Production et caractérisation de l’amylopullulanase de la levure Clavispora lusitaniae ABS7 isolée de blé cultivé et stocké en zones arides

Abstract

This study aims to produce two amylolytic enzymes (α-amylase and pullulanase) by thermostable wheat contaminant yeast harvested in semi arid and arid zones (Biskra, Sahara, Algeria SUD) and capable of hydrolyzing both the α links 1-4 and 1-6 of polysaccharides such as starch and pullulan, molecules of industrial interest. After isolation and characterization of levuriennes colonies, the test method of agar-plate allows to isolate amylolytic strains and show, that the L7 strain is the most effective, in the enzymatic production of the 12 yeast strains producing α-amylase and pullulanase the thermostable. The identification of strains, based on morphological, biochemical tests and molecular biology has helped spread the population as follows: 50% Clavispora lusitaniae (anamorph form Candida lusitaniae), 25%, Pichia guilliermondii, 8% carribbicca Pichia, 8% Meyerozyma guilliermondii and 8% Rhodotorula rubra. By its high starch, the wheat biotope is favorable to the survival of amylolytic yeasts. Most of these strains, including the strain L7, is producer, pseudo or true mycelium and is tolerant to certain parameters such as temperature, salinity, osmotic stress and ethanolic stress. The yeast strain Clavispora lusitaniae ABS7 (L7) seems to be the most efficient in the production of thermostable enzymes. Its molecular identification showed two bands with the endonuclease HAE III while other strains of the same species Clavispora lusitaniae (L5, L9, L10, L11 and L12) have a single band. In optimal conditions (agitation 136.56 rpm, temperature 54.14 ° C, starch 2,66g / l, yeast extract 0,365g / l, salts 8 75ml / l and trace elements 4,3ml / liter Erlenmeyer flasks into 250 ml), the maximum production reached: 13456.36 ± 300 IU for the α-amylase and 12611, 6 ± 154 IU for pullulanase. This performance is in close agreement with the prediction of the statistical model 13231UI evaluated for α-amylase and 12825.5 IU for pullulanase. The optimized production almost doubled compared to production before optimization (6639.16 IU for the α-amylase and pullulanase for 6308.5 IU). In optimal conditions, and 2 L fermenter, the maximum production for the two enzymes of Clavispora lusitaniae ABS7 obtained after 28 hours, with an optimum of growth obtained at 40 hours. The production of both enzymes is thus not associated with growth. The maximum production of both enzymes is obtained at pH 8. The kinetics are characterized by an increase in carbohydrate and a substance spooning the wall of the fermenter, probably an exopolysaccharide. The chromatographic profile on Sephacryl S200 reveals two α-amylase and pullulanase activities eluted along with the protein peak. Elution DEAE cellulose confirms the presence of both activities in the same fraction. Both enzymes are present on the same molecule. The α-amylase and pullulanase were purified with a purification rate of 50.45 and 44.59 respectively and respective yields of 23.88% and 21.11%. The purified enzyme showed a single band on SDS-PAGE gel with a molecular weight estimated at 75 KDa and an amylolytic activity containing both the α-amylase activities (independent of Ca2+) and pullulanase (a calcium metalloenzyme). The strain of the yeast Clavispora lusitaniae ABS7 therefore has an amylolytic enzyme with two active sites. TLC reveals an enzyme which hydrolyzes starch into maltose and glucose and pullulan into maltotriose, maltose and glucose, which shows that the saccharifying enzyme, and corresponds to a pullulanase type II (amylopullulase). The optimization of the immobilization of the enzyme enabled the improvement of the activity: α-amylase to 4907.75 IU (yield 72.3%) and pullulanase to 4491.83 IU (yield 70, 1%) with a pH optimum of 8.5. It appears from our study that amylopullulanase type II free is thermostable to heat treatment of 75 ° C for 3 hours of incubation, and retains 88% of its original activity. The immobilization improved thermostability of the two activities. An incubation period of 180 min at 85 ° C made it possible to retain substantially the same residual activity for both enzymes: 94.33% for α-amylase and 94.2% for pullulanase. The performance of the amylolytic enzymes of the yeast strain (isolated from an arid Saharan environment) qualify the strain of industrial utility particularly in starch industries, textiles and detergents since the alcalothermostables enzymes Clavispora lusitaniae ABS7 have demonstrated excellent stability and compatibility with the commercial laundry detergents.