Zhang_2017_Front.Microbiol_8_441

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Title : Identification and Characterization of a Novel Salt-Tolerant Esterase from the Deep-Sea Sediment of the South China Sea - Zhang_2017_Front.Microbiol_8_441
Author(s) : Zhang Y , Hao J , Zhang YQ , Chen XL , Xie BB , Shi M , Zhou BC , Zhang YZ , Li PY
Ref : Front Microbiol , 8 :441 , 2017
Abstract :

Marine esterases play an important role in marine organic carbon degradation and cycling. Halotolerant esterases from the sea may have good potentials in industrial processes requiring high salts. Although a large number of marine esterases have been characterized, reports on halotolerant esterases are only a few. Here, a fosmid library containing 7,200 clones was constructed from a deep-sea sediment sample from the South China Sea. A gene H8 encoding an esterase was identified from this library by functional screening and expressed in Escherichia coli. Phylogenetic analysis showed that H8 is a new member of family V of bacterial lipolytic enzymes. H8 could effectively hydrolyze short-chain monoesters (C4-C10), with the highest activity toward p-nitrophenyl hexanoate. The optimal temperature and pH for H8 activity were 35 degrees C and pH 10.0, respectively. H8 had high salt tolerance, remaining stable in 4.5 M NaCl, which suggests that H8 is well adapted to the marine saline environment and that H8 may have industrial potentials. Unlike reported halophilic/halotolerant enzymes with high acidic/basic residue ratios and low pI values, H8 contains a large number of basic residues, leading to its high basic/acidic residue ratio and high predicted pI (9.09). Moreover, more than 10 homologous sequences with similar basic/acidic residue ratios and predicted pI values were found in database, suggesting that H8 and its homologs represent a new group of halotolerant esterases. We also investigated the role of basic residues in H8 halotolerance by site-directed mutation. Mutation of Arg195, Arg203 or Arg236 to acidic Glu significantly decreased the activity and/or stability of H8 under high salts, suggesting that these basic residues play a role in the salt tolerance of H8. These results shed light on marine bacterial esterases and halotolerant enzymes.

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Zhang Y, Hao J, Zhang YQ, Chen XL, Xie BB, Shi M, Zhou BC, Zhang YZ, Li PY (2017)
Identification and Characterization of a Novel Salt-Tolerant Esterase from the Deep-Sea Sediment of the South China Sea
Front Microbiol 8 :441

Zhang Y, Hao J, Zhang YQ, Chen XL, Xie BB, Shi M, Zhou BC, Zhang YZ, Li PY (2017)
Front Microbiol 8 :441