Detection, quantification and identification of fungal extracellular laccases using polyclonal antibody and mass spectrometry

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Contributors

  • Harald Kellner - , Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Leipzig University (Author)
  • Nico Jehmlich - , Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (Author)
  • Dirk Benndorf - , Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (Author)
  • Ralf Hoffmann - , Bioanalytics (Author)
  • Martin Rühl - , University of Göttingen (Author)
  • Patrik J. Hoegger - , University of Göttingen (Author)
  • Andrzej Majcherczyk - , University of Göttingen (Author)
  • Ursula Kües - , University of Göttingen (Author)
  • Martin von Bergen - , Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (Author)
  • François Buscot - , Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Leipzig University (Author)

Abstract

This study presents a combined method to analyze extracellular fungal laccases using a new anti-laccase antibody together with the identification of tryptic laccase peptides by mass spectrometry (nanoLC-ESI-MS/MS). The polyclonal anti-laccase antibody LccCbr2 was raised against peptides designed from the copper binding region II of fungal laccases using in silico data obtained from GenBank database. As a consequence, detection requires denaturation of the enzymes due to the stable conformation of the copper binding region II. The specificity of the antibody was shown with denatured laccase Lcc1 of Coprinopsis cinerea and laccase of Hypholoma fasciculare. LccCbr2 detected amounts as low as 5 ng of highly purified laccase, indicating a possible use of the antibody for quantification of laccase proteins. Denatured extracellular laccases from culture supernatants of the basidiomycetes C. cinerea, H. fasciculare, Lentinula edodes, Mycena sp., Piriformospora indica, Pleurotus cornucopiae, Pleurotus ostreatus, Pycnoporus cinnabarinus, Trametes versicolor and furthermore the ascomycete Verpa conica were detected with apparent molecular masses between 60 and 70 kDa by LccCbr2. The identity of extracellular laccases from C. cinerea, H. fasciculare, P. ostreatus, P. cinnabarinus and T. versicolor were verified by tryptic peptides using nanoLC-ESI-MS/MS.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)694-701
Number of pages8
JournalEnzyme and Microbial Technology
Volume41
Issue number6-7
Publication statusPublished - 1 Nov 2007
Peer-reviewedYes
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

Keywords

  • Basidiomycetes, Copper binding region, Native-PAGE, SDS-PAGE, Tandem mass spectrometry, Western blot