Journal
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES
Volume 85, Issue -, Pages 238-245Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2015.12.078
Keywords
Keratinase; Chemical modification; Stabilization; Thermodynamic properties
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Bacillus pumilus FH9 keratinase was covalently coupled to several oxidized polysaccharides. The conjugates were evaluated for the retained activity, kinetic and thermodynamic stability. Among all preparations, the conjugated enzyme with oxidized pectin had the highest recovered activity (71.75%) and the highest thermal stability at 60 degrees C (t(1/2) = 333 min). Compared to the native enzyme, the conjugated preparation exhibited higher optimum temperature, lower activation energy (E-a), lower deactivation constant rate (k(d)), higher t(1/2), and higher decimal reduction time values (D) within the temperature range of 50-80 degrees C. The thermodynamic parameters (Delta H*, Delta G*, Delta S*) of irreversible thermal denaturation for the native and conjugated keratinase were also evaluated. The values of enthalpy of activation (Delta H*), free energy of activation (Delta G*), and free energy of transition state binding (Delta G(E-T)*) for keratin hydrolysis were lower for the conjugated enzyme. Moreover, there was highly significant impact on improving the values of V-max/K-m, k(cat), k(cat)/K-m, and Delta G(E-s)* for the modified enzyme. Both native and conjugated enzymes were slightly activated by CaCl2 and MgCl2. However, the inhibitory effects of EDTA, HgCl2 and ZnSO4 were more pronounced with the native enzyme. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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