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Applied and Environmental Microbiology, May 2000, p. 1974-1979, Vol. 66, No. 5
0099-2240/00/$04.00+0
Copyright © 2000, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Thermostabilization of Proteins by Diglycerol Phosphate, a New Compatible Solute from the Hyperthermophile Archaeoglobus fulgidus

Pedro Lamosa,1 Anthony Burke,1 Ralf Peist,1 Robert Huber,2 Ming-Y. Liu,3 Gabriela Silva,1 Claudina Rodrigues-Pousada,1 Jean LeGall,1,3 Christopher Maycock,1 and Helena Santos1,*

Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2780-156 Oeiras, Portugal1; Lehrstuhl fur Mikrobiologie, Universität Regensburg, 93053 Regensburg, Germany2; and Department of Biochemistry, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 306023

Received 28 December 1999/Accepted 3 March 2000

Diglycerol phosphate accumulates under salt stress in the archaeon Archaeoglobus fulgidus (L. O. Martins, R. Huber, H. Huber, K. O. Stetter, M. S. da Costa, and H. Santos, Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 63:896-902, 1997). This solute was purified after extraction from the cell biomass. In addition, the optically active and the optically inactive (racemic) forms of the compound were synthesized, and the ability of the solute to act as a protecting agent against heating was tested on several proteins derived from mesophilic or hyperthermophilic sources. Diglycerol phosphate exerted a considerable stabilizing effect against heat inactivation of rabbit muscle lactate dehydrogenase, baker's yeast alcohol dehydrogenase, and Thermococcus litoralis glutamate dehydrogenase. Highly homologous and structurally well-characterized rubredoxins from Desulfovibrio gigas, Desulfovibrio desulfuricans (ATCC 27774), and Clostridium pasteurianum were also examined for their thermal stabilities in the presence or absence of diglycerol phosphate, glycerol, and inorganic phosphate. These proteins showed different intrinsic thermostabilities, with half-lives in the range of 30 to 100 min. Diglycerol phosphate exerted a strong protecting effect, with approximately a fourfold increase in the half-lives for the loss of the visible spectra of D. gigas and C. pasteurianum rubredoxins. In contrast, the stability of D. desulfuricans rubredoxin was not affected. These different behaviors are discussed in the light of the known structural features of rubredoxins. The data show that diglycerol phosphate is a potentially useful protein stabilizer in biotechnological applications.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Apartado 127, 2780-156 Oeiras, Portugal. Phone: 351 21 4469800. Fax: 351 21 4428766. E-mail: santos{at}itqb.unl.pt.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology, May 2000, p. 1974-1979, Vol. 66, No. 5
0099-2240/00/$04.00+0
Copyright © 2000, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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