Xylanase from the extremely thermophilic bacterium Caldocellum saccharolyticum: Overexpression of the gene in Escherichia coli and characterization of the gene product
- Univ. of Auckland (New Zealand)
A xylanase encoded by the xynA gene of the extreme thermophile Caldocellum saccharolyticum was overexpressed in Escherichia coli by cloning the gene downstream from the temperature-inducible {lambda} P{sub R} and P{sub L} promoters of the expression vector pJLA602. Induction of up to 55 times was obtained by growing the cells at 42{degrees}C, and the xylanase made up of 20% of the whole-cell protein content. The enzyme was located in the cytoplasmic fraction in E.coli. The temperature and pH optima were determined to be 70{degrees}C and pH 5.5 to 6, respectively. The xylanase was stable for at least 72 h if incubated at 60{degrees}C, with half-lives of 8 to 9 h at 70{degrees}C and 2 to 3 min at 80{degrees}C. The enzyme had high activity on xylan and ortho-nitrophenyl {beta}-D-xylopyranoside and some activity on carboxymethyl cellulose and para-nitrophenyl {beta}-D-cellobioside. The gene was probably expressed from its own promoter in E. coli. Translation of the xylanase overproduced in E. coli seemed to initiate at a GTG codon and not at an ATG codon as previously determined.
- OSTI ID:
- 6403860
- Journal Information:
- Applied and Environmental Microbiology; (USA), Vol. 56:9; ISSN 0099-2240
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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