Functional expression of an alkaline lipase inEscherichia coli

Autor: Zahra Etemadifar, Koorosh Goodarzvand Chegini, Mohsen Ani, Mohammed Rabbani, Hamid Mirmohammad-Sadeghi, Fatemeh Moazen
Rok vydání: 2009
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Zdroj: Annals of Microbiology. 59:763-769
ISSN: 1869-2044
1590-4261
Popis: The aim of the present study was to express and evaluate a previously cloned lipase gene. In this study, the cloned gene was subcloned in the pET15bEscherichia coli BL21(DE3) expression system. The expression of the recombinant lipase was induced using 1 mM IPTG for 3 hours. The enzyme activity was measured using p-nitrophenyl-decanoate as substrate. The recombinant lipase showed a molecular weight of 26 kDa by SDS-PAGE. Maximum activity was found at pH 9-10 and 40-50 °C. ZnCl2 at 1, 0.3, 0.1, 0.03, and 0.01 mM concentrations were found to be inhibitory to the enzyme activity and did not improve enzyme thermostability. The recombinant lipase showed an optimum temperature higher than lipase ofBacillus subtilis (its closest relative in primary structure) while similar activity in the alkaline pH.
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