کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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17062 | 42637 | 2014 | 6 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |
• We report the secretion of Neurospora crassa β-xylosidase from Pichia pastoris.
• Recombinant β-xylosidase has high catalytic capacity against natural substrates.
• The reaction product xylose is a non-competitive inhibitor of the β-xylosidase.
• Transxylosilation activity of the enzyme has been identified.
To degrade plant hemicelluloses fungi employ β-xylosidases to hydrolyse xylooligosaccharides, released by endo-xylanases, into xylose. We have expressed the β-xylosidase from Neurospora crassa in Pichia pastoris under the control of alcohol oxidase 1 (AOX1) promoter. The recombinant enzyme is optimally active at 50 °C and pH 5.0 with Km and Vmax values of 8.9 mM and 1052 μmol min−1 mg−1 respectively against 4-nitrophenyl β-xylopyranoside. Xylose is a non-competitive inhibitor with a Ki of 1.72 mM. The enzyme is characterised to be an exo-cutting enzyme releasing xylose from the non-reducing ends of β-1,4 linked xylooligosaccharides (X2, X3 and X4) but also capable of transxylosilation. Catalytic conversion of X2, X3 and X4 decreases (Vmax and kcat) with increasing chain length.
Journal: Enzyme and Microbial Technology - Volume 57, 10 April 2014, Pages 63–68