ABSTRACT
The purification and characterization of PGM (Phosphoglucomutase) from Cordyceps militaris (C. militaris) was investigated. PGM was purified using a combination of ultrafiltration, salting-out and ion exchange chromatography resulting in 4.23-fold enhancement of activity with a recovery of 20.01%. Molecular mass was 50.01 kDa by SDS-PAGE. The optimal activity was achieved at pH 7.5 and 30 °C with NADPH as substrate. The results showed that SDS, DTT Li+, Cu2+, Na+, Mn2+ and Al3+ were effective PGM inhibitors; whereas glycerol, Zn2+, Mg2+, Ca2+, Fe2+ and Fe3+ could enhance the activity of PGM, and the Km and Vmax values were 11.62 mmol/L and 416.67 U/mL, respectively. At the same time, qRT-PCR was used to test the changes of mRNA transcription level of PGM gene encoding under two fermentation conditions: basic medium and optimized medium. The relative quantitative results of PGM target genes resulting in 2.60-fold enhancement than the control group.
Subject(s)
Cordyceps , Fungal Proteins , Phosphoglucomutase , Chromatography, Ion Exchange , Cordyceps/enzymology , Cordyceps/genetics , Cordyceps/metabolism , Filtration , Fungal Proteins/chemistry , Fungal Proteins/genetics , Fungal Proteins/isolation & purification , Fungal Proteins/metabolism , Gene Expression , Phosphoglucomutase/chemistry , Phosphoglucomutase/genetics , Phosphoglucomutase/isolation & purification , Phosphoglucomutase/metabolismABSTRACT
The crude polysaccharide extracted from Cordyceps militaris was chemically modified to obtain carboxymethylated derivatives (CM-CPS) and acetylated derivatives (AC-CPS). The physicochemical characterizations were comparatively investigated by chemical methods, high-performance gel permeation chromatography, FT-IR spectra, NMR analysis, Congo red test, scanning electron microscopy, atomic force microscopy and differential scanning calorimetry. Then α-glucosidase inhibitory activities were conducted to determine the structure-bioactivity relationship. Results indicated that carboxymethylation and acetylation modification of polysaccharide were successful with the carboxymethyl substitutions might being C-6, C-2 and acetyl substitutions at C-3, C-6 inferred from NMR analysis. In addition, the tertiary structure, ultrastructure, melting properties were also different from native polysaccharide. Besides, α-glucosidase inhibitory activities of derivatives exhibited differently with CM-CPS to be the lowest. Therefore, it was concluded that change of structure in polysaccharide had certain effect on bioactivity with degree of substitution and substituents position being the influence factors.
