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High Output of a Trametes Laccase in Pichia pastoris and Characterization of Recombinant Enzymes

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Abstract

A laccase gene (lacD) from the basidiomycete Trametes sp. 420 was heterologously expressed in Pichia pastoris in two ways, resulting in two recombinant enzymes of rLacDx with native N-terminus and rLacDe with eight additional amino acid residues at N-terminus. The yields of rLacDx and rLacDe in shaken-flask cultures after an 18-day growth were 1.21×105 u/L and 7.38×104 u/L, respectively, as determined with 2,2′-azinobis (3-ethylbenzothia-zoline- 6-sulfonic acid) (ABTS) as substrate. The yield of rLacDx was further increased to 2.39×105 U/l under high-density fermentation while the production process was decreased to 7.5 days. In addition, rLacDx and rLacDe exhibited similar enzymatic characters in oxidizing substrate guaiacol, and were stable at 50°C and at a pH range from 3 to 10. However, the specific activity of rLacDx (1761 u/mg) for ABTS was higher than that of rLacDe (1122 u/mg), and the apparent Km value of rLacDx (427 μmol/L) was less than that of rLacDe (604 μmol/L).

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    This work was supported by the grant from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 30370045, 30470056, 30670069), the Science & Technology Foundation of Distinguished Young Scholars of Anhui Province (Nos. 04043048, 2006KJ049A), the National High Technology Research&Development Program of China (863, No. 2007AA098421) and the Innovative Research Team of 211 Project in Anhui University (No. 02203109).

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    ZHOU Hong-Min and HONG Yu-Zhi contributed equally to the study.

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