02176nas a2200241   4500008004100000022001400041245010200055210006900157260010700226300001200333490000700345520124900352653002401601653002201625653003301647653001701680653001601697100001601713700002301729700002701752700003101779856012401810       2009                        eng d  a1431-065100aCharacterization of the smallest dimeric bile salt hydrolase from a thermophile brevibacillus sp.0 aCharacterization of the smallest dimeric bile salt hydrolase fro  aCHIYODA FIRST BLDG EAST, 3-8-1 NISHI-KANDA, CHIYODA-KU, TOKYO, 101-0065, JAPANbSPRINGER JAPAN KKcMAR  a363-3700 v133 a<p>A thermophilic microorganism producing bile salt hydrolase was isolated from hot water springs, Pali, Maharashtra, India. This microorganism was identified as Brevibacillus sp. by 16S rDNA sequencing. Bile salt hydrolase (BSH) was purified to homogeneity from this thermophilic source using Q-sepharose chromatography and its enzymatic properties were characterized. The subunit molecular mass of the purified enzyme was estimated to be 28 kDa by SDS-PAGE and, 28.2 kDa by MALDI-TOF analysis. The native molecular mass was estimated to be 56 kDa by gel filtration chromatography, indicating the protein to be a homodimer. The pH and temperature optimum for the enzyme catalysis were 9.0 and 60A degrees C, respectively. Even though BSH from Brevibacillus sp. hydrolyzed all of the six major human bile salts, the enzyme preferred glycine conjugated substrates with apparent K (M) and k (cat) values of 3.08 mu M and 6.32 x 10(2) s(-1), respectively, for glycodeoxycholic acid. The NH2-terminal sequence of the purified enzyme was determined and it did not show any homology with other bacterial bile salt hydrolases. To our knowledge, this is the first report describing the purification of BSH to homogeneity from a thermophilic source.</p>10aBile salt hydrolase10aBrevibacillus sp.10aDimeric intracellular enzyme10aPurification10aThermophile1 aSridevi, N.1 aSrivastava, Sameer1 aKhan, Bashir, Mohammad1 aPrabhune, Asmita, Ashutosh  uhttps://library.ncl.res.in/content/characterization-smallest-dimeric-bile-salt-hydrolase-thermophile-brevibacillus-sp-0