Las lipasas de la familia I son reconocidas a nivel industrial por sus actividades catalíticas de esterificación, interesterificación y transesterificación. En esta investigación se caracterizó por análisis in silico a la lipasa de Marinobacter sp. LB aislado de las Salinas de Pilluana, San Martín. Con tal finalidad, se amplificó el gen lip mediante la reacción en cadena de la polimerasa (PCR) de punto final y la secuencia nucleotídica fue analizada in silico. Se elucidó la estructura terciaria empleando como molde a la lipasa 1EX9 de Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 y se ejecutó el acoplamiento molecular con tres sustratos. El gen lip presentó 927 pb y la proteína madura, 284 aminoácidos. La lipasa posee un peso molecular de 29.99 kDa y un pI de 8.89. Asimismo, se identificaron residuos Ser78, Asp229 e His251, típicos de la triada catalítica de una lipasa de la familia I. A...

Family I lipases are industrially recognized for their catalytic activities of esterification, interesterification and transesterification. In this study, Marinobacter sp. LB lipase isolated from Salinas de Pilluana, San Martín was characterized by in silico analysis. For this purpose, lip gene was amplified by conventional Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) and nucleotide sequence was analyzed in silico. The tertiary structure was elucidated using the 1EX9 lipase from Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 as a template and molecular docking was executed with three substrates. The lip gene had 927 bp and mature protein, 284 amino acids. The lipase had a molecular weight of 29.99 kDa and pI of 8.89. Also typicall catalytic triad residues of family I lipases (Ser78, Asp229 and His251) were identified. In addition, eleven peripheral α-helixs and seven internal β-sheets were found. Binding pocket and ...

The aim of this study was to perform bioinformatics characterization and optimize the production of extracellular L-asparaginase from Bacillus sp. M62, isolated from the Maras salt ponds (Cusco). To achieve this, the production of L-asparaginase was verified by the change in color of modified M9 medium, containing 0.0075% bromophenol blue, at pH 7.4 and 37°C for 72 hours. Genomic DNA was extracted to amplify the 16S ribosomal genes and the ansA3 gene. The amino acid sequence encoded by the ansA3 gene was predicted using bioinformatic analysis. The production of intracellular and extracellular L-asparaginase was evaluated at different levels of glucose, L-asparagine, NaCl, and pH in modified M9 medium. Additionally, the enzymatic activities of L-asparaginase and L-glutaminase were determined by quantifying the released ammonium using the Nessler method. Bacillus sp. M62 showed the change...

Variants of the genes ABCB1 and ABCC2 have been associated with an increased risk of drug-resistant epilepsy; this phenomenon, however, has been scarcely tested by means of comparisons between populations: In Latin America there have only been 3 studies. Objective: To evaluate the association between the variants C3435T of the gene ABCB1, and --24C> T of the gene ABCC2 with drug-resistant epilepsy in Peruvian patients treated at the Epilepsy Unit of a Peruvian Hospital. Material and Methods: Blood samples from 22 patients with drug-resistant epilepsy and eight patients with pharmaco-responsive epilepsy were analyzed between May 2016 and June 2017. The identification of the C3435T variant of the ABCB1 gene was performed by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and subsequent enzymatic digestion; the -24C>T variant of the ABCC2 gene was obtained by sequencing. Results: An allelic frequency...

This study aimed to investigate protease and hydrolysate production by Pseudomonas sp. SU24, isolated from soils in Bongará province (Amazonas Department, Peru), using poultry waste as culture substrate. Enzyme production was evaluated by assessing incubation time, poultry waste concentration, and pH through a onefactor approach followed by central composite design. Production under optimized conditions was compared with skim milk and tryptic soy broth (TSB) media, while the proteolytic profile was analyzed by zymography. Biological activity prediction was performed through in silico hydrolysis of chicken feather keratin using the BIOPEP-UWM database, complemented with antioxidant activity assays (ABTS). Maximum protease production (2972.77 ± 23.89 U/mL) was achieved in the optimized medium containing 20 g/L feathers at pH 9.0 and 37°C after 96 h incubation, significantly outperformin...