Amylolytic Activities Excreted by the Halophilic Archaeon Haloferax mediterranei to Assimilate Available Starch Depend on the Nitrogen Source
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Título: | Amylolytic Activities Excreted by the Halophilic Archaeon Haloferax mediterranei to Assimilate Available Starch Depend on the Nitrogen Source |
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Autor/es: | Pérez Pomares, Francisco | Pire, Carmen | Vegara Luque, Anna | Bautista, Vanesa | Bonete, María-José |
Grupo/s de investigación o GITE: | Biotecnología de Extremófilos (BIOTECEXTREM) | Bioquímica Aplicada/Applied Biochemistry (AppBiochem) |
Centro, Departamento o Servicio: | Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Agroquímica y Bioquímica |
Palabras clave: | Halophilic archaea | Haloferax mediterranei | Amylolytic enzymes | Isolation and biochemical characterisation | Carbon and nitrogen sources |
Área/s de conocimiento: | Bioquímica y Biología Molecular |
Fecha de publicación: | 22-sep-2018 |
Editor: | SCIENCEDOMAIN international |
Cita bibliográfica: | Journal of Advances in Biology & Biotechnology. 2018, 18(4): 1-15. doi:10.9734/JABB/2018/43040 |
Resumen: | Several amylolytic activities have been isolated from a controlled growing media containing starch and nitrate or ammonium acetate as a carbon and energy source, excreted by the halophilic archaeon Haloferax mediterranei. These enzymes produced in nitrate-containing medium were different from those produced by the organism when cultured in ammonium acetate-containing medium. Haloferax mediterranei was able to grow optimally in both the media but not in a medium with ammonium chloride and starch as exclusive source of nitrogen and carbon, respectively. Growth was significantly lower when nitrate was replaced by ammonium, although there was significant amylolytic activity in the medium. At least six different activities were obtained in the nitrate-containing medium, but only five for the ammonium containing one. These enzymes displayed a different affinity for starch as a chromatographic matrix, when eluted with maltose in a range from 0.02 M to 0.2 M, and differed in their kinetic parameters for starch as a substrate. The average medium length of the products obtained from cracking starch was different for each amylolytic activity, ranging from glucose to larger polysaccharides. Moreover, they exhibited different molecular masses, from 15 to 80 kDa. On the other hand, all of them behaved as typical halophilic enzymes, requiring high salt concentrations from 2M to 4M NaCl for stability and activity. Also, it exhibited an optimal pH ranged from 7 to 8 and showed certain thermophilic behaviour, with maximal activity within 50°C to 60°C. The study of the presence and behaviour of this set of starch degrading enzymes will allow for a better understanding of how halophilic organism obtain the adequate carbohydrates to be incorporated and optimally used. |
Patrocinador/es: | This work was supported by project BIO2013-42921-P from the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10045/81627 |
ISSN: | 2394-1081 |
DOI: | 10.9734/JABB/2018/43040 |
Idioma: | eng |
Tipo: | info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Derechos: | © 2018 Pérez-Pomares et al.; This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
Revisión científica: | si |
Versión del editor: | https://doi.org/10.9734/JABB/2018/43040 |
Aparece en las colecciones: | INV - AppBiochem - Artículos de Revistas INV - BIOTECEXTREM - Artículos de Revistas |
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