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ENZYME AND MICROBIAL TECHNOLOGY
Volume 36, Issue 1, Pages 34-41Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.enzmictec.2004.03.022
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Trametes sp.; laccases; heterologous expression; Saccharomyces cerevisiae
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Trametes sp. strain C30 modulates the synthesis of various laccase isoforms in response to external stimuli. Systematic cloning and heterologous expression of laccase cDNAs were carried out to find C30 enzymes with high oxidative capacities. Two cDNAs were successfully expressed in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae:clac1, encoding the previously characterized LAC1 and clac3, encoding a previously undetected laccase isoform. The amino acid sequence deduced from clac3 reveals a protein of 524 amino acids (estimated p1 = 4.0) that is, respectively, 67 and 75% identical (79 and 84% similar) to LAC I and LAC2. Up to 2 mg/L of recombinant LAC3 were produced from a yeast fermentor culture. LAC3 recombinant enzyme properties are very close to those of the inducible native LAC2: it contains a low potential T1 copper (Edegrees = 0.53 V) and is remarkably active both on phenolic (k(cat) syringaldazine = 56,600 min(-1) and k(cat) guaiacol = 43,250 min(-1)) and non-phenolic (k(cat) ABTS = 56,650 min(-1)) substrates. This work shows that laccases weakly expressed in white-rot fungi can however be studied after a functional expression in yeast. (C) 2004 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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