title: Design of thermostable beta-propeller phytases with activity over a broad range of pHs and their overproduction by Pichia pastoris.
abstract: Thermostable phytases, which are active over broad pH ranges, may be useful as feed additives, since they can resist the temperatures used in the feed-pelleting process. We designed new beta-propeller phytases, using a structure-guided consensus approach, from a set of amino acid sequences from Bacillus phytases and engineered Pichia pastoris strains to overproduce the enzymes. The recombinant phytases were N-glycosylated, had the correct amino-terminal sequence, showed activity over a pH range of 2.5 to 9, showed a high residual activity after 10 min of heat treatment at 80°C and pH 5.5 or 7.5, and were more thermostable at pH 7.5 than a recombinant form of phytase C from Bacillus subtilis (GenBank accession no. AAC31775). A structural analysis suggested that the higher thermostability may be due to a larger number of hydrogen bonds and to the presence of P257 in a surface loop. In addition, D336 likely plays an important role in the thermostability of the phytases at pH 7.5. The recombinant phytases showed higher thermostability at pH 5.5 than at pH 7.5. This difference was likely due to a different protein total charge at pH 5.5 from that at pH 7.5. The recombinant beta-propeller phytases described here may have potential as feed additives and in the pretreatment of vegetable flours used as ingredients in animal diets.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Biotecnología, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, San Nicolás de los Garza, Nuevo León, Mexico. jmviader@yahoo.com.mx
authors.forename: José M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Viader-Salvadó
authors.forename: Juan A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Gallegos-López
authors.forename: J Gerardo
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Carreón-Treviño
authors.forename: Miguel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Castillo-Galván
authors.forename: Arturo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rojo-Domínguez
authors.forename: Martha
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Guerrero-Olazarán
mesh_terms: D010832:6-Phytase / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D001412:Bacillus subtilis / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004795:Enzyme Stability; D015870:Gene Expression; D006031:Glycosylation; D006358:Hot Temperature; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010843:Pichia / Q000235:genetics; D015202:Protein Engineering; D055550:Protein Stability; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D010832:6-Phytase