• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제28권10호
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• pp.1671-1682
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• 2018

Alginate lyases (endo and exo-lyases) are required for the degradation of alginate into its constituting monomers. Efficient bioethanol production and extraction of bioactives from brown algae requires intensive use of these enzymes. Nonetheless, there are few commercial alginate lyase preparations, and their costs make them unsuitable for large scale experiments. A recombinant expression protocol has been developed in this study for producing seven endo-lyases and three exo-lyases as soluble and highly active preparations. Saccharification of alginate using 21 different endo/exo-lyase combinations shows that there is complementary enzymatic activity between some of the endo/exo pairs. This is probably due to favorable matching of their substrate biases for the different glycosidic bonds in the alginate molecule. Therefore, selection of enzymes for the best saccharification results for a given biomass should be based on screens comprising both types of lyases. Additionally, different incubation temperatures, enzyme load ratios, and enzyme loading strategies were assessed using the best four enzyme combinations for treating Macrocystis pyrifera biomass. It was shown that $30^{\circ}C$ with a 1:3 endo/exo loading ratio was suitable for all four combinations. Moreover, simultaneous loading of endo-and exo-lyases at the beginning of the reaction allowed maximum alginate saccharification in half the time than when the exo-lyases were added sequentially.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제25권5호
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• pp.681-686
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• 2015

The purpose of this study was to find a cold-adapted and surfactant-stable alginate lyase as a candidate for biotechnological and industrial applications. The gene for a new alginate lyase, AlyL1, from Agarivorans sp. L11 was cloned and expressed in Escherichia coli. The recombinant AlyL1 was most active at 40℃ (1,370 U/mg). It was a cold-adapted alginate lyase, which showed 54.5% and 72.1% of maximum activity at 15℃ and 20℃, respectively. AlyL1 was an alkaliphilic enzyme and most active at pH 8.6. In addition, it showed high stability in the presence of various surfactants at a high concentration (from 0.1% to 1% (w/v)). AlyL1 was an endo-type alginate lyase that degraded both polyM and polyG blocks, yielding disaccharides and trisaccharides as the main products. This is the first report of the cloning and functional expression of a cold-adapted and surfactant-stable alginate lyase. AlyL1 might be an interesting candidate for biotechnological and industrial applications.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.121-129
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• 2015

알긴산은 미역이나 다시마 같은 갈조류의 세포벽에 존재하거나 또는 특정 박테리아들이 biofilm을 만들기 위하여 생산하는 L-${\alpha}$-guluronate 및 D-${\beta}$-mannuronate로 구성된 산성다당류이다. 전보에서 보고한 Sphingomonas sp. MJ-3의 외부 분해효소인 올리고알긴산 분해효소(oligoalginate lyase, MJ3-Oal)는 효소단백질의 N-terminal 영역에 내부 알긴산 분해효소인 polyM 분해효소의 단백질 서열과 상동성을 가지고 있었다. 본 실험에서는 MJ3-Oal이 외부 분해효소 활성뿐 만 아니라 내부 분해효소 활성도 함께 가지는 효소인지 알기 위하여 Saccharophagus degradans 2-40T 유래 올리고알긴산 분해효소인 Alg17c의 결정구조와 상동성 모델링을 행하였으며 기질과 수소결합을 할 것으로 예상되는 잔기 중 426번째 아미노산인 tyrosine을 구조가 비슷한 phenylalanine으로 돌연변이시키고 알긴산 분해양상을 wild type과 비교하였다. MJ3-Oal의 FPLC 결과를 보면 처음에는 이당류, 삼당류 등 올리고머가 증가하다가 최종적으로 단당류로 전환되었으나 Tyr426Phe 돌연변이 효소의 FPLC profile은 외부 분해활성만 나타내었다. 또한 $^1H$-NMR spectra 역시 MJ3-Oal은 polyM block 또는 polyMG block의 내부결합을 분해하는 활성을 나타내었다. 이와 같은 결과들은 Sphingomonas sp. MJ-3 유래 올리고알긴산 분해효소는 외부 분해효소 활성 및 내부 분해효소 활성 모두 가질 가능성을 뒷받침해 준다.