Functional display of Rhizomucor miehei lipase on surface of Saccharomyces cerevisiae with higher activity and its practical properties

BACKGROUND: A display system, which can translate DNA to functional peptides or proteins, is used as a new protein expression system. In this system, peptides or proteins are displayed on the cell surface as a fusion form with some anchoring proteins. Yeast cells displaying lipases on their cell-surface could be used as whole-cell biocatalysts. This research focuses on the functional display of Rhizomucor miehei lipase (RML) on the surface of Saccharomyces cerevisiae with higher activity. RESULTS: The lipases (RML) from R.miehei 3.4960 were of active form. The RML-α-agglutinin fusion proteins produced were not secreted into the culture media and were mostly immobilized on the yeast cells. Cell surface displayed lipase showed the highest activity at 45 °C and pH 8.0. CONCLUSION: The gene encoding RML from R.miehei 3.4960 can be functionally expressed on the cell surface of S. cerevisiae MT8-1 using a glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) anchor with higher activity. Copyright © 2007 Society of Chemical Industry