Journal
JOURNAL OF BIOSCIENCE AND BIOENGINEERING
Volume 130, Issue 5, Pages 443-449Publisher
SOC BIOSCIENCE BIOENGINEERING JAPAN
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiosc.2020.07.001
Keywords
Prebiotics; Mannooligosaccharide; beta-Mannanase; Enzyme engineering; Sugar profile
Funding
- National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology [P18-51691]
- National Science and Technology Development Agency [P-18-52705]
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Mannooligosaccharides (MOSs) are one of the most commonly used biomass-derived feed additives. The effectiveness of MOS varies with the length of oligosaccharides, medium length MOSs such as mannotetraose and mannopentaose being the most efficient. This study aims at improving specificity of beta-mannanase from Aspergillus niger toward the desirable product size through rational-based enzyme engineering. Tyr 42 and Tyr 132 were mutated to Gly to extend the substrate binding site, allowing higher molecular weight MOS to non-catalytically bind to the enzyme. Hydrolysis product content was analyzed by high-performance anion-exchange chromatography with pulsed amperometric detection. Instead of mannobiose, the enzyme variants yielded mannotriose and mannotetraose as the major products, followed by mannobiose and mannopentaose. Overall, 42% improvement in production yield of highly active mannotetraose and mannopentaose was achieved. This validates the use of engineered beta-mannanase to selectively produce larger MOS, making them promising candidates for large-scale MOS enzymatic production process. (C) 2020, The Society for Biotechnology, Japan. All rights reserved.
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