Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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8360614 | Protein Expression and Purification | 2014 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
A gene encoding a special type of pullulanase from Thermus thermophilus HB27 (TTHpu) was cloned. It has an open reading frame of 1428 bp encoding a mature protein with a molecular mass of 52 kDa. The gene was expressed in Escherichia coli using pHsh and pET28a vectors. The pHsh expression system produced a 3.6-fold higher recombinant pullulanase than pET28a. The recombinant TTHpu was purified to homogeneity by heat treatment and Ni-NTA affinity chromatography. The purified TTHpu exhibited highest activity at pH 6.5 and 70 °C. More than 90% activity was retained after incubation at 60-70 °C for 2 h and the half-life was 2 h at 80 °C. The stability of the enzyme was in a pH range from 6.0 to 8.0. Manganese at 5 mM enhanced its activity up to 298%. The Km and Vmax for the enzyme activity on pullulan were 0.0031 mg mLâ1 and 23.8 μmol minâ1, respectively. Unlike the most of pullulan-hydrolyzing enzymes described to date, this enzyme can attack α-1,6- and α-1,4-glycosidic linkages in pullulan, and produce a mixture of maltotriose, maltose and glucose. The enzyme could be further employed for industrial saccharification of starch.
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Authors
Huawei Wu, Xinxin Yu, Libing Chen, Guangxu Wu,