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ENZYME AND MICROBIAL TECHNOLOGY
Volume 28, Issue 2-3, Pages 139-144Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/S0141-0229(00)00290-8
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recombinant expression; Pichia pastoris; levansucrase; 1-kestose; fructo-oligosaccharides; Gluconacetobacter diazotrophicus
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Levansucrase (LsdA) (EC 2.4.1.10) from Gluconacetobacter diazotrophicus (formerly Aretobacter diazotrophicus) yields high levels of fructo-oligosaccharides (FOS) from sucrose. A DNA fragment encoding the precursor LsdA lacking the first 57 amino acids was fused to the pho1 signal sequence under the control of the Pichia pastoris-alcohol oxidase I (AOXI) promoter. Methanol induction of a P. pastoris strain harboring a single copy of the lsdA expression cassette integrated in the genome resulted in the production of active levansucrase. After fermentation of the recombinant yeast, LsdA activity was detected in the periplasmic fraction (81%) and in the culture supernatant (18%) with an overall yield of 1% of total protein. The recombinant LsdA was glycosylated and displayed optimal pH and temperature for enzyme activity similar to those of the native enzyme, but thermal stability was increased. Neither fructosylpolymerase activity nor FOS production was affected. Incubation of recombinant LsdA in sucrose (500 g l(-1)) yielded 43% (w/w) of total sugar as 1-kestose, with a conversion efficiency about 70%. Intact recombinant yeast cells also converted sucrose to FOS although for a 30% efficiency. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science Inc. All rights reserved.
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