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AMB EXPRESS
Volume 3, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
BIOMED CENTRAL LTD
DOI: 10.1186/2191-0855-3-8
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Poly(epsilon-caprolactone) (PCL); Streptomyces thermoviolaceus subsp thermoviolaceus; PCL depolymerases; Chi25 chitinase
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- National Science Council, Taipei, Taiwan [NSC99-2311-B-030-001-MY3]
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A thermophilic Streptomyces thermoviolaceus subsp. thermoviolaceus isolate 76T-2 that can degrade poly(epsilon-caprolactone) (PCL) was isolated from soil in Taiwan. Isolate 76T-2 grew well in urea fructose oatmeal medium and exhibited clear zones on agar plates containing PCL, indicating the presence of extracellular PCL depolymerases. The PCL powder present in culture medium was completely degraded within 6 h of culture at 45 degrees C. Two PCL-degrading enzymes were purified to homogeneity from the culture supernatant. The molecular weights of these two enzymes were estimated to be 25 kDa and 55 kDa, respectively. A portion of the N-terminal region of the 25-kDa protein was determined, and the sequence Ala-Asn-Phe-Val-Val-Ser-Glu-Ala thus obtained was identical to that of A(64)-A(71) of the Chi25 chitinase of Streptomyces thermoviolaceus OPC-520. The 25-kDa protein was shown to also degrade chitin, suggesting that isolate 76T-2 has the ability to degrade both PCL and chitin.
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