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. 1994 Jun;60(6):1805–1809. doi: 10.1128/aem.60.6.1805-1809.1994

Biochemical characterization of a glutaryl-7-aminocephalosporanic acid acylase from Pseudomonas strain BL072.

R Binder 1, J Brown 1, G Romancik 1
PMCID: PMC201565  PMID: 8031081

Abstract

Pseudomonas strain BL072 produces an acylase enzyme active in hydrolyzing glutaryl-7-aminocephalosporanic acid to 7-aminocephalosporanic acid. This acylase was purified by column chromatography and gel electrophoresis. The native acylase was composed of two subunits of approximately 65 and 24 kDa, though some heterogeneity was seen in both the native acylase and its small subunit. The isoelectric point of the acylase is approximately 8.5, and it has Km of 1.6 mM for glutaryl desacetoxy aminocephalosporanic acid. The acylase hydrolyzes the desacetoxy and desacetyl derivatives of glutaryl-7-aminocephalosporanic acid at rates similar to that of glutaryl-7-aminocephalosporanic acid. Cephalosporin C was hydrolyzed at a reduced rate. The pH optimum was found to be 8.0, and an activation energy of 9 kcal/mol (ca. 38 kJ/mol) was observed. The acylase has transacylase activity 10 times that of its hydrolytic activity. Eupergit C-immobilized acylase had a half-life of greater than 400 h.

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