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This is the first report describing the gene structure and the enzymatic properties of a β-fructosidase of a hyperthermophilic
organism. The bfrA gene of the ancestral bacterium Thermotoga maritima MSB8 codes for a 432-residue, polypeptide of about 50 kDa, with significant sequence similarity to other β-fructosidases.
On the basis of its primary structure, BfrA can be assigned to glycosyl hydrolase family 32. The bfrA gene was expressed in Escherichia coli and the recombinant enzyme was purified and characterised. BfrA was specific for the fructose moiety and the β-anomeric configuration
of the glycosidic linkages of its substrates. The enzyme released fructose from sucrose and raffinose, and the fructose polymer
inulin was hydrolysed quantitatively in an exo-type fashion. BfrA displayed similar catalytic efficiencies for the hydrolysis
of sucrose and inulin with k
cat/K
m values (at 75 °C, pH 5.5) of about 4.1 × 104 M−1s−1 and 3.1 × 104 M−1s−1 respectively. BfrA had an optimum temperature of 90–95 °C (10-min assay) and was extremely insensitive to thermo-inactivation.
During 5 h at temperatures up to 80 °C at pH 7, the enzyme retained at least 85% of its initial activity. Thus, BfrA is the
most thermostable β-fructosidase and also the most thermostable inulinase described to date. In conclusion, the T. maritima enzyme can be classified as an exo-β-d-fructofuranosidase (EC 3.2.1.26) with invertase and inulinase activity. Its catalytic properties along with the extreme thermostability
recommend it for use in biotechnology.
Received: 28 August 1997 / Received revision: 19 January 1998 / Accepted: 24 January 1998 相似文献
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We developed a new system to improve the overproduction of soluble proteins in E. coli based on a plasmid encoding the small heat-shock protein, Lo18, derived from the lactic acid bacterium Oenococcus oeni. The efficiency of this system was compared with that of another system based on production of the E. coli universal chaperone GroEL/ES. A compatible plasmid encoding β-glucosidase was constructed for the overproduction and aggregation of this enzyme. Co-expression with Lo18 resulted in an increase in soluble β-glucosidase levels similar to that obtained in the GroEL/ES co-expression system. Lo18 was found preferentially in the insoluble fraction, associated with aggregated enzyme. By contrast, GroEL/ES was more abundant in the soluble fraction. 相似文献