Tierärztliche Hochsch., Diss., 2005--Hannover.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1963. / Vita. Includes: Comparison of the [alpha]-glucosides of Saccharomyces produced in response to five non-allelic maltose genes / Harlyn O. Halvorson, Sara Winderman and John Gorman. Reprinted from Biochimica et biophysica acta, vol. 67 (1963), p. 42-53 -- Relationship between protein and nucleic acid synthesis in Pseudomonas azotogensis grown in hexetidine / John Gorman and Harlyn Halvorson. Reprinted from Archives of biochemistry and biophysics, vol. 84, no. 2 (Oct. 1959), p. 462-470 -- The abnormal pattern of protein synthesis in Pseudomonas azotogensis in the presence of hexetidine / H.O. Halvorson and John Gorman. Reprinted from Experimental cell research, vol. 17, p. 522-524. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references.

A celulose é o biopolímero de maior abundância no mundo e tem potencial para se tornar fonte de energia renovável através de sua transformação em açúcares fermentáveis, que por sua vez serão transformados em etanol. A recalcitrância da celulose, principal dificuldade encontrada no processo, pode ser superada com o auxílio de enzimas (celulases). Ao menos três enzimas celulolíticas são necessárias para a degradação total da celulose, incluindo as celobioidrolases, que hidrolisam as ligações glicosídicas das extremidades redutoras e não redutoras da cadeia, as endoglucanases, que clivam a cadeia de celulose amorfa randomicamente, e as beta-glicosidases, que produzem glicose através dos celo-oligômeros. Mas para que esse processo se torne financeiramente viável é necessário conhecer o funcionamento, otimizar a atividade e aumentar a produção dessas celulases. Com o intuito de avançar na compreensão da função e estrutura dessas enzimas, o presente trabalho teve como objetivo o estudo estrutural de beta-glicosidases da família GH1 e endoglucanases da família GH5. Na primeira parte do trabalho, a expressão da endoglucanase II de Trichoderma reesei não foi alcançada, mesmo utilizando diferentes organismos e condições de expressão. Porém, na segunda etapa, foi obtida a expressão, purificação e os primeiros ensaios de cristalização de 11 beta-glicosidases bacterianas da família GH1 e 8 endoglucanases bacterianas da família GH5. Dentre elas, três beta-glicosidases e uma endoglucanase de Bacillus licheniformis foram cristalizadas e tiveram sua estrutura resolvida. As beta-glicosidases, apesar de possuírem o enovelamente similar, apresentaram variações no tamanho e posição das alças formadoras da fenda catalítica e divergem em relação a um dos aminoácidos importantes para a estabilização do substrato. Essas diferenças podem ajudar a explicar o mecanismo dessas enzimas para reconhecer substratos distintos. A endoglucanase da família GH5, possuindo dois módulos acessórios, foi cristalizada tanto na forma apo quanto complexada ao substrato celotetraose. O segundo módulo acessório possivelmente é um domínio de ligação à celulose (CBM) e seus resíduos aromáticos, que são responsáveis pela interação com o substrato, parecem complementar o sítio catalítico, sendo assim um novo mecanismo de auxílio enzimático de um CBM. O primeiro módulo acessório não possui um aparente sítio de interação com carboidratos e provavelmente funciona como um conector entre domínio catalítico e o CBM. O posicionamento do substrato no sítio de ligação é parecido com outras estruturas já determinadas, porém, suscita algumas dúvidas sobre a função dos resíduos catalíticos que é conservada na família. O carbono anomérico do substrato possui uma densidade eletrônica contínua com o glutamato da fita β4 (que deveria ser o ácido/base) e está mais próximo dele que do glutamato da fita β7 (que deveria ser o nucleófilo). / Cellulose is the most abundant biopolymer in the world and can become a renewable energy source through its transformation in fermentable sugars, which will be converted in bioethanol. The cellulose recalcitrance, main difficulty in the process, can be overcome with the aid of enzymes (cellulases). At least three cellulolytic enzymes are required for complete hydrolysis of cellulose, including cellobiohydrolases for hydrolyzing the glycosidic linkages from the reducing and non-reducing chain ends, endoglucanases for randomly cleaving cellulose chains in the amorphous regions, and beta-glucosidases for producing glucose from the solubilized cello-oligomers. But, to become a financially viable process it is necessary to know the mechanism, optimize the activity and improve the production of these cellulases. In order to advance the understanding of the structure and function of these enzymes, the present work intended to study the structure of beta-glucosidases from family GH1 and endoglucanases from family GH5. In the first part of the work, the expression of endoglucanase II from Trichoderma reesei was not achieved, even using different organisms and expression conditions. However, in the second part, the expression, purification and the crystallization first trials of eleven bacterial beta-glucosidases and eight bacterial endoglucanases were achieved. Among them, three beta-glucosidases and one endoglucanase from Bacillus licheniformis were crystallized and had their structures solved. Beta-glucosidases, although having a similar folding, showed variations in the length and position of the loops that form the catalytic cleft and diverge in relation to one of the amino acids that are important in substrate stabilization. These differences may help explain the mechanism of these enzymes to recognize distinct substrates. The endoglucanase, which has two accessory modules, was crystallized in the apo form and complexed with the substrate celotetraose. The second accessory module probably is a cellulose binding domain (CBM) and its aromatic residues, which are responsible for the substrate interaction, seem to complement the catalytic site. Therefore it can be a new mechanism of CBM assistance in the enzymatic activity. The first accessory module has no apparent interaction site with carbohydrates and probably works as a connector between the catalytic domain and CBM. The positioning of the substrate in the binding site is similar to other structures already solved but raises some questions about the role of the catalytic residues, that are conserved in the family. The anomeric carbon of the substrate has a continuous electron density with glutamate from sheet-β4 (which should be the acid/base) and is closer to it than to glutamate from sheet-β7 (which should be the nucleophile).

Biological sulph ate reduction has been identi fied as a potentially valuable process for removing sulphate and heavy metals from indllstrial effluents. The role of sulphate reducing bacteria (SRB) in this process has attracted the attention of biotechnologists and recently of enzymologists due to its fundamental properties and possible role in AMD bioremediation. These obligatory anaerobic sulphate-reducing bacteria are commonly known to dissimilate sulphate for energy. Under anaerobic conditions SRB oxidize simple organic compounds such as lactic acid with the sulphate and thereby generate hydrogen sulphide (a stTong reducing agent) and bicarbonate ions. The hydrogen sulphide in turn reacts with contaminant metals contained in AMD and precipitates them out of solution as metal sulphides. Bicarbonate ions neutralize AMD by reaction with protons to form carbon dioxide and water. Organic matter in the municipal sewage sludge has been identified as a potential source of electron donors for su lphate reduction. However, this organic matter is in the polymeric form that cannot be util ised by SRB. The latter depend on the activities of other hydrolytic bacteria for the degradation of complex polymers. Hence the availability of these monomeric substrates is a major factor, which may constrain further process development and is considered a rate-limiting step. Thi s study is therefore undertaken to investigate the bacterial glucohydrolase enzymes involved in the digestion of the polysaccharides present in the sewage sludge with specific interest in cellulases and/or p-glucosidase enzymes. The goals of the research are to: isolate, identify, purify and quantify these enzymes; study their distribution with respect to time, pH, and temperature; maximize and quantify the hydrol ys is products; study whether sulphide and sulphate have an enhancing or an inhibitory effect on the activity of enzymes; optimize the enzyme activity against substrate and/or product inhibition and soluble heavy metal salts. / KMBT_363 / Adobe Acrobat 9.54 Paper Capture Plug-in

>Magister Scientiae - MSc / The complete degradation of recalcitrant lignocellulose biomass into value-added products requires the efficient and synergistic action of lignocellulose degrading enzymes. This has resulted in a need for the discovery of new hydrolytic enzymes which are more effective than commonly used ones. β-xylosidases and β-glucosidases are key glycoside hydrolases (GHs) that catalyse the final hydrolytic steps of xylan and cellulose degradation, essential for the complete degradation of lignocellulose. Functional-based metagenomics has been employed successfully for the identification and discovery of novel GH genes from a metagenome library. Therefore, this approach was used in this study to increase the chances of discovering novel glycoside hydrolase genes from a horse manure metagenomic DNA library constructed in a previous study. Three fosmid clones P55E4, P81G1, and P89A4 exhibiting β-xylosidase activity were found to encode putative glycosyl hydrolases designated XylP55, XylP81, and BglP89. Amino acid sequence analysis revealed that XylP55, XylP81, and BglP89 are members of the GH43, GH39, and GH3 glycoside hydrolase families, respectively. Phylogenetic analysis of XylP81 and BglP89 indicated that these showed relatively low sequence similarities to other homologues in the respective GH families. The enzymes were expressed and purified, and only XylP81 and BglP89 were biochemically characterized. XylP81 (~58 kDa) and BglP89 (~84 kDa) both showed optimum activity at pH 6 and 50℃ and retained 100% residual activity at 55℃ after 1-hour indicating that they are moderately thermostable. XylP81 had high specific activity against 4-nitrophenyl-β-D-xylopyranoside (pNPX; 122 U/mg) with a KM value of 5.3 mM, kcat/KM of 20.3 s-1mM-1, and it showed enzyme activity against α-L-arabinofuranosidase, β-galactosidase, and β-glucosidase activity. BglP89 had a high specific activity for 4-nitrophenyl-β-D-glucopyranoside (pNPG; 133.5 U/mg) with a KM value of 8.4 mM, kcat/KM of 22 s-1mM-1 and also showed α-L-arabinofuranosidase, β-galactosidase, β-glucosidase, and low β-xylosidase activity. BglP89 also showed low hydrolytic activity on cellobiose, β-glucan, and lichenan indicating that it is a broad specificity β-glucosidase. XylP81 retained ~40% activity in the presence of 3 M xylose whilst BglP89 showed considerable glucose tolerance at 150 mM glucose and retained ~46% residual activity. This study reveals two metagenomic derived enzymes (β-xylosidase and β-glucosidase) showing characteristics that could make them potential candidates for lignocellulose biomass degradation in biotechnological and industrial applications.

Antioxidant-rich plant foods can inhibit starch and lipid digestion that are relevant to the management of type-II diabetes. Our objective was to compare the three phenolic substances (total phenolic, total flavonoids, and condensed tannin content) in crude, semi-purified extracts from eight types of foods (purified by XAD-7 column), five fractions (semi-purified extracts fractionated by Sephadex LH-20 column) from black legumes, and to compare their antioxidant capacities. The IC50 values of these crude extracts, semi-purified extracts and fractions against alpha-amylase, alpha-glucosidase and lipase were measured. Results showed that Fraction V from black soybean had the lowest IC50 value (0.25 mg/mL) against alpha-amylase; Fraction V from black bean had the lowest IC50 value (0.25 micro gram/mL) against alpha-glucosidase; Fraction IV of black bean had the lowest IC50 value (76 micro gram/mL) against lipase; myricetin showed the lowest IC50 value against alpha-amylase, alpha-glucosidase and lipase.

京都大学 / 新制・課程博士 / 博士(農学) / 甲第24247号 / 農博第2526号 / 新制||農||1094(附属図書館) / 学位論文||R4||N5418(農学部図書室) / 京都大学大学院農学研究科食品生物科学専攻 / (主査)教授 保川 清, 教授 井上 和生, 教授 谷 史人 / 学位規則第4条第1項該当 / Doctor of Agricultural Science / Kyoto University / DFAM

T2DM is a chronic disease characterized by postprandial hyperglycemia. One of the therapeutic approaches to attenuate hyperglycemia is to inhibit intestinal ɑ-glucosidase enzyme and/or suppress glucose transporters that regulate intestinal glucose transporters such as SGLT1 & GLUT2. Berries rich in polyphenol antioxidants have various health benefits. Although the antidiabetic effects of various berry extracts or berry mixture in pre-clinical and clinical studies, the underlying pathways at the molecular level is still unclear. In this study, we investigated antioxidant and antidiabetic effects of selected berry extracts by determining free radical scavenging activates, Caco-2 intestinal ɑ-glucosidase activity, glucose uptake and the gene expression of ɑ-glucosidase and glucose transporters in Caco-2 cells. Total phenolic contents of berry extracts varied from 28.55 ± 0.06 to 56.15 ± 1.08 gallic acid equivalent (GAE μg/mL) and correlated with antioxidant capacities. Both cranberry extract (CBE) and blackberry extract (BBE) at 200 μg/mL concentration significantly decreased glucose uptake in Caco-2 cells. While mRNA expression and activity of ɑ-glucosidase were inhibited by CBE and BBE, mRNA expression of SGLT1 and GLUT2 was only inhibited by CBE. Moreover, CBE and BBE significantly decreased glucose uptake in the presence of sucrose and AS. Our data suggest that CBE and BBE have different molecular mechanisms in suppressing hyperglycemia and their effects are mediated by inhibiting carbohydrate digestion and absorption.

The objectives of this study) are: (1) partial purification and characterization of rice β-glucosidase, (2) determination of the physiological role of the enzyme during rice germination, and (3) histochemical localization of the enzyme. The method for partial purification of the enzyme was based on that of Schliemann (1984), which included differential solubility, cryoprecipitation, and cation exchange chromatography. The enzymes were characterized with respect to their molecular weights, pI value, pli and temperature profile of activity and stability, activity in the presence of selected denaturants and organic’ solvents, substrate specificity, and inhibition by several known β-glucosidase inhibitors. To examine the physiological role of rice β-glucosidase, histochemical localization of the enzyme in dry seeds and application of inhibitors of the enzyme to the germinating seeds were carried out. The seeds were soaked in the presence or absence of β-glucosidase inhibitors, and the number of germinating seeds, growth and development of coleoptile and roots, and enzymatic activity of β-glucosidase and α-amylase were studied. To study histochemical localization of rice β-glucosidase, the chromogenic substrates were used. The substrates were incubated with cross and longitudinal sections of whole seeds and seedlings, tissue sections, protoplast and plastid preparations from 5-6-day-old coleoptiles. The development of the colors were observed under the light microscopes. Among the cation exchange chromatography fractions, two distinct peaks of oNPGase and pNPgase activity were found: fraction-1 (Fr-1) and fraction-2 (Fr-2) forms. It was found that the two forms of rice β-glucosidase are different with respect to susceptibility to denaturation by SDS, substrate specificity and some physico-chemical properties. Fr-1 is susceptible to denaturation by SDS, and catalyzes specifically the hydrolysis of several β-galactosides (pNPGal, X-gal, and 6-BNGal) but not gentiobiose and cellobiose, and is stable over pH range (4 to 10). Fr-2, on the other hand, is more resistant to denaturing agents, catalyzes the hydrolysis of gentiobiose and cellobiose, but not any of the β-galactosides mentioned above; it is relatively stable at pH 9, and less stable at high temperatures than Fr-1. Both Fr-1 and Fr-2 are 120 kD native dimers, made up of 60 kD monomers. In rice dry seeds, β-glucosidases were distributed in the aleurone layers and embryo parts. β-glucosidase inhibitors suppressed germination at the activation stage. The inhibitors Suppressed the expression of α-amylase and β-glucosidase during germination detected at the activity level. It is proposed, therefore, that the pre-existing f-glucosidase is involved in the regulation of availability and activity of a hormone (gibberellin) at the early step of germination that controls expression of hydrolytic enzymes such as α-amylase. In mature seeds, the Fr-1 is found mainly in the scutellum region and aleurone layers, while the Fr-2 form is in the axis of the embryo. In the seedling, the Fr-1 form is found in the scutellum, shoot and coleoptile, while the Fr-2 form is in the root. In young tissue of shoot and coleoptile, the enzyme is localized in the epidermis and vascular bundles. At the subcellular level it is localized to the plastids. / Ph. D.

Nas células do ceco anterior de A.flavolineata, a secreção de enzimas digestivas parece ser mediada por vesículas de secreção e é influenciada pelo tempo decorrido após a refeição. Fracionamentos subcelulares das células do ceco anterior realizados 3h após a refeição indicaram que a amilase, maltase, pNΦβglu hidrolase e aminopeptidase estão enriquecidas nas frações que contém os grânulos de secreção. γ glutamil transferase, aminopeptidase e dipeptidase apresentaram uma forma solúvel e outra ligada a membrana. No conteúdo do intestino de A. flavolineata foi possível detectar a presença de 3 β-glucosidases: 1, uma celobiase-aril β-glucosidase termoestável; 2, uma aril β-glucosidase termoinstável ativa sobre pNΦβglu; 3, uma alquil β-glucosidase. A celobiase-aril β-glucosidase hidrolisa celobiose e aril β-glucosídeos em sítios diferentes e é mais ativa sobre celobiose e laminaribiose que sobre aril β-glucosídeos sintéticos ou naturais. Moléculas anfipáticas ativam a alquil β-glucosidase, tornando esta enzima efetivamente ativa apenas na digestão de membranas. Esta enzima hidrolisa alquil β-glucosídeos com 6 a 11 carbonos no radical alquil. A celobiase-aril P-glucosidase e a alquil β-glucosidase são provavelmente responsáveis pela digestão \"in vivo\" de β-1,4; β-1,3; β-1,3-1,4 glucanas e glucosilceramidas, respectivamente. / The secretion of digestive enzymes in the anterior caecal cells of A. flavolineata seems to be mediated by secretory vesicles and influenced by the period of time after a meal. Subcellular fractions of anterior caecal cells were obtained by differential centrifugation of homogenates prepared 3 hours after a meal. Amylase, maltase, pNΦβglu hidrolase and aminopeptidase are found with high activities in fractions that correspond to the contents of secretory vesicles. γ glutamil transferase, aminopeptidase and dipeptidase presented soluble and membrane-bound forms. In A. flavolineata midgut contents we found 3 β-glucosidases: 1, a heat-stable cellobiase-aryl β-glucosidase; 2, a heat-unstable activity against pNΦ β glu (aryl β-glucosidase); 3, a alkyl β-glucosidase. The cellobiase-aryl β-glucosidase hydrolyzes cellobiose and aryl β-glucosides at different active sites and is more active on cellobiose and laminaribiose than on aryl β-glucosides. Amphipatic molecules activate the alkyl β-glucosidase, making the enzyme very active only during membrane digestion. This enzyme hydrolyzes alkyl β-glucosides with 6 to 11 carbons in alkyl moiety. The cellobiase-aryl β-glucosidase and alkyl β-glucosidase are probably responsible for in vivo digestion of β-1,4; β-1,3; β-1,3-1,4 glucans and glucosylceramides, respectively.