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Purification and characterization of intracellular lipase from the polyunsaturated fatty acid-producing fungus Mortierella alliacea.
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PMID:  20932946     Owner:  NLM     Status:  In-Data-Review    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Previous studies on an arachidonic acid-producing fungus, Mortierella alliacea YN-15, suggested that its intracellular lipase plays an important role in the metabolism of exogenous and storage lipids. The lipase purified in this study through acetone precipitation and three-step chromatography was estimated to be about 11kDa in size by SDS-PAGE and mass spectrometry, and it tended to form large aggregates in aqueous solution. The purified lipase retained its activity over wide ranges of pH (2-12) and temperature (20-80°C). Its activity was enhanced by the Ca(2+) ion and reduced by some heavy metal ions, such as Zn(2+) and Hg(2+), and diethylpyrocarbonate. Among the various substrates tested, monoacylglycerols containing long-chain unsaturated fatty acids and phosphatidylcholine were preferentially hydrolyzed over triacylglycerols and fatty acid methyl esters. The lipase strongly hydrolyzed the sn-1/3 ester bonds and weakly hydrolyzed the sn-2 ester bonds of triolein, and it also catalyzed the acylglycerol synthesis reaction in a solvent-free two-phase system. The results indicate that triacylglycerol may be formed via 2-monoacylglycerol. Thus, the highly stable M. alliacea lipase may be useful for the synthesis of structured lipids, particularly acylglycerols containing functional unsaturated fatty acids at the sn-2 position.
Authors:
Worapol Jermsuntiea; Tsunehiro Aki; Rieko Toyoura; Kazuhiro Iwashita; Seiji Kawamoto; Kazuhisa Ono
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article     Date:  2010-10-12
Journal Detail:
Title:  New biotechnology     Volume:  28     ISSN:  1876-4347     ISO Abbreviation:  N Biotechnol     Publication Date:  2011 Feb 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2011-02-07     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  101465345     Medline TA:  N Biotechnol     Country:  Netherlands    
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Languages:  eng     Pagination:  158-64     Citation Subset:  IM    
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Copyright © 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Affiliation:
Department of Molecular Biotechnology, Graduate School of Advanced Sciences of Matter, Hiroshima University, 1-3-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8530, Japan.
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