Part:BBa_K5136027
laccase-histag
Biology
Laccase
Laccase is a kind of Lignin-degrading enzymes. It is capable of oxidizing a wide range of substrates accompanied by the reduction of molecular oxygen to water (2). Moreover, extensive researches confirm that laccase can degrade and detoxify various pollutants with high efficiency at the laboratory scale. The enzymes we choose is found from Rheinheimera sp (1).
Usage and Design
It can significantly improve parameters such as brightness, breaking length, tear coefficient and bursting coefficient of the recycled paper (4). In order to verify if it is capable to deink waste paper, a His-tag (6×his) was added to the C-terminal of laccase for purification. We constructed this part and assembled it on the expression vector pET-28a(+).
Characterization
Agarose gel electrophoresis (AGE)
The constructed plasmids were transformed into E. coli BL21(DE3), then the positive transformants were selected by kanamycin and confirmed by colony PCR and gene sequencing. Target bands (1659 bp) can be observed at the position between 1500 bp and 2000 bp.
SDS-PAGE
The plasmid verified by sequencing was successfully transformed into E. coli BL21(DE3). After being cultivated and induced by 0.5 mM CuSO4 and 0.03 mM IPTG at 28 °C GE AKTA Prime Plus FPLC System was employed to get purified protein from the lysate supernatant. Purified protein was verified by sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS)-12% (wt/vol) polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE) and Coomassie blue staining. As shown in the gel image (Fig. 2), the target protein (62.6 kDa) can be observed at the position around 66 kDa on the purified protein lanes (FR), although displayed with many other protein bands together.
Pulp deinking
A certain amount of purified enzyme solution was added to the pulp, and the pulp was filtered after 1h reaction, and the gray value of the dried paper was measured to characterize the deinking effect of the enzyme. The higher the gray value, the better the deinking effect. As shown in the figure 3, laccase alone can also show a better deinking effect.
Sequence and Features
- 10INCOMPATIBLE WITH RFC[10]Illegal XbaI site found at 746
- 12COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[12]
- 21INCOMPATIBLE WITH RFC[21]Illegal BamHI site found at 86
Illegal BamHI site found at 784
Illegal XhoI site found at 1655 - 23INCOMPATIBLE WITH RFC[23]Illegal XbaI site found at 746
- 25INCOMPATIBLE WITH RFC[25]Illegal XbaI site found at 746
Illegal AgeI site found at 175
Illegal AgeI site found at 506 - 1000COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[1000]
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