Locust bean gum (LBG) was employed to screen
mannanase-producing bacteria. The bacterium with highest
mannanase ability was identified as
Paenibacillus cookii. It revealed highest activity (6.67 U/mL) when cultivated in 0.1% LBG with 1.5% soytone and 0.5% tryptone after 4 days incubation at 27 掳C. Its
mannanase was purified to electrophoretical homogeneity after DEAE-Sepharose and Sephacryl S-100 separation. The purified
mannanase, with an N-terminus of GLFGINAY, had pH and temperature optimum at 5.0 and 50 掳C, respectively, and was stable at pH 5.0鈥?.0, 鈮?0 掳C. It was strongly activated by 尾-mercaptoethanol, dithiothreitol, cysteine, and glutathione, but inhibited by Hg
2+, Cu
2+, Zn
2+, Fe
3+, PMSF, iodoacetic acid, and EDTA. According to substrate specificity study, the purified
mannanase had high specificity to LBG and konjac.
Keywords:
mannanase&qsSearchArea=searchText">mannanase; Paenibacillus cookii; LBG; konjac