Viriya Nitteranon. Cloning and expression of enzymes from glycosyl hydrolase family (xylanase and neopullulanase) from the sediments of Bor Khlueng hot spring . Master's Degree(Molecular Genetics and Genetic Engineering). Mahidol University. : Mahidol University, 2006.
Cloning and expression of enzymes from glycosyl hydrolase family (xylanase and neopullulanase) from the sediments of Bor Khlueng hot spring
Abstract:
Glycosyl hydrolases comprise a huge group of enzymes (xylanases,
neopullulanases, amylases, etc.) and are valuable carbohydrate-degrading enzymes in
biotechnological industries. In this study, to obtain genes encoding thermostable
enzymes that are required for industrial processes, we have turned to directly
obtaining the genes from environmental DNA, specifically, the Bor Khlueng hot
spring. Consensus primers based on the conserved regions of family 10 xylanases and
family 13 glycosyl hydrolases were used to obtain 167 bp and 560 bp PCR fragments
of xylanase and neopullulanase genes, respectively. Sequence analysis of the partial
xylanase gene exhibited 65% amino acid sequence identities to Thermobacillus
xylanilyticus xynA. However, the full-length xylanase gene was not successfully
obtained. For neopullulanase, the amino acid sequence analysis of one clone, BK44,
showed 54% identity to glycosyl hydrolase family 13 of Deinococcus radiodurans
and 51% identity to Geobacillus kaustophilus alpha-cyclodextrinase. This suggested
that the obtained partial sequence from Bor Khlueng hot spring encoded a novel
enzyme in this family. Using genome walking approaches, the 3’ and 5’-end of the
gene were obtained. The result showed that the full-length BK44 had an open
reading frame of 1,458 bp encoding 485 amino acid residues and exhibited 54%
identity to maltogenic amylase of Thermus sp., and alpha-cyclodextrinase of
Geobacillus kaustophilus; and 53% identity to (neo)pullulanase of Thermus
thermophilus. This suggested that BK44 belonged to the neopullulanase subfamily.
Expression of the full-length BK44 in P. pastoris and E. coli was performed. The
expressed protein of approximately 55 kDa was successfully obtained in E. coli.
However, its enzymatic activities were not detected.