title: Improvement and characterization of a hyperthermophilic glucose isomerase from Thermoanaerobacter ethanolicus and its application in production of high fructose corn syrup.
abstract: High fructose corn syrup (HFCS) is an alternative of liquid sweetener to sucrose that is isomerized by commercial glucose isomerase (GI). One-step production of 55 % HFCS by thermostable GI has been drawn more and more attentions. In this study, a new hyperthermophilic GI from Thermoanaerobacter ethanolicus CCSD1 (TEGI) was identified by genome mining, and then a 1317 bp fragment encoding the TEGI was synthesized and expressed in Escherichia coli BL21(DE3). To improve the activity of TEGI, two amino acid residues, Trp139 and Val186, around the active site and substrate-binding pocket based on the structural analysis and molecular docking were selected for site-directed mutagenesis. The specific activity of mutant TEGI-W139F/V186T was 2.3-fold and the value of k cat/K m was 1.86-fold as compared to the wild type TEGI, respectively. Thermostability of mutant TEGI-W139F/V186T at 90 °C for 24 h showed 1.21-fold extension than that of wild type TEGI. During the isomerization of glucose to fructose, the yield of fructose could maintain above 55.4 % by mutant TEGI-W139F/V186T as compared to 53.8 % by wild type TEGI at 90 °C. This study paved foundation for the production of 55 % HFCS using the thermostable TEGI.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Bioengineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, 310014, China.
authors.forename: Zhi-Qiang
authors.initials: ZQ
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.forename: Jian-Feng
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Li-Qun
authors.initials: LQ
authors.lastname: Jin
authors.forename: Dong-Xu
authors.initials: DX
authors.lastname: Jia
authors.forename: Hai-Yan
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Jian-Miao
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Cheng-Jun
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Liao
authors.forename: Xin-Ping
authors.initials: XP
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: Bao-Xing
authors.initials: BX
authors.lastname: Mao
authors.forename: Yu-Guo
authors.initials: YG
authors.lastname: Zheng
mesh_terms: D019747:Aldose-Ketose Isomerases / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics; D020134:Catalytic Domain; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D030541:Databases, Genetic; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000378:metabolism; D005632:Fructose / Q000737:chemistry; D005947:Glucose / Q000737:chemistry; D066248:High Fructose Corn Syrup / Q000737:chemistry*; D062105:Molecular Docking Simulation; D016297:Mutagenesis, Site-Directed; D011487:Protein Conformation; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D013395:Sucrose / Q000737:chemistry; D013549:Sweetening Agents / Q000737:chemistry; D046968:Thermoanaerobacter / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D066248:High Fructose Corn Syrup; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D013549:Sweetening Agents; D005632:Fructose; D013395:Sucrose; D019747:Aldose-Ketose Isomerases; C023298:xylose isomerase; D005947:Glucose