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ARCHIVES OF MICROBIOLOGY
Volume 182, Issue 2-3, Pages 157-164Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00203-004-0684-2
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thermophile PHB depolymerase; PHA depolymerase; Schlegelella thermodepolymerans; Caenibacterium thermophilum
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Eighteen gram-negative thermotolerant poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) (PHB)-degrading bacterial isolates (T-max approximate to 60degreesC) were obtained from compost. Isolates produced clearing zones on opaque PHB agar, indicating the presence of extracellular PHB depolymerases. Comparison of physiological characteristics and determination of 16S rRNA gene sequences of four selected isolates revealed a close relatedness of three isolates (SA8, SA1, and KA1) to each other and to Schlegelella thermodepolymerans and Caenibacterium thermophilum. The fourth strain, isolate KB1a, showed reduced similarities to the above-mentioned isolates and species and might represent a new species of Schlegelella. Evidence is provided that S. thermodepolymerans and C. thermophilum are only one species. The PHB depolymerase gene, phaZ, of isolate KB1a was cloned and functionally expressed in Escherichia coli. Purified PHB depolymerase was most active around pH 10 and 76degreesC. The DNA-deduced amino acid sequence of the mature protein (49.4 kDa) shared significant homologies to other extracellular PHB depolymerases with a domain substructure: catalytic domain type 2 - linker domain fibronectin type 3 - substrate-binding domain type 1. A catalytic triad consisting of S-20, D-104, and H-138 and a pentapeptide sequence (GLS(20)AG) characteristic for PHB depolymerases (PHB depolymerase box, GLSXG) and for other serine hydrolases (lipase box, GXSXG) were identified.
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