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BIOMASS CONVERSION AND BIOREFINERY
Volume 13, Issue 8, Pages 7151-7163Publisher
SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s13399-021-01765-7
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CglT protein; Pichia pastoris; Thermophilic cellulase enzymes; 2A sequence
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Cellulases are essential industrial enzymes used in various industries such as biofuel production, paper and pulp, textiles, and detergents. This study successfully expressed a thermophilic cellulase collection in the methylotrophic yeast Pichia pastoris. The results showed that CglT is a potential candidate for completing cellulase collections with low beta-glucosidase activity, which is important for biofuel production due to its high glucose tolerance property.
Cellulases are among the most important groups of industrial enzymes that are widely consumed in biofuel production, pulp and paper, textile, and detergent industries. The methylotrophic yeast Pichia pastoris was used for heterologous expression of a thermophilic cellulase collection. P. pastoris cells were transformed by the codon-optimized polycistronic EBG construct. This construct included egxA gene (from Ampullaria crossean, with endo- and exoglucanase activities), cglT gene (from Thermoanaerobacter brockii, with beta-glucosidase activity), and zsgreen (a fluorescent marker). Gene expression was examined at mRNA level using RT-PCR technique. The results indicated successful transcription of all transgenes. CglT and ZsGreen recombinant proteins were respectively detected by enzymatic assay and fluorescent microscope, while endo- and exoglucanase activities were not determined by enzymatic assays. The highest beta-glucosidase activity was measured at 65 oC and pH 5.5. CglT is a good candidate for completing cellulase collections with low beta-glucosidase activity. These cellulase sets could be used in biofuel production because of the high glucose tolerance property of CglT.
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