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Using degenerate polymerase chain reaction (PCR), thermal asymmetric interlaced (TAIL)-PCR, and reverse transcription (RT)-PCR techniques, a new β-mannanase gene, denoted as man5C6, was obtained from Penicillium sp. C6. The gene has an open reading frame of 1,155 bp, and codes for a polypeptide (Man5C6) of 384 amino acids including a putative 26-residue signal peptide. The deduced amino acid sequence showed highest identity (59.2%) with an experimentally verified β-mannanase from Podospora anserine belonging to glycoside hydrolase family 5. Man5C6 was successfully expressed in Pichia pastoris, and secreted up to 2.5 g in 1 l medium. Recombinant Man5C6 was easily purified to electrophoretic homogeneity by a sing-step chromatography. The purified recombinant enzyme exhibited optimal activity at pH 4.5, and remained >55% of its maximum activity at pH 3.0–7.0. The temperature optimum was found to be 70°C. The specific activity, and K m and V max values were 226.5 U mg−1, 12.3 mg ml−1 and 2,400.2 μmol min−1 mg−1, respectively, for locust bean gum, and 78.7 U mg−1, 0.2 mg ml−1 and 894.6 μmol min−1 mg−1, respectively, for konjac flour. These properties make Man5C6 a potential candidate for high-level production of β-mannanase with low cost and simple processing technology.
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This work was supported by the Earmarked Fund for Modern Agro-industry Technology Research System (NYCYTX-42-G2-05) and the Key Program of Transgenic Plant Breeding (2009ZX08003-020B) and the Agricultural Science and Technology Conversion Funds (2008GB23260388).
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Cai, H., Shi, P., Huang, H. et al. An acidic β-mannanase from Penicillium sp. C6: gene cloning and over-expression in Pichia pastoris . World J Microbiol Biotechnol 27, 2813–2819 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11274-011-0759-6
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