Aggregation and Molecular Properties of ß-Glucosidase Isoform II in Chayote (Sechium edule).
Molecules
; 25(7)2020 Apr 08.
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The presence of isoforms of ß-glucosidase has been reported in some grasses such as sorghum, rice and maize. This work aims to extract and characterize isoform II in ß-glucosidase from S. edule. A crude extract was prepared without buffer solution and adjusted to pH 4.6. Contaminating proteins were precipitated at 4 °C for 24 h. The supernatant was purified by chromatography on carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) column, molecular exclusion on Sephacryl S-200HR, and exchange anionic on QFF column. Electrophoretic analyzes revealed a purified enzyme with aggregating molecular complex on SDS-PAGE, Native-PAGE, and AU-PAGE. Twelve peptides fragments were identified by nano liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (nano LC-ESI-MS/MS), which presented as 61% identical to Cucurbita moschata ß-glucosidase and 55.74% identical to ß-glucosidase from Cucumis sativus, another Cucurbitaceous member. The relative masses which contained 39% hydrophobic amino acids ranged from 982.49 to 2,781.26. The enzyme showed a specificity to ß-d-glucose with a Km of 4.59 mM, a Vmax value of 104.3 µMâmin-1 and a kcat of 10,087 µMâmin-1 using p-nitrophenyl-ß-D-glucopyranoside. The presence of molecular aggregates can be attributed to non-polar amino acids. This property is not mediated by a ß-glucosidase aggregating factor (BGAF) as in grasses (maize and sorghum). The role of these aggregates is discussed.
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Beta-Glucosidase
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Cucurbitaceae
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Agregados Proteicos
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2020
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