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A genomic DNA library of the bacterium Bacillus pumilus PLS was constructed and the β-xylosidase gene (xynB) was amplified from a 3-kb genomic DNA fragment with the aid of the polymerase chain reaction technique. The amplified xynB gene was inserted between the yeast alcohol dehydrogenase II gene promoter (ADH2 P ) and terminator (ADH2 T ) sequences on a multicopy episomal plasmid (pDLG11). The xynB gene was also fused in-frame to the secretion signal sequence of the yeast mating pheromone α-factor (MFα1 S ) before insertion between the ADH2 P and ADH2 T sequences on a similar multicopy episomal plasmid (pDLG12). The resulting construct ADH2 P -MFα1 S -xynB-ADH2 T was designated XLO1. Both plasmids pDLG11 and pDLG12 were introduced into Saccharomyces cerevisiae but only the expression of the XLO1 gene yielded biologically functional β-xylosidase. The total β-xylosidase activity remained cell-associated with a maximum activity of 0.09 nkat/ml obtained when the recombinant S. cerevisiae strain was grown for 143 h in synthetic medium. The temperature and pH optima of the recombinant Xlo1 enzyme were 45–50 °C and pH 6.6 respectively. The enzyme was thermostable at 45 °C; however, at 60 °C most of the Xlo1 was inactive after 5 min.
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Received: 11 July 1996 / Received revision: 23 October 1996 / Accepted: 25 October 1996
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Grange, D., Pretorius, I. & van Zyl, W. Cloning of the Bacillus pumilusβ-xylosidase gene (xynB ) and its expression in Saccharomyces cerevisiae . Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 47, 262–266 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002530050924
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s002530050924