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Influence of Ethylenediaminetetraacetic Acid (EDTA) on the Structural Stability of Endoglucanase from Aspergillus aculeatus

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Title Influence of Ethylenediaminetetraacetic Acid (EDTA) on the Structural Stability of Endoglucanase from Aspergillus aculeatus
 
Creator Gajendra, S. Naika
Purnima Kaul, Tiku
 
Subject 05 Enzymes
 
Description The effect of the chelating agent ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) on the structure and function of endoglucanase is studied. In the presence of 2 mM EDTA, endoglucanase showed an enhanced enzymatic activity of 1.5-fold compared to control. No further change in activity was observed with increase in the concentration of EDTA to 5 mM. The Km values for control and in the presence of EDTA are 0.060 and 0.044%, respectively, and Kcat was 1.9 min�1 in the presence of EDTA. The kinetic parameters indicated a decrease in the Km with an increase in the Kcat. Far-ultraviolet circular dichroism (far-UV-CD) results showed a 20% decrease in ellipticity values at 217 nm in the presence of EDTA compared to native enzyme. The apparent Tm shifted from a control value of 57(1 to 76(1 �C in the presence of EDTA (5 mM). The above results suggested that the enhanced activity in the presence of EDTA is due to an increase in the Kcat and flexible conformation of the enzyme. The stability of endoglucanase increased in the presence of EDTA.
 
Date 2011
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://ir.cftri.com/10204/1/J._Agric._Food_Chem_2011.pdf
Gajendra, S. Naika and Purnima Kaul, Tiku (2011) Influence of Ethylenediaminetetraacetic Acid (EDTA) on the Structural Stability of Endoglucanase from Aspergillus aculeatus. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 59 (13). pp. 7341-7345.