Isolation, purification, and enzymatic characterization of extracellular chitosanase from marine bacterium Bacillus subtilis CH2

J Microbiol Biotechnol. 2011 Oct;21(10):1021-5. doi: 10.4014/jmb.1104.04032.

Abstract

A Bacillus subtilis strain was isolated from the intestine of Sebastiscus marmoratus (scorpion fish) that was identified as Bacillus subtilis CH2 by morphological, biochemical, and genetic analyses. The chitosanase of Bacillus subtilis CH2 was best induced by fructose and not induced with chitosan, unlike other chitosanases. The strain was incubated in LB broth, and the chitosanase secreted into the medium was concentrated with ammonium sulfate precipitation and purified by gel permeation chromatography. The molecular mass of the purified chitosanase was detected as 29 kDa. The optimum pH and temperature of the purified chitosanase were 5.5 and 60°C, respectively. The purified chitosanase was continuously thermostable at 40°C. The specific acitivity of the purified chitosanase was 161 units/mg. The N-terminal amino acid sequence was analyzed for future study.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Bacillus subtilis / chemistry
  • Bacillus subtilis / enzymology*
  • Bacillus subtilis / genetics
  • Bacillus subtilis / isolation & purification*
  • Bacterial Proteins / chemistry*
  • Bacterial Proteins / genetics
  • Bacterial Proteins / isolation & purification*
  • Bacterial Proteins / metabolism
  • Enzyme Stability
  • Extracellular Space / chemistry
  • Extracellular Space / enzymology*
  • Extracellular Space / genetics
  • Fishes
  • Glycoside Hydrolases / chemistry*
  • Glycoside Hydrolases / genetics
  • Glycoside Hydrolases / isolation & purification*
  • Glycoside Hydrolases / metabolism
  • Intestines / microbiology
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Seawater / microbiology*
  • Substrate Specificity

Substances

  • Bacterial Proteins
  • Glycoside Hydrolases
  • chitosanase