Cloning, sequencing, and expression of the gene encoding extracellular alpha-amylase from Pyrococcus furiosus and biochemical characterization of the recombinant enzyme.
AUTOR(ES)
Dong, G
RESUMO
The gene encoding the hyperthermophilic extracellular alpha-amylase from Pyrococcus furiosus was cloned by activity screening in Escherichia coli. The gene encoded a single 460-residue polypeptide chain. The polypeptide contained a 26-residue signal peptide, indicating that this Pyrococcus alpha-amylase was an extracellular enzyme. Unlike the P. furiosus intracellular alpha-amylase, this extracellular enzyme showed 45 to 56% similarity and 20 to 35% identity to other amylolytic enzymes of the alpha-amylase family and contained the four consensus regions characteristic of that enzyme family. The recombinant protein was a homodimer with a molecular weight of 100,000, as estimated by gel filtration. Both the dimer and monomer retained starch-degrading activity after extensive denaturation and migration on sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gels. The P. furiosus alpha-amylase was a liquefying enzyme with a specific activity of 3,900 U mg-1 at 98 degrees C. It was optimally active at 100 degrees C and pH 5.5 to 6.0 and did not require Ca2+ for activity or thermostability. With a half-life of 13 h at 98 degrees C, the P. furiosus enzyme was significantly more thermostable than the commercially available Bacillus licheniformis alpha-amylase (Taka-therm).
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