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  • Title: Irreversible thermoinactivation of glucoamylase from Aspergillus niger and thermostabilization by chemical modification of carboxyl groups.
    Author: Munch O, Tritsch D.
    Journal: Biochim Biophys Acta; 1990 Nov 15; 1041(2):111-6. PubMed ID: 2265196.
    Abstract:
    The incubation of glucoamylase from Aspergillus niger at 70 degrees C induced its rapid and irreversible inactivation. The covalent modifications of the protein structure involved in the thermoinactivation depended on the pH of the medium. We observed the formation of a low amount of disulfide-linked oligomers showing that disulfide exchange takes place at pH 5.5. Hydrolysis of peptide bonds at pH 3.5 and 4.5 was also detected. The chemical modification of carboxyl groups with a water-soluble carbodiimide, 1-ethyl-3-(3-dimethylaminopropyl)carbodiimide (EDC) decreased the rate of appearance of low-molecular-weight peptides at pH 3.5 and 4.5 upon heating at 70 degrees C. However, the rate of inactivation at such pH values was not modified. Modification of carboxyl groups with EDC in the presence of ethylenediamine leading to the transformation of three carboxyl groups to amino groups increased the thermostability of the enzyme for temperatures above the temperature of compensation, Tc, which is 60 degrees C.
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