title: The characterization of transaldolase gene tal from Pichia stipitis and its heterologous expression in Fusarium oxysporum.
abstract: The 972 bp length of transaldolase gene tal was cloned from Pichia stipitis CICC1960, encoding a 323 amino acid protein with a calculated molecular mass of 35.36 kDa and isoelectric point of 5.20. Real time PCR analysis demonstrated that the mRNA transcript level of constitutive tal gene rise on xylose, glucose, fructose, mannose, galactose and sucrose as carbon source, respectively. Furthermore, the transcription of tal gene in P. stipitis on xylose was higher than on other carbon source, indicating that transaldolase plays a part in xylose utilization. To deeply study the tal gene biological function, it was expressed in Fusarium oxysporum CCTCC M209040. Recombinant transaldolase activity of transformant F. oxysporum M209040-Tal2 was about 0.52 U mg(-1) protein and was 1.57 times higher than that of the wild type F. oxysporum CCTCC M209040, indicating that the improvement of transaldolase activity in transformant was due to expression of the exogenous tal gene. Growth of transformant F. oxysporum M209040-Tal2 without selection pressure did not affect the level of hygromycin resistance of the transformants, suggesting that integrated tal gene was stable in mitosis. Fermentation trials of F. oxysporum M209040-Tal2 showed that the ethanol yield improved by 8.39 and 11.71% on glucose and xylose substrates, respectively, demonstrating that the expression of tal gene from P. stipitis CICC1960 in F. oxysporum CCTCC M209040 could improve ethanol production.
authors.affiliation: Department of Life Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China.
authors.forename: Jin-xia
authors.initials: JX
authors.lastname: Fan
authors.forename: Qian
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Zhi-hua
authors.initials: ZH
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Xiao-mei
authors.initials: XM
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Jin-zhu
authors.initials: JZ
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Zhong-xiang
authors.initials: ZX
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Qing
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Liang
authors.forename: Shuang
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D019342:Acetic Acid / Q000378:metabolism; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D018533:Biomass; D015139:Blotting, Southern; D002934:Cinnamates / Q000494:pharmacology; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D000431:Ethanol / Q000378:metabolism; D005285:Fermentation / Q000187:drug effects; D005670:Fusarium / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism*; D015966:Gene Expression Regulation, Fungal / Q000187:drug effects; D005800:Genes, Fungal / Q000235:genetics*; D005947:Glucose / Q000494:pharmacology; D006921:Hygromycin B / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D008938:Mitosis / Q000187:drug effects; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D030781:Organisms, Genetically Modified; D010843:Pichia / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D011995:Recombination, Genetic / Q000235:genetics; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D013997:Time Factors; D014153:Transaldolase / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D014170:Transformation, Genetic / Q000187:drug effects; D014994:Xylose / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D002934:Cinnamates; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D000431:Ethanol; D006921:Hygromycin B; C026273:hygromycin A; D014994:Xylose; D014153:Transaldolase; D005947:Glucose; D019342:Acetic Acid