Evidence map›Paper›PMID 25979886›Full record

ArticleApplied and environmental microbiology2015

Identification of GH15 Family Thermophilic Archaeal Trehalases That Function within a Narrow Acidic-pH Range.

Masayoshi Sakaguchi, Satoru Shimodaira, Shin-Nosuke Ishida, Miko Amemiya, Shotaro Honda, Yasusato Sugahara, Fumitaka Oyama, Masao Kawakita

Open access · bronzeAbstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Applied and environmental microbiology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
10citing papers in PubMed
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 22% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 29 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Evolutionary Analysis of Trehalose Breakdown Pathways.Genome biology and evolution · 2026
    Article
  2. Article
  3. Review
  4. Article
  5. Article
  6. Article
  7. Article
  8. Article
  9. Article
  10. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Masayoshi SakaguchiDepartment of Chemistry and Life Science, Kogakuin University, Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan bt11532@ns.kogakuin.ac.jp.
Satoru ShimodairaDepartment of Chemistry and Life Science, Kogakuin University, Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan.
Shin-Nosuke IshidaDepartment of Chemistry and Life Science, Kogakuin University, Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan.
Miko AmemiyaDepartment of Chemistry and Life Science, Kogakuin University, Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan.
Shotaro HondaDepartment of Chemistry and Life Science, Kogakuin University, Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan.
Yasusato SugaharaDepartment of Chemistry and Life Science, Kogakuin University, Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan.
Fumitaka OyamaDepartment of Chemistry and Life Science, Kogakuin University, Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan.
Masao KawakitaDepartment of Chemistry and Life Science, Kogakuin University, Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan Stem Cell Project, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
Kogakuin University · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Two glucoamylase-like genes, TVN1315 and Ta0286, from the archaea Thermoplasma volcanium and T. acidophilum, respectively, were expressed in Escherichia coli. The gene products, TVN1315 and Ta0286, were identified as archaeal trehalases. These trehalases belong to the CAZy database family GH15, although they have putative (α/α)6 barrel catalytic domain structures similar to those of GH37 and GH65 family trehalases from other organisms. These newly identified trehalases function within a narrow range of acidic pH values (pH 3.2 to 4.0) and at high temperatures (50 to 60°C), and these enzymes display Km values for trehalose higher than those observed for typical trehalases. These enzymes were inhibited by validamycin A; however, the inhibition constants (Ki) were higher than those of other trehalases. Three TVN1315 mutants, corresponding to E408Q, E571Q, and E408Q/E571Q mutations, showed reduced activity, suggesting that these two glutamic acid residues are involved in trehalase catalysis in a manner similar to that of glucoamylase. To date, TVN1315 and Ta0286 are the first archaeal trehalases to be identified, and this is the first report of the heterologous expression of GH15 family trehalases. The identification of these trehalases could extend our understanding of the relationships between the structure and function of GH15 family enzymes as well as glycoside hydrolase family enzymes; additionally, these enzymes provide insight into archaeal trehalose metabolism.

Indexed as

Amino Acid SequenceAmino Acid SubstitutionCatalytic DomainCluster AnalysisDNA, ArchaealEnzyme InhibitorsEnzyme StabilityEscherichia coliGene ExpressionHydrogen-Ion ConcentrationInositolKineticsMolecular Sequence DataMolecular WeightMutant ProteinsPhylogenyDNA, ArchaealEnzyme InhibitorsInositolMutant ProteinsRecombinant ProteinsTrehalaseTrehalosevalidamycin A

Identifiers

PMID25979886
PMCPMC4495195
OpenAlexW1559072017

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.