Heterologous Expression and Functional Characterization of a Truncated Marine Alginate Lyase
摘要
Alginate lyase is widely used in the preparation of alginate oligosaccharides, medicine production, energy conversion, and so on. In this study, we designed truncated mutants of a marine-derived alginate lyase Algl and identified a highly active mutant CD317 with less degradation when expressed in a yeast host. The enzyme activity of the secretory CD317 was 1.4-fold higher than that of the parent Algl. It degraded both polyM and polyG but had a stronger preference for polyM. The optimal temperature of Algl and CD317 was 40 °C and 35 °C respectively, for which CD317 showed better temperature tolerance. Additionally, Ca2+ highly improved the enzyme activity. Fermentation conditions for CD317 production were optimized as a culture time of 144 h, an inoculum of an OD600nm of 0.5, and an inducer concentration of 2% (v/v), respectively. Bioreactor fermentation allowed the highest production of 19,500 U/mL, which was 4.6-fold higher than that in a well-plate. These results indicated that the truncated CD317 showed good potential for industrial use.