Abstract
Extreme halophilic archaea (haloarchaea) have adapted their physiology and biomolecules to thrive in saline environments (>2 M NaCl). Many haloarchaea produce extracellular hydrolases (including proteases) with potential biotechnological applications, which require unusual high salt concentrations to attain their function and maintain their stability. These conditions restrict many of the standard methods used to study these enzymes such as activity determination and/or protein purification. Here, we describe basic protocols to detect and measure extracellular proteolytic activity in haloarchaea including casein hydrolysis on agar plates, quantitative proteolytic activity determination by the azocasein assay and gelatin zymography in presence of the compatible solute glycine-betaine.
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Paggi, R.A., Giménez, M.I., De Castro, R.E. (2022). Proteolytic Activity Assays in Haloarchaea. In: Ferreira-Cerca, S. (eds) Archaea. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 2522. Humana, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-2445-6_20
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