Abstract
In chemostat cultures of Bacillus caldolyticus, adaptation in a single step from 70–100°C was followed under aerobic and oxygen-limited conditions and was found to proceed more smoothly under the latter circumstances. Variations of the medium (e.g. yeast extract or silicate concentrations) showed that growth at 100°C is in all respects similar to that of cultures at moderate temperatures.
Enzyme preparations derived from cultures at 5°C intervals between 70 and 100°C were used to determine the temperature range. For all nine enzymes tested, the optimum temperature was found to be 67°C; the latter was independent of the growth temperature. Differences were found, however, with respect to the maximum temperature of individual enzymes, and three groups, with maxima between 70 and 80°C, 80 and 90°C and 90 and 100°C can be distinguished. Again, there was no correlation with the growth temperature.
Stability experiments also revealed that enzymes from the same organism can have different thermal properties: Some were found to be quite thermolabile (e.g. the pyruvate kinase), while others (e.g. hexokinase and glutamate-pyruvate transaminase) exhibited a high thermostability. These properties were not related to the growth temperature within the 70–100°C range, too.
Six of the enzymes tested could be stabilized by their respective substrates, but the degree of protection varied for individual enzymes. Three enzymes (acetate kinase, glutamate dehydrogenase and myokinase) could not be stabilized by their substrates.
Comparative experiments with the hexokinase suggested, that the thermal integrity of the enzymes is better protected within the cell as compared to the stability of the enzyme preparations.
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Abbreviations
- AK:
-
acetate kinase
- Ala-DH:
-
alanine dehydrogenase
- Ald:
-
aldolase
- GIDH:
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glutamate dehydrogenase
- G6P-DH:
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glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase
- GTP:
-
glutamate-pyruvate transaminase
- HK:
-
hexokinase
- ICDH:
-
isocitrate dehydrogenase
- MK:
-
myokinase
- PK:
-
pyruvate kinase
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Lauwers, A.M., Heinen, W. & Mulders, J.W.M. Properties of enzymes from bacteria grown in the 70–100°C range. Arch. Microbiol. 130, 159–164 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00411071
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