Abstract:
:Amylase plays an important role in biotechnology industries, and Gram-positive bacterium Bacillus subtilis is a major host to produce heterogeneous α-amylases. However, the secretion stress limits the high yield of α-amylase in B. subtilis although huge efforts have been made to address this secretion bottleneck. In this question-oriented review, every effort is made to answer the following questions, which look simple but are long-standing, through reviewing of literature: (1) Does α-amylase need a specific and dedicated chaperone? (2) What signal sequence does CsaA recognize? (3) Does CsaA require ATP for its operation? (4) Does an unfolded α-amylase is less soluble than a folded one? (5) Does α-amylase aggregate before transporting through Sec secretion system? (6) Is α-amylase sufficient stable to prevent itself from misfolding? (7) Does α-amylase need more disulfide bonds to be stabilized? (8) Which secretion system does PrsA pass through? (9) Is PrsA ATP-dependent? (10) Is PrsA reused after folding of α-amylase? (11) What is the fate of PrsA? (12) Is trigger factor (TF) ATP-dependent? The literature review suggests that not only the most of those questions are still open to answers but also it is necessary to calculate ATP budget in order to better understand how B. subtilis uses its energy for production and secretion.
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Microb Cell Factjournal_title
Microbial cell factoriesauthors
Yan S,Wu Gdoi
10.1186/s12934-017-0738-1subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2017-07-19 00:00:00pages
124issue
1issn
1475-2859pii
10.1186/s12934-017-0738-1journal_volume
16pub_type
杂志文章,评审abstract:: Different species of microorganisms including yeasts, filamentous fungi and bacteria have been used in the past 25 years for the controlled production of foreign proteins of scientific, pharmacological or industrial interest. A major obstacle for protein production processes and a limit to overall success has been th...
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1186/s12934-016-0486-7
更新日期:2016-05-20 00:00:00
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更新日期:2017-05-31 00:00:00
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更新日期:2015-02-21 00:00:00
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更新日期:2018-09-21 00:00:00
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