Rational strategy for the production of new crude lipases from Candida rugosa

Biotechnol Lett. 2005 Apr;27(7):499-503. doi: 10.1007/s10529-005-2540-0.

Abstract

Candida rugosa was cultured using different inducers (oleic acid, olive oil, sunflower oil, n-dodecanol and glycerol) as the only carbon source in batch conditions, as well as in several fed-batch fermentations (oleic acid as inducer) at variable feed rate conditions. The N-terminal analysis of each crude lipase revealed that, while the isoenzymes Lip2 and Lip3 are always secreted (at different proportions depending on the inducer), Lip1 was produced only using n-dodecanol (batch conditions) or oleic acid (fed-batch at high feed rate). The nature of the inducer controls the isoenzyme percentage; when this is fixed, as well as the feed rate in fed-batch fermentation, the isoenzymatic profile remained unaltered and the samples differed only in the activity of the lipases, as determined by heptyl oleate synthesis.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Candida / enzymology*
  • Dodecanol / metabolism
  • Enzyme Induction
  • Fermentation
  • Glycerol / metabolism
  • Isoenzymes / chemistry
  • Isoenzymes / isolation & purification
  • Isoenzymes / metabolism
  • Lipase / chemistry
  • Lipase / isolation & purification*
  • Lipase / metabolism*
  • Oleic Acid / metabolism
  • Oleic Acids / metabolism
  • Olive Oil
  • Plant Oils / metabolism
  • Sunflower Oil

Substances

  • Isoenzymes
  • Oleic Acids
  • Olive Oil
  • Plant Oils
  • Sunflower Oil
  • Dodecanol
  • Oleic Acid
  • heptyl oleate
  • Lipase
  • Glycerol