Expression and purification of thermostable alpha-glucuronidase from Thermotoga maritima / 生物工程学报

The xylanolytic enzymes found in Thermotoga maritima showed extremely high thermostability and considerable potential in industrial application. Yet expression level of the genes encoding these enzymes was very low. The alpha-glucuronidase gene aguA from T. maritima ATCC 43589 was cloned and expressed in several E. coli strains with different vector. The alpha-glucuronidase was overexpressed in E. coli BL21-CodonPlus(DE3)-RIL with plasmid pET-28a(+), and made up about 20% of the total proteins present in the intracellular soluble fraction. The results proved the assumption that rare codons for arginine (AGA/AGG) and isoleucine (AUA) affect the expression of aguA gene from hyperthermophilic bacterium T. maritima in E. coli. Purification procedure included two steps, heat treatment and immobilized metal affinity chromatography, and over 13.5mg of pure enzyme was obrained from 1L of induced culture. The purified enzyme showed a single band on SDS polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis with a purification of 5.1 fold, and a yield of 55.1%. The optimum activity of recombinant alpha-glucuronidase was found at pH 6.0 and 85 degrees C, the enzyme retained 70% of its activity after 1 h of incubation at 85 degrees C. The induction conditions for expression of recombinant strain BL21-CodonPlus(DE3)-RIL/pET-28a-aguA were studied on induction time and duration by IPTG. The results showed that the activity of thermostable alpha-glucuronidase reach the maximum in 5-hour after inducted at the exponential phase (OD600 of 0.7 - 0.8).

Study on fermentation condition of alkaline protease gene engineering strain and the purification and characterization of recombinant enzyme / 生物工程学报

In a 5L fermentor the production conditions of alkaline protease gene engineering strain BA071 were investigated. The maximum activity of alkaline protease reached 24,480 u/mL in 40 hours of fermentation by combination of enhancing aeration and changing the agitation rate. The fast purification method of recombinant protease was conducted with FPLC (Fast Protein Liquid Chromatography). The crude enzyme, treated with ammonium sulfate fractionation and decolored with DEAE-A-50 and polyethylene glycol concentration, was purified with CM-Sephadex-C-50 and Sephadex-G-75. The purified enzyme appears homologous on SDS-PAGE. The purity of enzyme was increased 76.2 times. SDS-PAGE analysis showed that the molecular weights of expressed recombinant products were about 28 kD. The optimal reaction pH and temperature of recombinant enzyme were at pH11 and 60 degrees C, respectively. The recombinant enzyme exhibited high temperature tolerance and was stable at a wide range of pH. Ca2+, MG2+ can enhance the stability of the recombinant enzyme. While the protease activity of the enzyme was strongly inhibited by Hg2+, Ag+, PMFS [symbol: see text] DFP, and was not affected by SDS and Urea.