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Applied and Environmental Microbiology, February 2004, p. 865-872, Vol. 70, No. 2
0099-2240/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.2.865-872.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

A Novel Saponin Hydrolase from Neocosmospora vasinfecta var. vasinfecta

Manabu Watanabe,* Naomi Sumida, Koji Yanai, and Takeshi Murakami

Microbiological Resources and Technology Laboratories, Meiji Seika Kaisha, Ltd., Odawara-shi, Kanagawa 250-0852, Japan

Received 10 July 2003/ Accepted 22 October 2003

We isolated a soybean saponin hydrolase from Neocosmospora vasinfecta var. vasinfecta PF1225, a filamentous fungus that can degrade soybean saponin and generate soyasapogenol B. This enzyme was found to be a monomer with a molecular mass of about 77 kDa and a glycoprotein. Nucleotide sequence analysis of the corresponding gene (sdn1) indicated that this enzyme consisted of 612 amino acids and had a molecular mass of 65,724 Da, in close agreement with that of the apoenzyme after the removal of carbohydrates. The sdn1 gene was successfully expressed in Trichoderma viride under the control of the cellobiohydrolase I gene promoter. The molecular mass of the recombinant enzyme, about 69 kDa, was smaller than that of the native enzyme due to fewer carbohydrate modifications. Examination of the degradation products obtained by treatment of soyasaponin I with the recombinant enzyme showed that the enzyme hydrolyzed soyasaponin I to soyasapogenol B and triose [{alpha}-L-rhamnopyranosyl (1->2)-ß-D-galactopyranosyl (1->2)-D-glucuronopyranoside]. Also, when soyasaponin II and soyasaponin V, which are different from soyasaponin I only in constituent saccharides, were treated with the enzyme, the ratio of the reaction velocities for soyasaponin I, soyasaponin II, and soyasaponin V was 2,680:886:1. These results indicate that this enzyme recognizes the fine structure of the carbohydrate moiety of soyasaponin in its catalytic reaction. The amino acid sequence of this enzyme predicted from the DNA sequence shows no clear homology with those of any of the enzymes involved in the hydrolysis of carbohydrates.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Microbiological Resources and Technology Laboratories, Meiji Seika Kaisha, Ltd., Kayama 788, Odawara-shi, Kanagawa 250-0852, Japan. Phone: 81-465-37-5106. Fax: 81-465-37-6397. E-mail: manabu_watanabe{at}meiji.co.jp.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology, February 2004, p. 865-872, Vol. 70, No. 2
0099-2240/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.2.865-872.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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