Purification and characterization of a urethanase from Penicillium variabile

Appl Biochem Biotechnol. 2014 Jan;172(1):351-60. doi: 10.1007/s12010-013-0526-2.

Abstract

Urethanase produced by Penicillium variabile was purified through ultrasonication, concentration by polyethylene glycol 20,000, and Superdex G-200 gel filtration chromatography. The molecular weight of urethanase was determined to be around 96 kDa by gel filtration. The purified enzyme showed a single band in SDS-PAGE with the molecular weight of ~13.7 kDa, which suggests that the enzyme has a multimeric structure composed of the same subunits. Peptide map fingerprinting analysis was then carried out by MALDI/TOF-TOF MS. Within the known sequences in NCBI, glucosamine-6-phosphate deaminase and 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase get high score as compared with urethanase. Sequence analysis informs that N-terminal sequence of urethanase is GTNTADNDAA. The Minchaelis constant (Km) and maximum reaction rate (Vm) of urethanase are 27.2 mmol/L and 156.25 μmol/L min, respectively.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Amidohydrolases / chemistry
  • Amidohydrolases / isolation & purification*
  • Amidohydrolases / metabolism*
  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
  • Kinetics
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Molecular Weight
  • Penicillium / enzymology*
  • Penicillium / isolation & purification
  • Sonication
  • Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization
  • Temperature

Substances

  • Amidohydrolases
  • urethanase