Bioquímica e Biologia Molecular
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Item Purification and characterization of an a-galactosidase from Aspergillus fumigatus(Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology, 2005-03) Rezende, Sebastião Tavares de; Guimarães, Valéria Monteze; Rodrigues, Marília de Castro; Felix, Carlos RobertoAspergillus fumigatus secreted invertase (b-fructofuranosidase) and a-galactosidase enzymatic activities able to hydrolyzing raffinose oligosaccharides (RO). a-Galactosidase was induced by galactose, melibiose and raffinose, but galactose was the most efficient inducer. It was purified by gel filtration and two ion exchange chromatographies and showed Mw of 54.7 kDa. The purified enzyme showed maximal activity against p-nitrophenyl-a-D-galactopyranoside (pNPGal) at pH 4.5-5.5 and 55 °C, and retained about 80% of the original activity after incubation for 90 minutes at 50ºC. The KM for pNPGal was 0.3 mM. Melibiose was hydrolyzed by the enzyme but raffinose was very poor substrate.Item Hydrolysis of galacto-oligosaccharides in soy molasses by α -galactosidases and invertase from Aspergillus terreus(Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology, 2010-05) Reis, Angélica Pataro; Guimarães, Valéria Monteze; Ferreira, Joana Gasperazzo; Queiroz, José Humberto de; Oliveira, Maria Goreti Almeida; Falkoski, Daniel Luciano; Almeida, Maíra Nicolau de; Rezende, Sebastião Tavares deTwo α -galactosidase (P1 and P2) and one invertase present in the culture of Aspergillus terreus grown on wheat straw for 168 h at 28ºC were partially purified by gel filtration and hydrophobic interaction chromatographies. Optimum pH and temperatures for P1, P2 and invertase preparations were 4.5-5.0, 5.5 and 4.0 and 60, 55 and 65ºC, respectively. The KM app for ρ -nitrophenyl-α -D-galactopyranoside were 1.32 mM and 0.72 mM for P1 and P2, respectively, while the KM app value for invertase, using sacarose as a substrate was 15.66 mM. Enzyme preparations P1 and P2 maintained their activities after pre-incubation for 3 h at 50ºC and invertase maintained about 90% after 6 h at 55 ºC. P1 and P2 presented different inhibition sensitivities by Ag+, D-galactose, and SDS. All enzyme preparations hydrolyzed galacto-ologosaccharides present in soymolasses.Item Hydrolysis of oligosaccharides in soybean flour by soybean α-galactosidase(Food Chemistry, 2015-12) Guimarães, Valéria Monteze; José, Inês Chamel; Oliveira, Maria Goreti de Almeida e; Oliveira, Maria Goreti de Almeida e; Barros, Everaldo Gonçalves de; Moreira, Maurílio Alves; Viana, Simone de Fátima; Rezende, Sebastião Tavares deRaffinose oligosaccharides (ROs) make up a substantial part (40%) of the soluble sugars found in soybean seeds and are responsible for flatulence after the ingestion of soybean and other legumes. Consequently, soy-based foods would find a broader approval if the ROs were removed from soybean products or hydrolysed by α-galactosidases. During soybean seed germination, of content the ROs decrease substantially, while the α-galactosidase activity increases. α-Galactosidase was partially purified from germinating seeds by partition in an aqueous two-phase system and ion-exchange chromatography. The enzyme preparation presented maximal activities against ρ-nitrophenyl-α-d-galactopyranoside (ρNPGal) at 60 °C and a pH of 5.0 and the KM app values for ρNPGal, melibiose, and raffinose of the enzyme preparation were 0.33, 0.42, and 6.01 mM, respectively. The enzyme was highly inhibited by SDS, copper, and galactose. Hydrolysis of soybean flour ROs by enzyme preparation reduced the stachyose and raffinose contents by 72.3% and 89.2%, respectively, after incubation for 6 h at 40 °C.Item Treatment of soy milk with Debaryomyces hansenii cells immobilised in alginate(Food Chemistry, 2009-05-15) Souza Júnior, Waldeck Campanha de; Rezende, Sebastião Tavares de; Viana, Pollyanna Amaral; Falkoski, Daniel Luciano; Reis, Angélica Pataro; Machado, Solimar Gonçalves; Barros, Everaldo Gonçalves de; Guimarães, Valéria MontezeWhole cells of Debaryomyces hansenii UFV-1 were permeabilised with ethanol and immobilised in calcium alginate hydrogel. The optimum pH and temperature for α-galactosidase activities of permeabilised free (PFC) and permeabilised immobilised cells (PIC) were 4.5 and 60 °C; and 4.0 and 70 °C, respectively. PIC α-galactosidase was more stable than that of PFC. The incubation of PIC at 60 and 70 °C promoted an increase in α-galactosidase activity. The α-galactosidase activity was maintained when PIC was used in three repeated batches. The Km values for PIC and PFC α-galactosidases, with ρNPαGal, were 0.82 mM and 0.30 mM, respectively. Soy milk treatment with PIC for 6 h at 60 °C promoted 100% hydrolysis of raffinose oligosaccharides.Item Thermostability improvement of Orpinomyces sp. xylanase by directed evolution(Journal of Molecular Catalysis B: Enzymatic, 2012-09) Trevizano, Larissa Mattos; Ventorim, Rafaela Zandonade; Rezende, Sebastião Tavares de; Silva Junior, Floriano Paes; Guimarães, Valéria MontezeThe methodology of directed evolution, using the mutagenic technique of error-prone PCR has been used to improve the thermostability of enzymes. This method was applied to the endo-β-1,4-xylanase from Orpinomyces strain PC-2. The constructed library of xylanase (xynA) mutants was subjected to several screening cycles in plates with azo-xylan-agarose as substrate and four thermostable mutants (M1–M4) were selected. Homology models for these thermostable mutants were constructed to identify the location of the residues changed by error-prone PCR and to investigate the effect of these mutations on the xylanase properties. Xylanase activities of the mutants and wild type were maximal at 60 °C and in the pH range of 5–7. The mutants displayed higher thermostability than the wild type XynA, where the wild type showed a half-life at 60 °C of 7.92 min, while half-life values for M1, M2, M3 and M4 were 209, 33.2, 401 and 15.3 min, respectively. Additionally, M3 and M4 presented a good performance in more extreme pH conditions. The mutants retained their ability to hydrolyze birchwood and oat spelt xylans, which are substrates presenting different degrees of branching.Item Removal of oligosaccharides in soybean flour and nutritional effects in rats(Food Chemistry, 2010-01-15) Brasil, Ana Paula Rodrigues; Rezende, Sebastião Tavares de; Pelúzio, Maria do Carmo Gouveia; Guimarães, Valéria MontezeThe objectives of this work were to establish a safe and economically viable process for the removal of raffinose oligosaccharides (RO) from soy flour and compare the effects of RO elimination from diets with regard to nutritional parameters by testing in Wistar rats. Debaryomyces hansenii UFV-1 was cultivated in suspension of defatted soy flour (1:10 w/v). An increase in α-galactosidase activity was observed in the medium, with a consequent decrease in the RO concentration. A total reduction of RO was achieved at 36 h of incubation. The diet containing soy flour free of RO presented higher digestibility, 91.28%, in relation to the diet containing soy flour with RO, 87.14%. However, the removal of the oligosaccharides from the diet did not promote a significant improvement in the values of weight gain, and other nutritional parameters tested on rats, during the experimental period of 14 days.Item Impact of the removal of N-terminal non-structured amino acids on activity and stability of xylanases from Orpinomyces sp. PC-2(International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 2017-08-03) Ventorim, Rafaela Zandonade; Mendes, Tiago Antônio de Oliveira; Trevizano, Larissa Mattos; Camargos, Ana Maria dos Santos; Guimarães, Valéria MontezeXylanases catalyze the random hydrolysis of xylan backbone from plant biomass and thus, they have application in the production of biofuels, Kraft pulps biobleaching and feed industry. Here, xylanases derived from Orpinomyces sp. PC-2 were engineered guided by molecular dynamics methods to obtain more thermostable enzymes. Based on these models, 27 amino acid residues from the N-terminal were predicted to reduce protein stability and the impact of this removal was validated to two enzyme con- structs: small xylanase Wild-Type (SWT) obtained from Wild-Type xylanase (WT) and small xylanase Mutant (SM2) generated from M2 mutant xylanase (V135A, A226T). The tail removal promoted increase in specific activity of purified SWT and SM2, which achieved 5,801.7 and 5,106.8 U mg^−1 of protein, respec- tively, while the WT activity was 444.1 U mg^−1 of protein. WT, SWT and SM2 showed half-life values at 50 ◦ C of 0.8, 2.3 and 29.5 h, respectively. Overall, in view of the results, we propose that the presence of non-structured amino acid in the N-terminal leads to destabilization of the xylanases and may promote less access of the substrate to the active site. Therefore, its removal may promote increased stability and enzymatic activity, interesting properties that make them suitable for biotechnological applications.Item Purification and characterization of xylanases from the fungus Chrysoporthe cubensis for production of xylooligosaccharides and fermentable sugars(Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology, 2016-12-24) Sousa Gomes, Kamila de; Maitan-Alfenas, Gabriela P.; Andrade, Lorena G. A. de; Falkoski, Daniel Luciano; Guimarães, Valéria Monteze; Alfenas, Acelino C.; Rezende, Sebastião Tavares deXylanases from the pathogen fungus Chrysoporthe cubensis were produced under solid state fermentation (SSF) using wheat bran as carbon source. The enzymatic extracts were submitted to ion exchange (Q Sepharose) and gel filtration chromatography methods (Sephadex S-200) for purification. The xylanases were divided into three groups: P1 showed better performance at 60 °C and pH 4.0, P2 at 55 °C and pH 3.0, and P3 at 80 °C and pH 3.0. Oat spelt xylan was the best substrate hydrolyzed by P1 and P3, while beechwood xylan was better degraded by P2. Carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) and p-nitrophenyl-β-d-xylopyranoside (p-NPβXyl) were not hydrolyzed by any of the xylanases. The K M ’ or K M values, using oat spelt xylan as substrate, were 2.65 mg/mL for P1, 1.81 mg/mL for P2, and 1.18 mg/mL for P3. Xylobiose and xylotriose were the main xylooligosaccharides of oat spelt xylan degradation, indicating that the xylanases act as endo-β-1,4-xylanases. Xylanases also proved to be efficient for hydrolysis of sugarcane bagasse when used as supplement of a commercial cocktail due to the increase of the reducing sugar release.Item Covalent immobilization of α-Galactosidase from Penicillium griseoroseum and its application in Oligosaccharides Hydrolysis(Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology, 2008-10-21) Falkoski, Daniel Luciano; Guimarães, Valéria Monteze; Queiroz, Marisa Vieira de; Araújo, Elza Fernandes de; Almeida, Maíra Nicolau de; Barros, Everaldo Gonçalves de; Rezende, Sebastião Tavares dePartially purified α-Galactosidase from Penicillium griseoroseum was immobilized onto modified silica using glutaraldehyde linkages. The effective activity of immobilized enzyme was 33%. Free and immobilized α-galactosidase showed optimal activity at 45 °C and pH values of 5 and 4, respectively. Immobilized α-galactosidase was more stable at higher temperatures and pH values. Immobilized α-galactosidase from P. griseoroseum maintained 100% activity after 24 h of incubation at 40 °C, while free enzyme showed only 32% activity under the same incubation conditions. Defatted soybean flour was treated with free and immobilized α-galactosidase in batch reactors. After 8 h of incubation, stachyose was completely hydrolyzed in both treatments. After 8 h of incubation, 39% and 70% of raffinose was hydrolyzed with free and immobilized α-galactosidase respectively. Immobilized α-galactosidase was reutilized eight times without any decrease in its activity.Item Characterization and biotechnological application of an acid α-galactosidase from Tachigali multijuga Benth. seeds(Phytochemistry, 2008-10-02) Fialho, Lílian da Silva; Guimarães, Valéria Monteze; Callegari, Carina Marin; Reis, Angélica Pataro; Barbosa, Daianny Silveira; Borges, Eduardo Euclydes de Lima; Moreira, Maurilio Alves; Rezende, Sebastião Tavares deTachigali multijuga Benth. seeds were found to contain protein (364 mg g−1 dwt), lipids (24 mg g−1 dwt), ash (35 mg g−1 dwt), and carbohydrates (577 mg g−1 dwt). Sucrose, raffinose, and stachyose concentrations were 8.3, 3.0, and 11.6 mg g−1 dwt, respectively. α-Galactosidase activity increased during seed germination and reached a maximum level at 108 h after seed imbibition. The α-galactosidase purified from germinating seeds had an Mr of 38,000 and maximal activity at pH 5.0–5.5 and 50 °C. The enzyme was stable at 35 °C and 40 °C, but lost 79% of its activity after 30 min at 50 °C. The activation energy (Ea) values for p-nitrophenyl-α-d-galactopyranoside (pNPGal) and raffinose were 13.86 and 4.75 kcal mol−1, respectively. The Km values for pNPGal, melibiose, raffinose, and stachyose were 0.45, 5.37, 39.62 and 48.80 mM, respectively. The enzyme was sensitive to inhibition by HgCl2, SDS, AgNO3, CuSO4, and melibiose. d-Galactose was a competitive inhibitor (Ki = 2.74 mM). In addition to its ability to hydrolyze raffinose and stachyose, the enzyme also hydrolyzed galactomannan.