstable at acidic pH, but it was stable to alkaline pH. The purified enzyme was inhibited markedly by Hg(2+) and Ag(2+) and also to some extent by the detergents SDS, Tween 80, and Triton X-100 at 0.1%. Enzyme activity increased by 3-fold in the presence of 20% ethanol and to a lesser extent by other organic solvents. Purified beta-glucosidase was active against cellobiose and p-nitrophenyl-beta-D-glucopyranoside but did not hydrolyze lactose, maltose, sucrose, cellulosic substrates, or galactopyranoside, mannopyranoside, or xyloside derivatives of p-nitrophenol. The V(max) of the enzyme for p-NPG (K(m) = 0.52 mM) and cellobiose (K(m) = 0.58 mM) were 294 and 288.7 units/mg, respectively. Hydrolysis of pNPG was inhibited competitively by glucose (K(i) = 11.02 mM). Release of reducing sugars from carboxymethylcellulose by a purified endoglucanase produced by the same organism increased markedly in the presence of beta-glucosidase.
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PMID:Beta-glucosidase from Chalara paradoxa CH32: purification and properties. 1095 73

Fertilization in Bufo arenarum requires the sperm to penetrate the egg envelopes. The incubation of isolated vitelline envelopes with sperm induces the acrosome reaction, releasing proteases and glycosidases to the media. In the present work N-acetyl-beta-D-glucosaminidase, beta-D-galactosidase, beta-D-glucosidase, alpha-D-mannosidase, alpha-L-fucosidase, and alpha-D-glucosidase activities are measured in spermatozoa. N-acetyl-beta-D-glucosaminidase is the major sperm glycosidase activity assayed. However, N-acetyl-beta-D-galactosamine show competitive inhibitory effect. The glycosidase pH optimum is 3.5 being inhibited at pHs higher than 7.5. In our study, N-acetyl-beta-D-glucosaminidase is the only glycosidase that in vitro binds to vitelline envelopes in conditions that resemble natural fertilization media. The isolation of the active enzyme will allow studies of its role in fertilization. The enzyme has been purified in a two-step procedure. After native gel electrophoresis, the activity-stained band was cut out and the eluted enzyme was finally subjected to ConA-sepharose chromatography. In SDS-PAGE, the denatured enzyme migrates as a single band with a molecular mass of 45 kDa. Furthermore, analysis by size-exclusion on HPLC showed a peak of activity at around 45 kDa. Preliminary localization studies showed higher relative activity in the acrosomal content. In addition, 10% of the N-acetyl-beta-D-glucosaminidase activity was associated with the reacted sperm. By in vitro fertilization assay, it was observed that the inhibition of the enzyme results in the inhibition of fertilization. This last study shows that N-acetyl-beta-D-glucosaminidase plays an important role in toad fertilization.
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PMID:Purification and biological characterization of N-acetyl beta-D glucosaminidase from Bufo arenarum spermatozoa. 1098 20

The beta-glucosidase from Rhizopus japonicus IFO5318 was purified by Ammonium sulfate salting out and column chromatographies with the recovery of 22%. The molecular weight of the enzyme was about 4.0 x 10(5), consisting of four identical subunits; The optimum reaction temperature and pH for the beta-glucosidase were 55 degrees C and pH 5.5, respectively; While the enzyme was sensitive to heat, it could be stable at a wide range of pH. The Km and Vmax values of the enzyme were 0.825 mg.ml-1 and 135.4 mumol.min-1.mg-1, respectively, using p-Nitrophenyl-beta-D-glucopyranoside as a substrate. The beta-glucosidase exhibited strongest hydrolysis effect on cellobiose and some of its activity could be inhibited by SDS, Fe3+ and Hg2+.
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PMID:[Purification and some properties of extracellular beta-glucosidase from Rhizopus japonicus IFO5318]. 1118 62

From Aspergillus tubingensis CBS 643.92 four distinct beta-glucosidases (I-IV) were purified by a four-step purification procedure. SDS-PAGE revealed molecular masses of 131, 126, 54 and 54 kDa, respectively, and their isoelectric points were determined to be 4.2, 3.9, 3.7 and 3.6, respectively. The beta-glucosidases exhibited high diversity with respect to pH and temperature optima and stability, as well as to substrate specificity and glucose tolerance. The major beta-glucosidase (I) preferentially hydrolysed oligosaccharides. The acid-stable and heat-tolerant beta-glucosidase II hydrolysed aryl and terpenyl beta-D-glucosides as well as 1-O-trans-cinnamoyl beta-D-glucoside. In contrast to beta-glucosidases I and II, the minor beta-glucosidases III and IV were found to be glucose-tolerant; inhibition constants of 470 and 600 mM, respectively, were determined.
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PMID:Beta-glucosidase multiplicity from Aspergillus tubingensis CBS 643.92: purification and characterization of four beta-glucosidases and their differentiation with respect to substrate specificity, glucose inhibition and acid tolerance. 1133 Jul 8

The ginsenoside-beta-glucosidase that hydrolyzes the beta-(1-->2)-glucoside of the ginsenoside Rg3 sugar moiety to ginsenoside Rh2 was isolated from the ginseng root, and the enzyme was purified and characterized. The enzyme was purified to one spot in SDS polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, and its molecular weight was about 59 kDa. The optimum temperature of the ginsenoside-beta-glucosidase was 60 degrees C, and the optimum pH was 5.0. Ca2+ ion had positive effect on ginsenoside-beta-glucosidase, while Cu2+ had negative effect on it. The ginsenoside-beta-glucosidase may be a special beta-glucosidase that is different from the original exocellulase such as beta-glucosidase (EC 3.2.1.21).
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PMID:Purification and characterization of ginsenoside-beta-glucosidase from ginseng. 1145 82


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