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PURIFICATION AND KINETIC PARAMETERS CHARACTERIZATION OF
ALKALINE PROTEASES
THROUGH SUBMERGED FERMENTATION TECHNIQUE.
Submitted to
The Faculty of the Biotechnology
Lovely Professional University,Phagwara
In Partial Fulfillment
Of the requirements for the Degree
Bachelor Of Technology
.
BY
Siddartha Phukan(10904501),
Dapinder Pal Singh(10901023),
Ravikant Rocky(10907506),
Ayush Kaundal (10902530).
Project Supervisor
Er. Robinka Khajuria
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
It is our pleasure to be indebted to various people, who directly or indirectly contributed in
the development of this work and who influenced our thinking, behavior, and acts during the
course of study.
We take this opportunity to express my gratitude to our esteemed teacher Dr. Neeta Raj
Sharma Head of School of Biotechnology and Biosciences for his able guidance throughout
the period of this work.
We would also like to express our gratitude to the COD,HOD and the faculty members of the
Department.
We express our sincere gratitude to Er. Robinka Khajuria (mentor) who provided her
valuable suggestions and precious time in accomplishing our project report.
Then, we would like to thank all our team mates who worked cordially and effectively
throughout the time period and helped in completing the report.
We would like to thank the almighty and our parents for their moral support and our friends
with whom we shared day-to-day experience and received lots of suggestions that improved
our quality of work.
THANK YOU!
Siddartha Phukan
Dapinder Pal Singh
Ravikant Rocky
Ayush Kaundal
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CERTIFICATE
This is to certify that Mr. Siddartha Phukan (10904501), Mr. Dapinder Johal (10901023),
Mr. Ravikant Rocky(10907506) and Mr. Ayush Kaundal (10902530), students of B.Tech
(Biotechnology) are pursuing the project titled Purification and Kinetic Parameters
Characterization of an Alkaline Protease through Submerged Fermentation Technique
towards partial fulfillment of requirement for the award of the degree of B.Tech
(Biotechnology).
To the best of my knowledge, the present work is the result of t h e i r originalinvestigation and study. No part of the p r o j e c t r e p o r t has b e e n submitted for
any other degree or diploma.
Date: Signature of Advisor
Name:
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DECLARATION
We Siddartha Phukan (10904501), Dapinder Johal (10901023), Ravikant Rocky(10907506)
and Ayush Kaundal (10902530), are pursuing the Project titled: Purification and Kinetic
Parameters Characterization of an Alkaline Protease through Submerged Fermentation
Technique for the award of Degree of Bachelor of Technology. The information given in
this project is true to the best of our knowledge.
Date: Investigators
Mr. Siddartha Phukan (10904501)
Mr. Dapinder Johal (10901023)
Mr. Ravikant Rocky (10907506)
Mr. Ayush Kaundal (10902530),
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1 Introduction 6
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Review of LiteratureProteasesSourcesTypes of proteasesProduction techniquesEffectProtease Enzyme Assay:
ApplicationsFuture scope
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Research methodology.Collection of soil sampleIsolation of the microorganism.Storage and maintenance of strain.Primary screening for proteases .
Growth of culture.Preparation and storage of crude exract.Screening for the localization of enzymes.Quantitative Assay.Protease Assay.Colour development.Selection of Best producer of each enzyme.
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Characterization of protease enzyme.Effect of pH on activity and stability of enzyme.Effect of temperature on activity and stability ofenzyme.Effect of inhibitors, salts and detergents onenzyme activity.Effect of various metal ions on enzyme activity.Expected result
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ABBREVIATIONS
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SmF--------------------------Submerged Fermentation SSF---------------------------Solid State Fermentation EDTA------------------------Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid HCL--------------------------Hydrochloric Acid SDS---------------------------Sodium Dodecyle sulphate dH2O-------------------------Distilled Water NA----------------------------Nutrient Agar NB----------------------------Nutrient broth DNA--------------------------Deoxyribonucleic Acid MgSo4-------------------------Magnesium Sulphate NaCl---------------------------Sodium chloride FeSo4--------------------------Ferrous sulphate psi-----------------------------Per square inch CaCl2---------------------------------Calcium chloride TCA---------------------------Trichloroacetic Acid BSA---------------------------Bovine Serum Albumin KH2Po4-----------------------Potassiumdihydrogen phosphate Rpm---------------------------Rotation per minute NaOH-------------------------Sodium Hydroxide DNHB Casein--------------3,5-dinitro-2-hydroxybenzyl-casein FITC casein------------------Fluorescein isothiocyanate Casein AIDS-------------------------- Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome SDM--------------------------Site-Directed Mutagenesis PMSF-------------------------Phenylmethyl Sulfonyl fluoride-
1). Introduction
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A living system controls its activity through enzymes. An enzyme is a protein molecule that
is a biological catalyst with three characteristics. First, the basic function of an enzyme is to
increase the rate of a reaction. Most cellular reactions occur about a million times faster than
they would in the absence of an enzyme. Second, most enzymes act specifically with only
one reactant (called a substrate) to produce products. The third and most remarkable
characteristic is that enzymes are regulated from a state of low activity to high activity and
vice versa. The use of enzymes in the diagnosis of disease is one of the important benefits
derived from the intensive research in biochemistry since the 1940's. Enzymes have provided
the basis for the field of clinical chemistry. It is, however, only within the recent past few
decades that interest in diagnostic enzymology has multiplied. Many methods currently on
record in the literature are not in wide use, and there are still large areas of medical research
in which the diagnostic potential of enzyme reactions has not been explored at all. [Zabin
K.et al.,2011]
Enzymes such as proteases, amylases, carboxymethylcellulases, cellulases and lipases are
extensively used in the industries for the manufacture of pharmaceuticals, foods, beverages
and confectioneries as well as in textile and leather processing, paper industry and waste
water treatment. The majority of the enzymes used in the industry are microbial in origin
because microbial enzymes are relatively more stable than the corresponding enzymes
derived from plants and animals.
Naturally-occurring microorganisms are the most productive producers of enzymes. This
knowledge has been exploited by industry for more than 50 years. Bacteria and fungi are the
microorganisms best suited to the industrial production of enzymes. They are easy to handle,
can be grown in huge tanks without light, and have a very fast growth rate.
Enzyme-based biocatalysis provides a means to carry out chemical processes efficiently and
economically. This fact is increasingly recognized as reflected by a rapidly growing enzyme
market which was valued at approximately $1.5 billion already in 2000 (Cherry and
Fidantsef, 2003) and is expected to increase by an average annual growth rate of at least
10%. The future success of enzyme technology will depend on the development of efficient
and cost effective processes for the production and downstream processing of enzymes
.
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Proteases refers to a group of enzymes whose catalytic function is to hydrolyze (breakdown)
proteins. They are also called proteolytic enzymes or proteinases. Proteolytic enzymes are
very important in digestion as they breakdown the peptide bonds in the protein foods to
liberate the amino acids needed by the body. Additionally, proteolytic enzymes have been
used for a long time in various forms of therapy. Their use in medicine is notable based on
several clinical studies indicating their benefits in oncology, inflammatory conditions, blood
rheology control, and immune regulation. Protease is able to hydrolyze almost all proteins as
long as they are not components of living cells. Normal living cells are protected against
lysis by the inhibitor mechanism. The aim of the project is to isolate protease producers from
soil sample and perform qualitative and quantitative assays for protease.
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2. Literature review
2.1 Proteases
Protease refers to a group of enzymes whose catalytic function is to hydrolyze (breakdown)
peptide bonds of proteins. They are also called proteolytic enzymes or proteinases. Proteases
differ in their ability to hydrolyze various peptide bonds. Each type of protease has a specific
kind of peptide bonds it breaks. Examples of proteases include: fungal protease, pepsin,
trypsin, chymotrypsin, papain, bromelain, and subtilisin. Proteolytic enzymes are very
important in digestion as they breakdown the protein foods to liberate the amino acids needed
by the body, proteolytic enzymes have been used for a long time in various forms of therapy.
Their use in medicine is gaining more and more attention as several clinical studies are
indicating their benefits in oncology, inflammatory conditions, blood rheology control, and
immune regulation
Alkaline protease, an enzyme used in the hydrolysis of protein was produced from Bacillus
sp. From a total number of 80 Bacillus strains, 11 were promising based on their ability to
produce clear zones on Nutrient agar plates fortified with 1-2% Casein.Proteases are one of
the most important industrial enzymes and accounting for the 60-65% of total global
industrial enzyme market . Of these, 25% is constituted by alkaline proteases, 3% by trypsin,
10% by rennin and 21% by the other proteases. [Sankar. et al, 2012]
2.2Sources
Industrial enzymes are obtained from three major sources: plant , animal and
microorganisms. The extraction of enzyme from plant or animal sources is limited and
seasonal in case of plant source. However the manufacturing of enzymes by fermentation
process is unlimited and can be produced round the year. Proteolytic enzymes are produced
by a wide range of microorganisms: bacteria, mould and yeast.
Bacillus species are the specific extracellular protease producers in bacterial kingdom.
Bacillusspecies can grow in a pH range of 7.0 11.0 and produces extracellular proteases.
The proteolytic enzymes produced by Bacillus species are used as cleansing additives in
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detergents to facilitate the release of proteinaceous materials in stains due to grime, blood,
milk. [Gul. et al, 2008]
Molds of the generaAspergillus, PenicilliumandRhizopusare especially useful for producing
proteases, as several species of these genera are generally regarded as safe (Sandhya et al.,
2005).
The use of alkaline protease as active ingredient in laundry detergent is the single largest
application of this enzyme (Nehra et al., 2002). For the production of enzymes for industrial
use, isolation and characterization of new promising strain is a continuous process (Kumar et
al., 2002). They are generally produced by using submerged fermentation due to its apparent
advantages in downstream in spite of the cost intensiveness for medium components
(Prakasam et al., 2005). Reports on bleach stable alkaline protease from fungal sources are
scanty (Mulimani et al., 2002). Therefore, a need was felt to explore native fungal isolates,
capable of producing alkaline proteases and at the same relatively stable at the operating
conditions.[Devi. et al,2008]
Table 1: Some sources of Proteases and their industrial Application
Microorganism Type of protease Industry
Bacteria
Bacillus licheniformis Alkaline Detergent
Bacillus amyloliquefaciens Alkaline Detergent
Bacillus flrmus Alkaline Detergent
Bacillus megaterium Alkaline Detergent
Bacillus pumilis Alkaline Detergent
Streptomyces griseus Alkaline, neutral Detergent, leather, food
Bacillus subtilis Neutral Leather, food
Fungi
Aspergillusjlavus Alkaline Detergent
Aspergillus sojae Alkaline , neutral Detergent, leather, food
Aspergillus oryzae Alkaline, neutral Detergent, leather, food
Pericularia oryzae Neutral Leather, food
Endothia parasitica Acid Pharmaceutical, food
Mucor miehei Acid Pharmaceutical, food
2.3) TYPES OF PROTEASES
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Proteases are currently classified into six broad groups with respect to their polarity:
Serine proteases Threonine proteases Cysteine proteases Aspartate proteases Metalloproteases Glutamic acid proteases.
Serine proteases
Serine proteases (or serine endopeptidases) areenzymes that cleavepeptide bonds in
proteins,in whichserine serves as thenucleophilicamino acid at the (enzyme's)active site.
They are found ubiquitously in botheukaryotes andprokaryotes.Serine proteases fall into
two broad categories based on their structure:chymotrypsin-like (trypsin-like) orsubtilisin-
like. In humans, they are responsible for co-ordinating various physiological functions,
including digestion, immune response, blood coagulation and reproduction.
Threonine proteases
Threonine proteases are a family ofproteolyticenzymes harbouring a threonine(Thr) residue
within the active site. The prototype members of this class of enzymes are the catalytic
subunits of theproteasome.
Cysteine proteases
Cysteine proteases also known as thiol proteases are enzymes that degrade polypeptides.These proteases share a common catalytic mechanism that involves a nucleophilic cysteine
thiol in a catalytic dyad.
Cysteine proteases are commonly encountered infruits includingpapaya,pineapple,fig and
kiwifruit. The proportion of protease tends to be higher when the fruit is unripe. In fact,
dozens oflatices of different plantfamilies are known to contain cysteine proteases. Cysteine
proteases are used as an ingredient inmeat tenderizers.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serine_proteasehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Threonine_proteasehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cysteine_proteasehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspartate_proteasehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metalloproteasehttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Glutamic_acid_protease&action=edit&redlink=1http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enzymehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peptide_bondhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proteinhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serinehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nucleophilichttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amino_acidhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Active_sitehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eukaryoteshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prokaryoteshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chymotrypsinhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subtilisinhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Threonine_proteasehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proteolytichttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enzymehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Threoninehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalysishttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proteasomehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cysteine_proteasehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enzymehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proteinhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalysishttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nucleophilehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cysteinehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thiolhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fruitshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papayahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pineapplehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_fighttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiwifruithttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fruithttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latexhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_%28biology%29http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meat_tenderizerhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meat_tenderizerhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_%28biology%29http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latexhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fruithttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiwifruithttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_fighttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pineapplehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papayahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fruitshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thiolhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cysteinehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nucleophilehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalysishttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proteinhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enzymehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cysteine_proteasehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proteasomehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalysishttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Threoninehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enzymehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proteolytichttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Threonine_proteasehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subtilisinhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chymotrypsinhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prokaryoteshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eukaryoteshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Active_sitehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amino_acidhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nucleophilichttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serinehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proteinhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peptide_bondhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enzymehttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Glutamic_acid_protease&action=edit&redlink=1http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metalloproteasehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspartate_proteasehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cysteine_proteasehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Threonine_proteasehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serine_protease -
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Aspartic proteases are a family of protease enzymes that use an aspartate residue for
catalysis of their peptide substrates. In general, they have two highly-conserved aspartates in
the active site and are optimally active at acidic pH. Nearly all known aspartyl proteases are
inhibited by pepstatin.
Metalloproteases
A metalloproteinase, or metalloprotease, is anyproteaseenzyme whosecatalytic mechanism
involves ametal.Most metalloproteases requirezinc,but some usecobalt.The metalion is
coordinated to theprotein via threeligands.The ligands co-ordinating the metal ion can vary
withhistidine,glutamate,aspartate,lysine,andarginine.The fourth coordination position istaken up by alabile water molecule.
Treatment withchelating agents such asEDTA leads to complete inactivation. EDTA is a
metal chelator that removes zinc, which is essential for activity. They are also inhibited by
the chelator .
The threonine and glutamic-acid proteases were not described until 1995 and 2004,
respectively. The mechanism used to cleave a peptide bond involves making an amino acid
residue that has the cysteine and threonine (proteases) or a water molecule (aspartic acid,
metallo- and glutamic acid proteases) nucleophilic so that it can attack the peptide carboxyl
group. One way to make a nucleophile is by acatalytic triad,where ahistidine residue is used
to activateserine,cysteine,orthreonine as a nucleophile.
2.4 PRODUCTION TECHNIQUES
The two important fermentation methodologies include submerged fermentation (SmF) and
solid state fermentation (SSF). Submerged fermentation is more extensively used for
production of enzymes on commercial scale but SSF is also used in certain cases. Economic
feasibility of a production process depends primarily on the strain. Hence high yielding and
stable strains should be chosen by proper screening strategy. Further optimization of process
parameters like media, pH, temperature, aeration, agitation etc by statistical methods will
enhance the cost-effectiveness of a process.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metalloproteasehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proteasehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enzymehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalytichttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metalhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zinchttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cobalthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ionhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proteinhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ligandhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Histidinehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glutamatehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspartatehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lysinehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argininehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labilehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chelating_agenthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EDTAhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Threoninehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glutamic_acidhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peptide_bondhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cysteinehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspartic_acidhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carboxylhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalytic_triadhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Histidinehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serinehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cysteinehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Threoninehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Threoninehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cysteinehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serinehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Histidinehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalytic_triadhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carboxylhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspartic_acidhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cysteinehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peptide_bondhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glutamic_acidhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Threoninehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EDTAhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chelating_agenthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labilehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argininehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lysinehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspartatehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glutamatehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Histidinehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ligandhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proteinhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ionhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cobalthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zinchttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metalhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalytichttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enzymehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proteasehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metalloprotease -
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In general, production of proteases is either a constitutive or partially inducible property. The
culture conditions that promote protease production are found to be significantly different
from that promoting cell growth. The alkaline protease comprises 15.6% nitrogen (Kole et al,
1988). Usually in production of alkaline proteases at an industrial scale technical media are
used (Aunstrup, 1980). There is no defined medium established for production of alkaline
proteases, since the constituents of a medium and their concentrations vary with organism
and fermentation conditions.
Production of Alkaline Protease:
An alkaline protease from Bacillus subtilis was produced under some pre- optimizes
fermentation conditions (4mL/100mL of inoculum size, 7% substrate concentration at pH 11
for 48 hrs fermentation time period and 2% molasses was also used as additional supplement
for substrate to get better production of alkaline protease from Bacillus subtilis. After
stipulated time period, the fermented cultures were harvested by centrifugation at 10000g
for 10 min. at 4C to get clear supernatant containing enzyme solution. The clear supernatant
was used as crude enzyme extract for protease assay and also for purification purposes.
[Ahmed et al, 2011]
2.5 EFFECT
Effect of carbon.
Various sources of carbon such as glucose, maltose, lactose, sucrose, fructose, galactose and
xylose were used to replace lactose which was the original carbon source in growth medium.
Results showed that glucose was found to be the best carbon source that induced the
production of protease by B. subtilis, when compared to other carbon sources. This
observation is in agreement with the production of alkaline protease by Bacilluscereus strain
146.[ Mrudula et al,2012] .
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Effect of nitrogen
Among the nitrogen sources tested, maximum protease production was recorded with urea.
Similar findings have been reported for protease production by Bacillus licheniformis .
Shafee et al.(year)reported that repression of protease with the addition of inorganic nitrogen
sources. Peptone have been reported as best for production of protease by Bacillus
licheniformis, whereas beef extract resulted in the highest level of protease activity.[ Mrudula
et al,2012] .
Effect of temperature.
The effect of temperature on protease activity can be studied by incubating the supernatant at
different temperatures (30, 40, 50, 60, 70 and 80C. The tyrosine equivalent released aremeasured spectrophotometrically at 280nm and the activity can determined using the
standard curve of known concentration for tyrosine as reported by[Lawal et al, 2011.]
Effect of pH.
The effect of different pH values of different buffers on protease activities was studied using
different crude enzymes. The crude protease was incubated at different pH values of different
appropriate buffers ; citrate buffer (pH 48.0), borate buffer (pH 9.0 ) and borate buffer (pH10-12). pH measurements were made by a standard pH meter. [Lawal et al, 2011]
Effect of metal ions
The effect of metal ions on the purified enzyme were determined by treating with different
metals ions including Al2+, Ca2+, Co2+, Cu2+, Fe2+, Hg2+, Mg2+, Mn2+ and Zn2+ at
concentration of 5 mM for 30 min at room temperature. [Sankar et al,2012]
Effect of inhibitors
The protease inhibitors, namely, ethylene diamine tetra acetic acid (EDTA), diisopropyl
fluorophosphates (DFP), dithiothreitol (DTT), and phenyl methyl sulfonyl fluoride (PMSF)
were also tested against the enzyme under optimum reaction conditions. Aliquots of the
protease were pre-incubated with different protease inhibitors at concentration of 5 mM for
30 min at room temperature and the residual activity of the enzyme was assayed. [Sankar et
al, 2012]
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2.6 Protease Enzyme Assay:
Various assays have been reported by different workers to estimate the quantity of enzyme
produced. These assays can be quantitative or qualitative. In both cases proteolytic activity ismeasured either by estimating the products of proteolysis or the residual protein substrate.
Numerous assay and detection methods for proteolytic activity are available with varying
levels of simplicity rapidity and sensitivity of detection limits and ranges. Most often these
methods are tailor made to suit the experimental conditions. [S. M. A. Habib et al. 2011]
Qualitative analysis
Proteolytic activities of Vibro sp., Lactobacillus brevis, Zymomonas sp., Athrobacter sp.,
Corynebacterium sp. andBacillus subtilis were detected on the basis of appearance of clear
zones around the bacterial colonies. Luria casein agar (1 %) plates were used. [Femi-ola et
al,2012]
Quantitative assays
The culture conditions and media for growth of the alkaline protease by the microorganisms
were optimized to give maximum production. In the method described by Mc Donald and
Chen (1965) 2ml of 1% casein was prepared in glycineNaOH buffer (pH 10) was incubated
with 1ml enzyme at 600C for 15 min. The reaction was stopped by adding 3ml 10% TCA
followed by centrifugation. The supernatant was then titrated in 5ml alkaline copper reagent.
After 15 minute 0.5 ml follin reagent was added and absorbance read at 700nm. [McDonald
and Chen,1965]
One unit of enzyme activity was defined as the amount of enzyme which releases a
micromole tyrosine under standard assay condition of 45 C, pH 8.5 and reaction time one
hour. Lowry method was used for protein determination. Similar method has also been
reported in the works of [,Mukhtar and Haq 2008, Femi-ola et al, 2012.]
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An overview of protease assay methods Assay
Assay Substrates Reaction involved
Qualitative assaysProtein agar plate assay Skim milk, casein,
gelatin, BSA, keratin
Enzymatic hydrolysis of
substrate creating a zone
of clearance in culture
Radial diffusion assay Skim milk, casein,
gelatin, BSA, keratin
Enzymatic hydrolysis of
substrate creating a zone
of clearance in culture
supernatantThin layer enzyme assay Skim milk, casein,
gelatin, BSA, keratin,
fibrinogen, egg-albumin,
mucin, Immunoglobulin
G
Enzymatic hydrolysis of
substrate creating a zone
of clearance in broth
Quantitative Assays
Spectrophotometric assays
Substrate Wavelength
Casein 700 nm
660nm
750nm
Hammerstein Casein 600nm275nm
DNHB casein 366 nm
Immobilized ostazin
blue S-2G dyed-casein
620 nm
Thermally modified
casein complexed with
black drawing ink
400 nm
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Azocasein 440 nm
340 nm
420 nm
480 nm
Thermally modified
azocasein
366400 nm
Azoalbumin 440 nm
bl-Crystalline aggregate 405 nm
Thermally modified
gelatin complexed with
congo red or nigrosin
490, 570 nm
Chemically modified
(formaldehyde/
gluteraldehyde
mediated) gelatin
complexed with black
drawing ink
800900 nm
Tripeptide substrate 400 nm
Fluorescent oligopeptide energy transfer assay
Dansylated hexapeptide 310410 nm
ELISA-based protease assay
Biotinylated BSA 405 nm
Magnet-based protease assay
Magnet dye stained
gelatin
605 nm
Fluorescence-based protease assay
FITC casein, FTC
hemoglobin 575 nm.
575 nm with excitation at
490 nm
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2.7Applications
Proteases are commercially important industrial enzymes accounting 60% of the total enzyme
sales with two thirds of the proteases produced are from microorganisms. Microbial enzymes
are replacing chemical catalysts in manufacturing chemicals, food, leather goods,
pharmaceuticals, and textiles. Among proteases, alkaline proteases are employed mainly as
detergent additives because of their distinctive abilities to assimilate proteinaceous stains
such as blood, chocolate, and milk. Currently, alkaline protease-based detergents are
preferred over the conventional synthetic detergents, as they have better cleaning properties,
higher efficiency at lower washing temperatures, and safer dirt removal conditions.
Preferably, proteases used in detergent formulation must have a high activity level and
stability over a wide range of pH and temperature. One of the major drawbacks affecting the
stability of enzymes recovered from thermophiles at alkaline pH is that enzymes from
alkalophiles confer stability over wide pH range but are generally thermolabile. So, there is
always a need for proteases with all desirable properties to become accustomed with
application conditions, and also, it is necessary to check the stability of the enzyme at
elevated temperatures and pH. Applications, such as protease for detergent industries need
concentrated and cleaned enzyme to amend with detergent to get good performance during
storage and application as well. The enzyme is cleaner when the medium is simple and
defined, where, as in case of sludge medium, fermented enzyme contains many other sludge
particles and other impurities, so enzyme has to be clarified and concentrated to get higher
activity. [Bezawada et al, 2011]
2.8 Future scope
Proteases are a unique class of enzymes, since they are of immense physiological as well as
commercial importance. They possess both degradative and synthetic properties. Sinceproteases are physiologically necessary, they occur ubiquitously in animals, plants, and
microbes. However, microbes are a goldmine of proteases and represent the preferred source
of enzymes in view of their rapid growth, limited space required for cultivation, and ready
accessibility to genetic manipulation. Microbial proteases have been extensively used in the
food, dairy and detergent industries since ancient times. There is a renewed interest in
proteases as targets for developing therapeutic agents against relentlessly spreading fatal
diseases such as cancer, malaria, and AIDS. Advances in genetic manipulation ofmicroorganisms by SDM of the cloned gene opens new possibilities for the introduction of
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predesigned changes, resulting in the production of tailor-made proteases with novel and
desirable properties. The advent of techniques for rapid sequencing of cloned DNA has
yielded an explosive increase in protease sequence information. Analysis of sequences for
acidic, alkaline, and neutral proteases has provided new insights into the evolutionary
relationships of proteases. Despite the systematic application of recombinant technology and
protein engineering to alter the properties of proteases, it has not been possible to obtain
microbial proteases that are ideal for their biotechnological applications. Industrial
applications of proteases have posed several problems and challenges for their further
improvements. A recent trend has involved conducting industrial reactions with enzymes
reaped from exotic microorganisms that inhabit hot waters, freezing Arctic waters, saline
waters, or extremely acidic or alkaline habitats. The proteases isolated from extremophilic
organisms are likely to mimic some of the unnatural properties of the enzymes that are
desirable for their commercial applications. Exploitation of biodiversity to provide
microorganisms that produce proteases well suited for their diverse applications is considered
to be one of the most promising future alternatives. Introduction of extremophilic proteases
into industrial processes is hampered by the difficulties encountered in growing the
extremophiles as laboratory cultures. Revolutionary robotic approaches such as DNA
shuffling are being developed to rationalize the use of enzymes from extremophiles. The
existing knowledge about the structure-function relationship of proteases, coupled with gene-
shuffling techniques, promises a fair chance of success, in the near future, in evolving
proteases that were never made in nature and that would meet the requirements of the
multitude of protease application.
A century after the pioneering work of Louis Pasteur, the science of microbiology has
reached its pinnacle. In a relatively short time, modern biotechnology has grown dramatically
from a laboratory curiosity to a commercial activity. Advances in microbiology and
biotechnology have created a favorable niche for the development of protease and will
continue to facilitate their applications to provide a sustainable environment for mankind and
to improve the quality of human life.
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3)RATIONALE OF STUDY
The proteases available today in the market are derived from microbial sources. This is due to
their high productivity, limited cultivation space requirement, easy genetic manipulation,
broad biochemical diversity and desirable characteristics that make them suitable for
biotechnological applications.
Production of enzymes by microorganism is a wide field of application of enzyme
technology in which cheap raw materials or the byproducts can be used as substrate for the
production of useful products. The aim of our work is to isolate high-yielding strains of
protease producers and optimize their production method.
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4) AIMS AND OBJECTIVES
For the proposed investigation, soils samples from the areas around Tanneries, Milk
Processing industries will be investigated for the Isolation of Strains producing novel alkaline
proteases. The following studies were undertaken to achieve the same:
1. Isolation of protease producers from soil sample.2. Qualitative and Quantitative assays for Proteases.3. Characterization of the isolates.4. Estimation optimum temperature for enzyme activity.5. Estimation of optimum pH for maximum enzyme activity.6. Effect of different carbon sources of enzyme production.7. Effect of metal ions on enzyme activity.8. Effect of inhibitors on enzyme activity.
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5) RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
Collection of Soil samples
Isolation of the Microorganism
Storage and Maintenance of Strains
Primary Screening for Protease producing organisms
Growth of Culture
Preparation and Storage of Crude Extract
Characterization of Cultures
Screening for the localization of Enzymes (extracellular and intracellular) of the
Isolated strains
Quantitative Assay
Selection of Best producer of each enzyme
Optimization of Conditions (pH, Temperature, Carbon sources, Metal ions) for optimum enzyme
product
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5.1 Collection of Soil samples:
We will collect different soil samples from different region of the city, generally from areas
where tannery or detergent industries are situated.
5.2 Isolation of the Microorganism:
0.5g of each soil sample will be dissolved in sterile distill water. Serial dilutions upto 10-3for
each sample will be carried out. 200l of these dilutions will be spread on nutrient agar
plates and incubated at 370Cfor 12 hours.
Also, 200l of undiluted samples will be spread plated on nutrient agar respectively and
incubated at the similar conditions. The morphologically different colonies obtained will be
further streaked on NA plates.
5.3 Storage and Maintenance of Strains:
The strains isolated will be stored at 4oC and maintained in the active stage by transferring
aseptically on fresh plates of NA from time to time.
5.4 Primary Screening for Protease producing organisms:
NA plates containing casein were prepared. The various cultures obtained above will be
streaked and incubated for 24 hours at 37 0celsius. A strong halo around the colony will
indicated the presence of Protease activity.
5.5 Growth of Culture:
Depending upon the size of the zone of clearance the best producers of each enzyme will be
selected. And will be grown in alkaline broth medium at 35C with gentle shaking
5.6 Preparation and Storage of Crude Extract:
The cells will be then centrifuged at 8000Xg for 7-8 minutes. The culture media.i.e,
supernatant will be saved for further testing.. The cell suspension will be kept at -20oC .The
pellet will be subjected to cell lysis by the following procedure:
Lysis Buffer will diluted with d.H2O in the ratio of 1:1.The pellet will be dissolved in 200l
of lysis buffer and incubated at 37oC for 15 minutes. The cell lysate will centrifuged at 18000
rpm for 10 minutes. The supernatant obtained i.e cell free extract will be transferred to fresheppendroffs and stored at -200C for further testing.
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.
5.7 Screening for the localization of Enzymes (extracellular and intracellular) of the
Isolated strains.
0.5g of casein powder will be dissolved in 5ml of sterile distill water and added to 95ml of
hot solution of 1.2% (w/v) agar in water. 20 ml of this emulsion will be poured in flat bottom
plastic petri dishes and left to solidify. Holes of 5 mm will be bored with a borer and 200l
supernatant and 100l of cell free extract of each sample will be loaded in respective wells.
The plates will be incubated at 30C till the zone of clearance appeared.
5.8 Quantitative Assay:
5.8.1 Protease Assay:
The following two Assay Protocols will be used for calculating the protease activity.
The following concentrations of given solutions were pipette into suitable vials for each test
sample:
Solutions Test samples Blank
0.65% casein in 50mM
phosphate buffer(pH 7.4)
5ml 5ml
Enzyme Supernatant 200l; Cell Free
Extract 100 l
----
Mixed by swirling and incubated at 370C for exactly 10 minutes. Then following solution
will be added
110mM Tricholoro
Acetic Acid
5ml 5ml
Enzyme ---- Supernatant 200l; Cell Free
Extract 100 l
Mixed by swirling and incubated at 37 C for about 30 minutes. Centrifugation will be
carried out at 15000xg for 3 mins.
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5.8.2 COLOR DEVELOPMENT:
Test Filterate 2ml ---
Blank Filterate ---- 2ml
500mM Sodium Bicarbonate 5ml 5ml
Folin & Ciocalteu's Phenol
Reagent(Diluted 4 folds)
1ml 1ml
Mixed by swirling and incubated at 37 C for 30 minutes. Centrifugation will be carried out
at 15000xg for 3 mins. The absorbance will be taken at 660nm.Standards using 1.1mM stock
solution of tyrosine will be made and subjected to same treatment. One unit will be defined as
the amont that hydrolyzed casein to produce color equivalent to 1.0 M mole (181 mg) of
tyrosine per minute at pH 7.5 at 37 C
5.9 Selection of Best producer of each enzyme:
On the basis of units calculated from the above mentioned assays highest enzyme producing
strain for each enzyme will be selected and subject to further analysis
6) CHARACTERIZATION OF PROTEASE ENZYME
6.1 Effect of pH on activity and stability of enzyme
The protein stability at different pH values will be determined by incubating purified
enzymes using different buffers: 0.1 M sodium citrate (pH 56); 0.1 M potassium phosphate
(pH 68); 0.1 M Tris-HCl (pH 79) and 0.1 M glycine-NaOH (pH 910) for 24 h at 30C.
The residual protease activities will be then determined using casein as substrate.
The dependence of reaction rate on pH will be measured at different pH values in the range
of 6.010. The reaction mixture will be that of standard assay with purified enzyme and the
pH will be adjusted to the different values by addition of either 1M HCl or 2M NaOH.
6.2 Effect of temperature on activity and stability of enzyme
The effect of temperature on the stability of enzyme will be determined by incubating
aliquots of purified enzyme for 30 min in 50 mM Tris-HCl buffer, pH 8 at different
temperature (1060C).
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Residual enzyme activity will be measured spectrophotometrically using casein as substrate.
The optimum temperature for enzyme activity will be determined with casein as the substrate
by incubation of reaction mixtures at different temperatures in the range of 15-75oC.
6.3 Effect of inhibitors, salts and detergents on enzyme activity
The inhibitory effect of selected inhibitors, detergents and salts on the activity of purified
enzyme will be investigated. Incubation of the enzyme for 30 min at 30C with divalent
metal-chelating agent EDTA at a concentration of 1 mM and 5mM will be carried out to
determine metalloprotein nature of the enzyme.
Effect of different salts on the protease activity will be also determined. Effect of PMSF at a
concentration of 1 mM and 5mM will be studied by incubating the enzyme at 30C for 30min. Effect of detergents on the enzyme activity will be analysed by incubation of the
enzyme for 30 min at 30C with 2% & 8% SDS. Effect of -Mercaptoehanol at a
concentration of 1 mM and 5mM will be studied by incubating the enzyme at 30C for 30
min. Then the normal protease assay will be carried out and absorbance will measured.
6.4)Effect of various metal ions on enzyme activity
The enzyme solution will be incubated with an equal volume of monovalent and divalentmetal ions(Ca2+,Mn2+,Mg2+,Fe2+,Cu2+,Ag+, Hg+) at 30C for 30 min in 50 mM phosphate
buffer,pH 7.5. The residual activity will be determined by the protease assay.
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7) Expected Outcome
As per the methods describe in the methodology protease producing microorganisms will be
isolated from the soil samples collected from regions surrounding Tanneries and Milk-
processing industries. These isolates will then be screened for the production of proteases.
Based on the diameter of Zone of Clearance formed good producer will be selected and assay
to check the localization of the enzyme will be performed followed by quantitative analysis to
estimate amount of enzyme produced. The strain producing highest amounts of enzyme will
then used for optimization of conditions( pH, Temperature, Effect of metal ions, inhibitors,
carbon sources) for maximum enzyme yield.
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