A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal
Microbial degradation of cyanobacterial cyclic peptides
Authors: Hajime Kato, Susumu Y. Imanishi, Kiyomi Tsuji, Ken-ichi Harada
Publisher: Pergamon
Publication year: 2007
Journal: Water Research
Journal acronym: Water Res.
Volume: 41
Issue: 8
First page : 1754
Last page: 1762
Number of pages: 9
ISSN: 0043-1354
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2007.01.003
Web address : http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0043135407000243
Bacterial strain B-9 possesses hydrolytic enzymes capable of degrading microcystins (MCs) and nodularin that are toxic cyclic peptides produced by cyanobacteria. In the present study, the degradation activities of the cell extract of B-9 against non-toxic cyanobacterial cyclic peptides other than the MCs and nodularin were investigated, and the degradation products were analyzed by liquid chromatography/ion trap tandem mass spectrometry (LC/ITMS). It was confirmed that B-9 could also degrade these cyanobacterial cyclic peptides by hydrolysis of their peptide bonds. These results indicated that this bacterium possesses a very unique hydrolytic activity that can degrade structurally different cyclic peptides and that this may be effective for the detoxification of hazardous cyclic peptides.