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  • Title: Purification and characterization of thermostable endo-1,5-alpha-L-arabinase from a strain of Bacillus thermodenitrificans.
    Author: Takao M, Akiyama K, Sakai T.
    Journal: Appl Environ Microbiol; 2002 Apr; 68(4):1639-46. PubMed ID: 11916679.
    Abstract:
    A strain of a thermophilic bacterium, tentatively designated Bacillus thermodenitrificans TS-3, with arabinan-degrading activity was isolated. It produced an endo-arabinase (ABN) (EC 3.2.1.99) and two arabinofuranosidases (EC 3.2.1.55) extracellularly when grown at 60 degrees C on a medium containing sugar beet arabinan. The ABN (tentatively called an ABN-TS) was purified 7,417-fold by anion-exchange, hydrophobic, size exclusion, and hydroxyapatite chromatographies. The molecular mass of ABN-TS was 35 kDa as determined by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, and the isoelectric point was pH 4.5. The enzyme was observed to be more thermostable than known ABNs; it had a half-life of 4 h at 75 degrees C. The enzyme had optimal activity at 70 degrees C and pH 6.0. The enzyme had apparent K(m) values of 8.5 and 45 mg/ml and apparent V(max) values of 1.6 and 1.1 mmol/min/mg of protein against debranched arabinan (alpha-1,5-arabinan) and arabinan, respectively. The enzyme had no pectin-releasing activity (protopectinase activity) from sugar beet protopectin, differing from an ABN (protopectinase-C) from mesophilic Bacillus subtilis IFO 3134. The pattern of degradation of debranched arabinan by ABN-TS indicated that the enzyme was an endo-acting enzyme and the main end products were arabinobiose and arabinose. The results of preliminary experiments indicated that the culture filtrate of strain TS-3 is suitable for L-arabinose production from sugar beet pulp at high temperature.
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