Purification and Characterizatioin of Extracellular Poly(3-Hydroxybutyrate) Depolymerases Produced by Agrobacterium sp. K-03

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A poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) (PHB)-degrading bacterium, Agrobacterium sp. strain K-03,isoalted from soil, secreted two PHB depolymerases into the culture fluid when it was cultivated on PHB, 3-hydroxybutyrate (3HB), or poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) comprising 43 mol% 3-hydroxyvalerate (P(3HB-co-43%3HV) as the sole source of carbon. The two extracellular PHB depolymerases, designated E1 and E2,were purified from the culture fluid using DEAE-Toyopearl 650M column chromatography followed by gel filtration in Sephadex G-75 column chromatography. E1 and E2 are basic proteins having molecularl weights of 46 and 44 kDa, and isoelectric points of 9.0 and 8.9,respectively. The optimal pHs of E1 and E2 for degradation of PHB are 8.1 and 7.9,respectively, and both of them have optimal PHB degradatioin temperatures of 45℃. Their enzymatic activities were considerably inhibited by dithiothreitol, phenylmethanesulfonyl fluoride, and Tween 20. The K_m values of E1 and E2 for PHB were 17.8 μg/ml and 70.5 μg/ml, respectively. At pH 8.0 and 30℃, both enzymes completely degraded PHB, and they degraded 94% of P(3HB-co-43%3HV). The methyl ester of 3HB dimer ws degraded by each enzyme to form the free dimer and the free monomer of 3HB.
1996-01-25