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Cytoplasmic expression of a thermostable invertase from Thermotoga maritima in Lactococcus lactis

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Objectives

To evaluate the secretory and cytoplasmic expression of a thermostable Thermogata maritima invertase in Lactococcus lactis.

Results

The thermostable invertase from T. maritima was cloned with and without the USP45 secretory peptide into the pNZ8148 vector for nisin-inducible expression in L. lactis. The introduction of an USP45 secretion peptide at the N-terminal of the enzyme led to a loss of protein solubility. Computational homology modeling and hydrophobicity studies indicated that the USP45 peptide exposes a stretch of hydrophobic amino acids on the protein surface resulting in lower solubility. Removal of the USP45 secretion peptide allowed a soluble and functional invertase to be expressed intracellularly in L. lactis. Immobilized metal affinity chromatography purification of the cell lysate with nickel-NTA gave a single protein band on SDS-PAGE, while E. coli-expressed invertase consistently co-purified with an additional band. The yields of the purified invertase from E. coli and L. lactis were 14.1 and 6.3 mg/l respectively.

Conclusions

Invertase can be expressed in L. lactis and purified in a functional form. L. lactis is a suitable host for the production of food-grade invertase for use in the food and biotechnology industries.

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We would like to thank the Microbial Cell Group with special thanks to Crystal Tan Lee Ling for their technical support. This work was supported by the Biomedical Research Council of A*STAR (Agency for Science, Technology and Research) and A*STAR Joint Council Office Grant Call (No. 1431AFG126).

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Pek, H.B., Lim, P.Y., Liu, C. et al. Cytoplasmic expression of a thermostable invertase from Thermotoga maritima in Lactococcus lactis . Biotechnol Lett 39, 759–765 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10529-017-2295-4

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