Purification and characterization of a naringinase from Aspergillus aculeatus JMUdb058

J Agric Food Chem. 2013 Jan 30;61(4):931-8. doi: 10.1021/jf303512q. Epub 2013 Jan 22.

Abstract

A naringinase from Aspergillus aculeatus JMUdb058 was purified, identified, and characterized. This naringinase had a molecular mass (MW) of 348 kDa and contained four subunits with MWs of 100, 95, 84, and 69 kDa. Mass spectrometric analysis revealed that the three larger subunits were β-D-glucosidases and that the smallest subunit was an α-L-rhamnosidase. The naringinase and its α-L-rhamnosidase and β-D-glucosidase subunits all had optimal activities at approximately pH 4 and 50 °C, and they were stable between pH 3 and 6 and below 50 °C. This naringinase was able to hydrolyze naringin, aesculin, and some other glycosides. The enzyme complex had a K(m) value of 0.11 mM and a k(cat)/K(m) ratio of 14,034 s(-1) mM(-1) for total naringinase. Its α-L-rhamnosidase and β-D-glucosidase subunits had K(m) values of 0.23 and 0.53 mM, respectively, and k(cat)/K(m) ratios of 14,146 and 7733 s(-1) mM(-1), respectively. These results provide in-depth insight into the structure of the naringinase complex and the hydrolyses of naringin and other glycosides.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Aspergillus / enzymology*
  • Flavanones / metabolism
  • Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
  • Hydrolysis
  • Kinetics
  • Mass Spectrometry
  • Molecular Weight
  • Multienzyme Complexes / chemistry*
  • Multienzyme Complexes / isolation & purification
  • Multienzyme Complexes / metabolism*
  • Substrate Specificity
  • beta-Glucosidase / chemistry*
  • beta-Glucosidase / isolation & purification
  • beta-Glucosidase / metabolism*

Substances

  • Flavanones
  • Multienzyme Complexes
  • naringinase
  • beta-Glucosidase
  • naringin