A novel halophilic lipase, LipBL, showing high efficiency in the production of eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA).

ABSTRACT:

Background

Among extremophiles, halophiles are defined as microorganisms adapted to live and thrive in diverse extreme saline environments. These extremophilic microorganisms constitute the source of a number of hydrolases with great biotechnological applications. The interest to use extremozymes from halophiles in industrial applications is their resistance to organic solvents and extreme temperatures. Marinobacter lipolyticus SM19 is a moderately halophilic bacterium, isolated previously from a saline habitat in South Spain, showing lipolytic activity.

Methods and findings

A lipolytic enzyme from the halophilic bacterium Marinobacter lipolyticus SM19 was isolated. This enzyme, designated LipBL, was expressed in Escherichia coli. LipBL is a protein of 404 amino acids with a

SUBMITTER: Perez D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3154438 | biostudies-literature | 2011

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature