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Journal of Zhejiang University-SCIENCE B (Biomedicine & Biotechnology)  2016, Vol. 17 Issue (6): 455-464    DOI: 10.1631/jzus.B1500317
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Characterization of β-glucosidase from Aspergillus terreus and its application in the hydrolysis of soybean isoflavones
Feng-ying Yan, Wei Xia, Xiao-xu Zhang, Sha Chen, Xin-zheng Nie, Li-chun Qian
The Key Laboratory of Molecular Animal Nutrition, Ministry of Education, College of Animal Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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Abstract  An extracellular β-glucosidase produced by Aspergillus terreus was identified, purified, characterized and was tested for the hydrolysis of soybean isoflavone. Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization with tandem time-of-flight/time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF/TOF MS) revealed the protein to be a member of the glycosyl hydrolase family 3 with an apparent molecular mass of about 120 kDa. The purified β-glucosidase showed optimal activity at pH 5.0 and 65 °C and was very stable at 50 °C. Moreover, the enzyme exhibited good stability over pH 3.0–8.0 and possessed high tolerance towards pepsin and trypsin. The kinetic parameters Km (apparent Michaelis-Menten constant) and Vmax (maximal reaction velocity) for p-nitrophenyl-β-D-glucopyranoside (pNPG) were 1.73 mmol/L and 42.37 U/mg, respectively. The Km and Vmax for cellobiose were 4.11 mmol/L and 5.7 U/mg, respectively. The enzyme efficiently converted isoflavone glycosides to aglycones, with a hydrolysis rate of 95.8% for daidzin, 86.7% for genistin, and 72.1% for glycitin. Meanwhile, the productivities were 1.14 mmol/(L·h) for daidzein, 0.72 mmol/(L·h) for genistein, and 0.19 mmol/(L·h) for glycitein. This is the first report on the application of A. terreus β-glucosidase for converting isoflavone glycosides to their aglycones in soybean products.

Key wordsβ-glucosidase      Aspergillus terreus      Characterization      Hydrolysis      Soybean isoflavones     
Received: 15 December 2015      Published: 03 June 2016
CLC:  Q55  
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Feng-ying Yan, Wei Xia, Xiao-xu Zhang, Sha Chen, Xin-zheng Nie, Li-chun Qian. Characterization of β-glucosidase from Aspergillus terreus and its application in the hydrolysis of soybean isoflavones. Journal of Zhejiang University-SCIENCE B (Biomedicine & Biotechnology), 2016, 17(6): 455-464.

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