3.6. Enzyme kineticsThe kinetic parameters of the recombinant enzyme Bgl1T protein were determined using different pNP--d-glucoside concentrations as the substrate. The initial rate of the enzyme reaction was measured under the optimal reaction conditions. The reaction kinetic parameters of the purified enzyme were determined from double reciprocal Lineweaver–Burk plots. The putative glucosidase had an apparent Km value of 1.45mM, a Vmax value of 20.5U/mg, a kcat value of 1370/min and a kcat/Km value of 943/mM/min. This Vmax value for Bgl1T protein was in agreement with that recorded for -glucosidase from uncultured microorganisms [9]. Knowledge of these properties of Bgl1T protein should allow better industrial production of glucose or ethanol by biological processes under moderate conditions.4. ConclusionsWe have identified a novel gene (bgl1T) that encodes an enzyme with -glucosidase activity following a function-based screening of a metagenomic library from uncultured microorganisms. This appears to be the first study on the cloning and the characterization of a putative -glucosidase gene from microbes in sludge samplesfromabioreactor.Sequenceanalysisresultsdemonstratedthat Bgl1T protein was related to -glucosidases. Characterization with HPLC confirmed that the recombinant Bgl1T protein could catalyze hydrolysis of d-(+)-cellobiose to form glucose. A more detailed biochemical characterization of Bgl1T is currently in progress. These results are a first step toward a better understanding of the propertiesofBgl1Tproteinisolatedfromabioreactorsludgemetagenome.Acknowledgements
This research was supported by the Open Research Fund Program of the Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education for Microbial and Plant Genetic Engineering (Grant No. J0801).
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