Extracellular protease from the antarctic yeast Candida humicola

Ray, M. K. ; Devi, K. U. ; Kumar, G. S. ; Shivaji, S. (1992) Extracellular protease from the antarctic yeast Candida humicola Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 58 (6). pp. 1918-1923. ISSN 0099-2240

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Official URL: http://aem.asm.org/cgi/content/abstract/58/6/1918

Abstract

The psychrotrophic, dimorphic yeast Candida humicola, isolated from Antarctic soil, secretes an acidic protease into the medium. The secretion of this protease by C. humicola was found to be dependent on the composition of the medium. In YPD or yeast nitrogen base medium containing either amino acids or ammonium sulfate as the nitrogen source, the activity of the protease in the medium was low (basal level). However, when yeast nitrogen base medium was depleted of amino acids or ammonium sulfate and supplemented with proteins, the activity of the enzyme increased. The secretion of the enzyme was greater during exponential growth at low temperatures than during growth at higher temperatures. The purified protease had a molecular mass of 36,000 Da and was inhibited by pepstatin, iodoacetamide, and sodium dodecyl sulfate. Despite the prevalent cold temperatures in Antarctica, this extracellular protease of the psychrotrophic yeast C. humicola was active at temperatures ranging from 0 to 45 ° C, with an optimum activity at 37 ° C.

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