Protein engineering of GH11 xylanase from Aspergillus fumigatus RT-1 for catalytic efficiency improvement on kenaf biomass hydrolysis
2019
Damis, Siti Intan Rosdianah | Murad, Abdul Munir Abdul | Diba Abu Bakar, Farah | Rashid, Siti Aishah | Jaafar, Nardiah Rizwana | Illias, Rosli Md
Enzyme hydrolysis faces a bottleneck due to the recalcitrance of the lignocellulose biomass. The protein engineering of GH11 xylanase from Aspergillus fumigatus RT-1 was performed near the active site and at the N-terminal region to improve its catalytic efficiency towards pretreated kenaf (Hibiscus cannabinus) hydrolysis. Five mutants were constructed by combined approaches of error-prone PCR, site-saturation and site-directed mutagenesis. The double mutant c168 t/Q192H showed the most effective hydrolysis reaction with a 13.9-fold increase in catalytic efficiency, followed by mutants Y7L and c168 t/Q192 H/Y7L with a 1.6-fold increase, respectively. The enhanced catalytic efficiency evoked an increase in sugar yield of up to 28% from pretreated kenaf. In addition, mutant c168 t/Q192 H/Y7L improved the thermostability at higher temperature and acid stability. This finding shows that mutations at distances less than 15 Å from the active site and at putative secondary binding sites affect xylanase catalytic efficiency towards insoluble substrates hydrolysis.
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