Journal
JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY
Volume 48, Issue 1, Pages 105-109Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/jf9903354
Keywords
lipase; Aspergillus nidulans; triacylglycerol hydrolases; enzyme purification; cold-active lipase; cold-adapted enzymes
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Aspergillus nidulans WG312 strain secreted lipase activity when cultured in liquid media with olive oil as carbon source. Highest lipase productivity was found when the mycelium was grown at 30 degrees C in a rich medium. The new enzyme was purified to homogeneity from the extracellular culture of A. nidulans by phenyl-Sepharose chromatography and affinity binding on linolenic acid-agarose. The lipase was monomeric with an apparent M-r of 29 kDa and a pi of 4.85 and showed no glycosylation. Kinetic of enzyme activity versus substrate concentration showed a typical lipase behavior, with K-M and K-cat values of 0.28 mM and 494 s(-1) and 0.30 mM and 320 s(-1) for the isotropic solution and for the turbid emulsion, respectively. All glycerides assayed were hydrolyzed efficiently by the enzyme, but this showed preference toward esters of short- and middle-chain fatty acids. The optimum temperature and pH for the lipolytic activity were 40 degrees C and 6.5, with high activity in the range 0-20 degrees C and reduced thermal stability.
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