Integration of Bacterial Expansin on Agarolytic Complexes to Enhance the Degrading Activity of Red Algae by Control of Gelling Properties
- Authors
- Jeong, Da Woon; Hyeon, Jeong Eun; Joo, Young-Chul; Shin, Sang Kyu; Han, Sung Ok
- Issue Date
- 2월-2018
- Publisher
- SPRINGER
- Keywords
- Bacterial expansin; Cellulosome; Red algae; Agar gel; Agarolytic complex
- Citation
- MARINE BIOTECHNOLOGY, v.20, no.1, pp.1 - 9
- Indexed
- SCIE
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- MARINE BIOTECHNOLOGY
- Volume
- 20
- Number
- 1
- Start Page
- 1
- End Page
- 9
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/77430
- DOI
- 10.1007/s10126-017-9782-4
- ISSN
- 1436-2228
- Abstract
- Expansin act by loosening hydrogen bonds in densely packed polysaccharides. This work characterizes the biological functions of expansin in the gelling and degradation of algal polysaccharides. In this study, the bacterial expansin BpEX from Bacillus pumilus was fused with the dockerin module of a cellulosome system for assembly with agarolytic complexes. The assembly of chimeric expansin caused an indicative enhancement in agarase activity. The enzymatic activities on agar substrate and natural biomass were 3.7-fold and 3.3-fold higher respectively than that of agarase as a single enzyme. To validate the effect on the agar degradation, the regulation potential of parameters related to gel rheology by bacterial expansin was experimentally investigated to indicate that the bacterial expansin lowered the gelling temperature and viscosity of agar. Thus, these results demonstrated the possibility of advancing more efficient strategies for utilizing agar as oligo sugar source in the biorefinery field that uses marine biomass as feedstocks.
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