Production, Characterization, and Application of an Alginate Lyase, AMOR-PL7A, from Hot Vents in the Arctic Mid-Ocean Ridge

Kiira S. Vuoristo, Lasse Fredriksen, Maren Oftebro, Magnus Arntzen, Olav A. Aarstad, Runar Stokke, Ida H. Steen, Line Degn Hansen, Reidar B. Schüller, Finn L. Aachmann, Svein J. Horn, Vincent G.H. Eijsink

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Abstract

Enzymatic depolymerization of seaweed polysaccharides is gaining interest for the production of functional oligosaccharides and fermentable sugars. We describe a thermostable alginate lyase belonging to Polysaccharide Lyase family 7 (PL7), which can be used to degrade brown seaweed, Saccharina latissima, at conditions also suitable for a commercial cellulase cocktail (Cellic CTec2). This enzyme, AMOR-PL7A, is a β-d-mannuronate specific (EC 4.2.2.3) endoacting alginate lyase, which degrades alginate and poly mannuronate within a broad range of pH, temperature and salinity. At 65 °C and pH 6.0, its Km and k cat values for sodium alginate are 0.51 ± 0.09 mg/mL and 7.8 ± 0.3 s -1 respectively. Degradation of seaweed with blends of Cellic CTec2 and AMOR-PL7A at 55 °C in seawater showed that the lyase efficiently reduces viscosity and increases glucose solublization. Thus, AMOR-PL7A may be useful in development of efficient protocols for enzymatic seaweed processing.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2936-2945
Number of pages10
JournalJournal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
Volume67
Issue number10
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 13 Mar 2019
MoE publication typeA1 Journal article-refereed

Funding

This research was supported by the Research Council of Norway through grants 229003 (BIOFEEDNovel salmon feed by integrated bioprocessing of nonfood biomass), 237841 (Foods of Norway), and 221568 (NorZymeD). Infrastructure was supported in part by NorBioLab grants 226247 and 270038 provided by the Research Council of Norway. The authors would like to thank Marianne Slang-Jensen for advice in the studies of protein stability.

Keywords

  • alginate lyase
  • biorefining
  • brown seaweed
  • PolyM
  • Saccharina latissima
  • salt tolerance
  • Metagenomics
  • Temperature
  • Biocatalysis
  • Bacteria/classification
  • Hydrothermal Vents/chemistry
  • Enzyme Stability
  • Polysaccharide-Lyases/chemistry
  • Seaweed/chemistry
  • Substrate Specificity
  • Phaeophyceae/chemistry
  • Phylogeny
  • Polysaccharides/chemistry
  • Arctic Regions
  • Bacterial Proteins/chemistry
  • Kinetics
  • Hydrogen-Ion Concentration

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