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Applied and Environmental Microbiology, September 2003, p. 5096-5103, Vol. 69, No. 9
0099-2240/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.9.5096-5103.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Purification and Functional Characterization of a Novel {alpha}-L-Arabinofuranosidase from Bifidobacterium longum B667

Abelardo Margolles and Clara G. de los Reyes-Gavilán*

Instituto de Productos Lácteos de Asturias, CSIC, Villaviciosa, Asturias, Spain

Received 31 March 2003/ Accepted 16 June 2003

The gene encoding a novel {alpha}-L-arabinofuranosidase from Bifidobacterium longum B667, abfB, was cloned and sequenced. The deduced protein had a molecular mass of about 61 kDa, and analysis of its amino acid sequence revealed significant homology and conservation of different catalytic residues with {alpha}-L-arabinofuranosidases belonging to family 51 of the glycoside hydrolases. Regions flanking the gene comprised two divergently transcribed open reading frames coding for hypothetical proteins involved in sugar metabolism. A histidine tag was introduced at the C terminus of AbfB, and the recombinant protein was overexpressed in Lactococcus lactis under control of the tightly regulated, nisin-inducible nisA promoter. The enzyme was purified by nickel affinity chromatography. The molecular mass of the native protein, as determined by gel filtration, was about 260 kDa, suggesting a homotetrameric structure. AbfB was active at a broad pH range (pH 4.5 to 7.5) and at a broad temperature range (20 to 70°C), and it had an optimum pH of 6.0 and an optimum temperature of 45°C. The enzyme seemed to be less thermostable than most previously described arabinofuranosidases and had a half-life of about 3 h at 55°C. Chelating and reducing agents did not have any effect on its activity, but the presence of Cu2+, Hg2+, and Zn2+ markedly reduced enzymatic activity. The protein exhibited a high level of activity with p-nitrophenyl {alpha}-L-arabinofuranoside, with apparent Km and Vmax values of 0.295 mM and 417 U/mg, respectively. AbfB released L-arabinose from arabinan, arabinoxylan, arabinobiose, arabinotriose, arabinotetraose, and arabinopentaose. No endoarabinanase activity was detected. These findings suggest that AbfB is an exo-acting enzyme and may play a role, together with other glycosidases, in the degradation of L-arabinose-containing polysaccharides.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Instituto de Productos Lácteos de Asturias, CSIC, Ctra. Infiesto s/n, Apartado 85, 33300 Villaviciosa (Asturias), Spain. Phone: 34-985892131. Fax: 34-985892233. E-mail: greyes_gavilan{at}ipla.csic.es.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology, September 2003, p. 5096-5103, Vol. 69, No. 9
0099-2240/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.9.5096-5103.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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