Novel diketopiperazine metabolism in a microorganism: Two-step hydrolysis of cyclo(Gly-Leu) to amino acids and preliminary characterization of cyclo(Gly-Leu) hydrolase and dipeptidase

Hiroshi Kanzaki, Naoki Mizuta, Teruhiko Nitoda, Kazuyoshi Kawazu

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Abstract

A bacterium, strain NM 5-3, isolated from soil exhibited the highest cyclo(Gly-Leu) (CGL)-hydrolyzing activity and was identified as Agrobacterium radiobacter. The reaction products from CGL were dipeptides (Leu-Gly and Gly-Leu) and amino acids (Leu and Gly). Inhibitors for the dipeptidase of this strain did not inhibit the hydrolysis of CGL to dipeptides, indicating that two distinct enzymes, CGLase and a dipeptidase, were involved in its hydrolysis. The activities of these two enzymes were separated by anion-exchange column chromatography. The results indicated that strain NM5-3 hydrolyzed CGL via the dipeptides to the corresponding amino acids. The CGLase fraction was found to catalyze the hydrolysis of cyclo(Gly-D-Leu), cyclo(Gly-Gly), cyclo(L-Ala-Gly), and cyclo(D-Ala-Gly). On the other hand, the dipeptidase fraction exhibited L-specific substrate specificity.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)602-605
Number of pages4
JournalJournal of Bioscience and Bioengineering
Volume89
Issue number6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2000

Keywords

  • Diketopiperazine-hydrolyzing enzyme
  • Dipeptidase
  • Enrichment culture

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Biotechnology
  • Bioengineering
  • Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

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