The characteristics of protein-glutaminase from an isolated Chryseobacterium cucumeris strain and its deamidation application

  • Ruidan Qu
  • , Tian Dai
  • , Jiajing Wu
  • , Aitian Tian
  • , Yanfang Zhang
  • , Li Kang
  • , Wei Ouyang
  • , Congli Jin
  • , Jinjin Niu
  • , Zhen Li
  • , Zhongyi Chang
  • , Deming Jiang
  • , Jing Huang*
  • , Hongliang Gao*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Protein-glutaminase (PG), a deamidation enzyme commercially derived from Chryseobacterium proteolyticum, is used to improve the solubility and other functional properties of food proteins. In this study, a new PG-producing strain, Chryseobacterium cucumeris ZYF120413-7, was isolated from soil, and it had a high PG yield and a short culture time. It gave the maximum PG activity with 0.557 U/ml on Cbz-Gln-Gly after 12 h of culture, indicating that it was more suitable for PG production. The enzyme activity recovery and purification fold were 32.95% and 161.95-fold, respectively, with a specific activity of 27.37 U/mg. The PG was a pre-pro-protein with a 16 amino acids putative signal peptide, a pro-PG of 118 amino acids, and a mature PG of 185 amino acids. The amino acid sequence identity of PG from strain ZYF120413-7 was 74 and 45%, respectively, to that of PG from C. proteolyticum 9670T and BH-PG. The optimum reaction pH and temperature of PG was 6 and 60°C, respectively. Enzyme activity was inhibited by Cu2+. The optimum PG substrate was Cbz-Gln-Gly, and the Km and Vmax values were 1.68 mM and 1.41 μM mg protein−1 min−1, respectively. Degree of deamidation (DD) of soy protein isolate (SPI) treated by purified PG was 40.75% within the first 2 h and 52.35% after 18 h. These results demonstrated that the PG from C. cucumeris ZYF120413-7 was a promising protein-deamidating enzyme for improving the functionality of food proteins.

Original languageEnglish
Article number969445
JournalFrontiers in Microbiology
Volume13
DOIs
StatePublished - 9 Aug 2022

Keywords

  • Chryseobacterium cucumeris
  • identification
  • protein deamidation enzyme
  • purification
  • soy protein isolate

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