High level production of the Magnaporthe grisea fructose 1,6-bisphosphate aldolase enzyme in Escherichia coli using a small volume bench-top fermentor

Autor: Sarah de Groot, Jeremy Bezaire, Jason Yaeck, Christine How, Tim Rasmusson, Eric Jervis, J. Guy Guillemette, Gary I. Dmitrienko, Geneviève Labbé
Rok vydání: 2007
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Zdroj: Protein Expression and Purification. 51:110-119
ISSN: 1046-5928
DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2006.06.020
Popis: The Class II fructose 1,6-bisphosphate aldolase from the Rice Blast causative agent Magnaporthe grisea was subcloned in the Escherichia coli vector pT7-7. The enzyme was overexpressed using fed-batch fermentation in a small bench-top reactor. A total of 275 g of cells and 1.3 g of highly purified enzyme with a specific activity of 70 U/mg were obtained from a 1.5L culture. The purified enzyme is a homodimer of 39.6 kDa subunits with a zinc ion at the active site. Kinetic characterization indicates that the enzyme has a K(m) of 51 microM, a k(cat) of 46 s(-1), and a pH optimum of 7.8 for fructose 1,6-bisphosphate cleavage. The fermentation system procedure reported exemplifies the potential of using a lab-scale bioreactor for the large scale production of recombinant enzymes.
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