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ArticleJournal of microbiology (Seoul, Korea)2017

The hyperthermophilic α-amylase from Thermococcus sp. HJ21 does not require exogenous calcium for thermostability because of high-binding affinity to calcium.

Huaixu Cheng, Zhidan Luo, Mingsheng Lu, Song Gao, Shujun Wang

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Article in Journal of microbiology (Seoul, Korea), 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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Huaixu ChengJiangsu Key Laboratory of Marine Pharmaceutical Compound Screening, Huaihai Institute of Technology, Lianyungang, 222005, P. R. China.
Zhidan LuoJiangsu Key Laboratory of Marine Pharmaceutical Compound Screening, Huaihai Institute of Technology, Lianyungang, 222005, P. R. China.
Mingsheng LuJiangsu Key Laboratory of Marine Pharmaceutical Compound Screening, Huaihai Institute of Technology, Lianyungang, 222005, P. R. China.
Song GaoJiangsu Key Laboratory of Marine Pharmaceutical Compound Screening, Huaihai Institute of Technology, Lianyungang, 222005, P. R. China. gaosong@hhit.edu.cn.
Shujun WangJiangsu Key Laboratory of Marine Pharmaceutical Compound Screening, Huaihai Institute of Technology, Lianyungang, 222005, P. R. China. shujunwang86@163.com.
Jiangsu Ocean University · CNJiangsu Yanjiang Chemical Resources Development Research Institute (China) · CNLiaoning Academy of Agricultural Sciences · CN

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Abstract

The hyperthermophilic α-amylase from Thermococcus sp. HJ21 does not require exogenous calcium ions for thermostability, and is a promising alternative to commercially available α-amylases to increase the efficiency of industrial processes like the liquefaction of starch. We analyzed the amino acid sequence of this α-amylase by sequence alignments and structural modeling, and found that this α-amylase closely resembles the α-amylase from Pyrococcus woesei. The gene of this α-amylase was cloned in Escherichia coli and the recombinant α-amylase was overexpressed and purified with a combined renaturation-purification procedure. We confirmed thermostability and exogenous calcium ion independency of the recombinant α-amylase and further investigated the mechanism of the independency using biochemical approaches. The results suggested that the α-amylase has a high calcium ion binding affinity that traps a calcium ion that would not dissociate at high temperatures, providing a direct explanation as to why the addition of calcium ions is not required for thermostability. Understanding of the mechanism offers a strong base on which to further engineer properties of this α-amylase for better potential applications in industrial processes.

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alpha-AmylasesAmino Acid SequenceCalciumCloning, MolecularEnzyme StabilityEscherichia coliProtein BindingRecombinant ProteinsTemperatureThermococcusalpha-AmylasesCalciumRecombinant Proteinscalcium independencyhyperthermophilic α-amylaseThermococcus sp.

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