Fe3O4@silica-thermolysin: A robust, advantageous, and reusable microbial nanobiocatalyst for proteolysis and milk-clotting.
Int J Biol Macromol
; 278(Pt 1): 134503, 2024 Oct.
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ABSTRACT
Thermolysin (TLN) is a microbial highly-priced thermostable metallo-endoprotease with complementary substrate specificity to those of proteases widely used in science and industry for protein digestion and milk-clotting. This study is the first to immobilize TLN on aminated superparamagnetic nanoparticles (Fe3O4@silica-NH2) aiming for higher stability, recoverability, reusability, and applicability in proteolysis and as a microbial rennet-like milk-clotting enzyme. The nanobiocatalyst developed (Fe3O4@silica-TLN) displays hydrolytic activity on a synthetic TLN substrate and, apparently, was fully recovered from reaction media by magnetic decantation. More importantly, Fe3O4@silica-TLN retains TLN catalytic properties in the presence of calcium ions even after exposure to 60 °C for 48 h, storage at 4 °C for 80 days and room temperature for 42 days, use in proteolyses, and in milk-clotting for up to 11 cycles. Its proteolytic activity on bovine milk casein in 24 h furnished 84 peptides, of which 29 are potentially bioactive. Also, Fe3O4@silica-TLN catalyzed the digestion of bovine serum albumin. In conclusion, Fe3O4@silica-TLN showed to be a new, less autolytic, thermostable, non-toxic, magnetically-separable, and reusable nanobiocatalyst with highly attractive properties for both science (peptide/protein chemistry and structure, proteomic studies, and the search for new bioactive peptides) and food industry (cheese manufacture).
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Termolisina
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Dióxido de Silício
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Leite
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Enzimas Imobilizadas
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Proteólise
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Animals
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En
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Int J Biol Macromol
Ano de publicação:
2024
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Article
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Brasil