J Korean Soc Microbiol.  1997 Aug;32(4):421-428.

Optimum Culture Conditions for Production of Proteinases secreted by Candida albicans , C. tropicalis , and C. parapsilosis

Abstract

In the present study, culture conditions to secrete proteinases from C. albicans, C. tropicalis and C. parapsilosis were examined. All three Candida species were found to secrete proteinases from acceleration phase to stationary phase, although the proteinase activities in culture filtrate were maximal during late exponential or early stationary phase. The proteinase activity in the culture filtrate of C. albicans cells grown at 30'C, was much higher than those grown at either 20 or 37'C. In culture of C. tropicalis and C. parapsilosis, the highest activity was found in culture filtrate grown at 37C. C. albicans secreted proteinases well in medium at initial pH 4.0-7.0. The optimal initial pH of medium for proteinase secretion was 7.0 for C. tropicalis and 5.0-6.0 for C. parapsilosis. All three Candida species secreted proteinases to greater amount in aerobic state. The most effective carbon source for proteinase secretion was xylose, glucose, maltose and sucrose for C. albicans, xylose for C. tropicalis and trehalose for C. parapsilosis. The effects of proteins, hydrolyzed proteins, ammonium sulfate as a sole nitrogen source on proteinase secretion were examined. Bovine serum albumin was the most effective nitrogen source of those tested and a little proteinase activity was detected in the culture filtrates when yeast cells were incubated in the medium containing ammonium sulfate. C. parapsilosis secreted proteinases to greater amount than the other Candida species in all nitrogen sources under study, indicating that C. parapsilosis proteinase would not be a inducible but a constitutive enzyme.


MeSH Terms

Acceleration
Ammonium Sulfate
Candida albicans*
Candida*
Carbon
Glucose
Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
Maltose
Nitrogen
Peptide Hydrolases*
Serum Albumin, Bovine
Sucrose
Trehalose
Xylose
Yeasts
Ammonium Sulfate
Carbon
Glucose
Maltose
Nitrogen
Peptide Hydrolases
Serum Albumin, Bovine
Sucrose
Trehalose
Xylose
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