Expression of the catalase gene katA in starter culture Lactobacillus plantarum TISTR850 tolerates oxidative stress and reduces lipid oxidation in fermented meat product.
The catalase gene katA of Lactobacillus sakei SR911 was cloned and expressed in Escherichia coli UM2 and Lactobacillus plantarum TISTR850 under strong lactococcal promoter P59 in E. coli-lactococcus expression vector pIL1020. The L. plantarum TISTR850 is a catalase-deficient strain isolated from local fermented meat product. The recombinant L. plantarum TISTR850 was shown to decompose hydrogen peroxide, and catalase activity approximately three times higher that of natural catalase-producing strain L. sakei SR911. The recombinant protein was also detected by in situ activity staining of the catalase enzyme. The recombinant L. plantarum TISTR850 did not accumulate hydrogen peroxide under glucose-limited aerobic conditions and remained viable after 60 h of incubation. The recombinant and host strain L. plantarum TISTR850 were used as starter cultures in the fermented meat product, and lipid oxidation was monitored over a 7-day storage at 20 degrees C determined as thiobarbituric acid-reactive substances (TBARS) value. The lipid oxidation level in the fermented meat product seeded with the catalase genetically modified starter culture L. plantarum TISTR850 was significantly lower than that of the natural catalase-deficient strain.
Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10400, Thailand. scwnp@mahidol.ac.th
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D002374:Catalase / Q000235:genetics*; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics; D005285:Fermentation; D005516:Food Microbiology; D005784:Gene Amplification; D015964:Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial; D015971:Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D007778:Lactobacillus / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics; D050356:Lipid Metabolism; D008461:Meat Products / Q000382:microbiology*; D018384:Oxidative Stress; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D017392:Thiobarbituric Acid Reactive Substances / Q000032:analysis
D017392:Thiobarbituric Acid Reactive Substances; D002374:Catalase