Title

Production, purification and characterization of a 50-kDa extracellular metalloprotease from Serratia marcescens

Abstract

The extracellular metalloprotease (SMP 6.1) produced by a soil isolate of Serratia marcescens NRRL B-23112 was purified and characterized. SMP 6.1 was purified from the culture supernatant by ammonium sulfate precipitation, acetone fractional precipitation, and preparative isoelectric focusing. SMP 6.1 has a molecular mass of approximately 50 900 Da by sodium dodecyl sulfate/polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE). The following substrates were hydrolyzed: casein, bovine serum albumin, and hide powder. SMP 6.1 has the characteristics of a metalloprotease, a pH optimum of 10.0, and a temperature optimum of 42°C. The isoelectric point of the protease is 6.1. Restoration of proteolytic activity by in-gel renaturation after SDS-PAGE indicates a single poly,peptide chain. SMP 6.1 is inhibited by EDTA (9 μg/ml) and not inhibited by antipain dihydrochloride (120 μg/ml), aprotinin (4 μg/ml), bestatin (80 μg/ml), chymostatin (50 μg/ml), E-64 (20 μg/ml), leupeptin (4 μg/ml), Pefabloc SC (2000 μg/ml), pepstatin (4 μg/ml), phosphoramidon (660 μg/ml), or phenylmethylsulfonyl fluoride (400 μg/ml). SMP 6.1 retains full activity in the presence of SDS (1% w/v), Tween-20 (1% w/v), Triton X-100 (1% w/v), ethanol (5% v/v), and 2-mercaptoethanol (0.5% v/v). The extracellular metalloprotease SMP 6.1 differs from the serratiopeptidase (Sigma) produced by S. marcescens ATCC 27117 in the following characteristics: isoelectric point, peptide mapping and nematolytic properties.

Publication Date

10-20-1997

Publication Title

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volume

48

Issue

3

Number of Pages

317-324

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1007/s002530051056

Socpus ID

0030885049 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/0030885049

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