Characterization and evolution of xylose isomerase screened from the bovine rumen metagenome in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Characterization and evolution of xylose isomerase screened from the bovine rumen metagenome in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
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从酿酒酵母牛瘤胃宏基因组中筛选的木糖异构酶的表征和进化
DOI:
10.1016/j.jbiosc.2015.05.014
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发表时间:
2016-02-01
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2.8
通讯作者:
Bao, Xiaoming
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作者:
Hou, Jin;Shen, Yu;Bao, Xiaoming
The conversion of abundant levels of xylose in lignocellulosic materials into viable products would generate economic benefits. The heterologous expression of the xylose isomerase (XI) gene is considered a direct and effective strategy for establishing the xylose metabolic pathway in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. However, only limited sources of xylA are functionally expressed in S. cerevisiae and are capable of driving effective xylose consumption. In this study, Ru-xylA (where Ru represents the rumen), which was screened from the contents of the bovine rumen metagenomic library, was functionally expressed in S. cerevisiae, and the enzyme activity was 1.31 U mg(-1) protein. This is a new source of XI that can exhibit high activity levels in S. cerevisiae. The activity of this enzyme is comparable to those of the Piromyces sp. XL Then, the Ru-XI activity was further improved through mutagenesis and growth-based screening in a centromeric plasmid. A variant containing two mutations (K11T/D220V) that exhibited a 68% increase in enzyme activity was isolated. Our work identified a new xylose isomerase that can be functionally expressed in S. cerevisiae and results in a higher XI enzyme activity through mutagenesis. (C) 2015, The Society for Biotechnology, Japan. All rights reserved.