Highly alkaline pectate lyase Pel-4A from alkaliphilic Bacillus sp. strain P-4-N: its catalytic properties and deduced amino acid sequence

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The gene for a highly alkaline pectate lyase, Pel-4A, from alkaliphilic Bacillus sp. strain P-4-N was cloned, sequenced, and overexpressed in Bacillus subtilis cells. The deduced amino acid sequence of the mature enzyme (318 amino acids, 34805 Da) showed moderate homology to those of known pectate lyases in the polysaccharide lyase family 1. The purified recombinant enzyme had an isoelectric point of pH 9.7 and a molecular mass of 34 kDa, and exhibited a very high specific activity compared with known pectate lyases reported so far. The enzyme activity was stimulated 1.6 fold by addition of NaCl at an optimum of 100 mM. When Pel-4A was stored at 50 degrees C for 60 h, striking stabilization by 100 mM NaCl was observed in a pH range from 5 to 11.5, whereas it was stable only around pH 11 in the absence of NaCl.

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  • Extremophiles

    Extremophiles 4 377-383, 2000-12-12

    Springer Science and Business Media LLC

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