Identification of the Talaromyces cellulolyticus Gene Encoding an Extracellular Enzyme with β-galactosidase Activity and Testing it as a Reporter for Gene Expression Assays
Molecular Biotechnology(2022)
Abstract
The filamentous fungus Talaromyces cellulolyticus (formerly Acremonium cellulolyticus ) is currently being intensively studied as a promising industrial producer of a number of secreted cellulolytic enzymes. In this study, the T. cellulolyticus gene lacA , which encodes a protein orthologous to the fungal extracellular β-galactosidases of family 35, was identified. The substitution of the lacA upstream region with a constitutive promoter demonstrated that the product of this gene is effectively secreted and possesses β-galactosidase activity. The optimal pH and temperature values for the hydrolysis of o-nitrophenyl-β-D-galactopyranoside by this enzyme were determined to be pH 4.5–5.5 and 50 °C, respectively. The negligible production of β-galactosidase activity by strains expressing lacA under native regulation raises the possibility of using lacA as a reporter gene. To test this hypothesis, the native promoter of lacA was replaced with the strong inducible promoter of the T. cellulolyticus cellobiohydrolase I gene. The cultivation of the resulting strain in various media showed that the β-galactosidase activity depends on cultivation conditions similar to the cellobiohydrolase activity. Thus, the suitability of lacA as a reporter for evaluating promoters with a wide range of expression profiles was demonstrated.
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Key words
Talaromyces cellulolyticus,β-galactosidase,Promoter replacement,Reporter gene,Kex2 site
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