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Appl. Environ. Microbiol., Feb 1997, 380-386, Vol 63, No. 2
Copyright © 1997, American Society for Microbiology

Purification and characterization of two bifunctional chitinases/lysozymes extracellularly produced by Pseudomonas aeruginosa K-187 in a shrimp and crab shell powder medium

SL Wang and WT Chang
Department of Food Engineering, Da-Yeh Institute of Technology, Chang- Hwa, Taiwan, Republic of China.

Two extracellular chitinases (FI and FII) were purified from the culture supernatant of Pseudomonas aeruginosa K-187. The molecular weights of FI and FII were 30,000 and 32,000, respectively, by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and 60,000 and 30,000, respectively, by gel filtration. The pIs for FI and FII were 5.2 and 4.8, respectively. The optimum pH, optimum temperature, pH stability, and thermal stability of FI were pH 8, 50 degrees C, pH 6 to 9, and 50 degrees C; those of FII were pH 7, 40 degrees C, pH 5 to 10, and 60 degrees C. The activities of both enzymes were activated by Cu2+; strongly inhibited by Mn2+, Mg2+, and Zn2+; and completely inhibited by glutathione, dithiothreitol, and 2-mercaptoethanol. Both chitinases showed lysozyme activity. The purified enzymes had antibacterial and cell lysis activities with many kinds of bacteria. This is the first report of a bifunctional chitinase/lysozyme from a prokaryote.

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