Proteomic methods applied to the analysis of immobilized biocatalysts

Abstract Methods adapted from proteomics can directly characterize proteins present in immobilized biocatalysts. Complete hydrolysis followed by HPLC analysis of Tyr and Phe estimates total protein bound, and is preferable to conventional difference methods, as tested with subtilisin Carlsberg on si...

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Published in:Biotechnology and Bioengineering
Main Authors: Petry, Inga, Ganesan, Ashok, Pitt, Andrew, Moore, Barry D., Halling, Peter J.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2006
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/bit.21074
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Summary:Abstract Methods adapted from proteomics can directly characterize proteins present in immobilized biocatalysts. Complete hydrolysis followed by HPLC analysis of Tyr and Phe estimates total protein bound, and is preferable to conventional difference methods, as tested with subtilisin Carlsberg on silica. This new method shows that various treatments give quantitative desorption of proteins immobilized by adsorption. Intact desorbed proteins may be analyzed by electrospray mass spectrometry. The Candida antarctica lipase B from Novozyme 435 was shown to be heavily glycosylated, while the lipase from Lipozyme RM IM was a mixture of four N‐terminally truncated forms. Peptides from selective cleavage were analyzed by tandem mass spectrometry, leading to automatic identification of proteins present. A second major protein present in Lipozyme RM IM was thus found to be alpha‐amylase from Aspergillus oryzae . These methods should be valuable complements to activity measurements in understanding immobilized enzyme activity and stability. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.