Abstract

A new recombinant Aspergillus niger tannase (tannin acyl hydrolase) produced by the Penicillium verruculosum fungus has been studied. A strain with a high level of extracellular tannase (TAN2) secretion (80% of the total extracellular protein) was obtained by cloning the tan2 gene (PDB Acc. No: MT828303) into the recipient strain. The tannase enzyme preparation degraded tannins in black tea extracts. TAN2 was isolated in homogeneous form using chromatographic methods; the enzyme had a high activity against gallotannin (53 U/mg) and less activity against propyl gallate (4.7 U/mg). Homogeneous TAN2 showed temperature and pH optima of 45 °C and 3.5, respectively. At a temperature of 50 °C, TAN2 retained above 80% activity for 3 h; at 60 °C, it retained about 75% of its activity for 90 min; at 70 °C, the enzyme was completely inactivated within 10 min. Tannase was characterized by a high tolerance to NaCl, the activity against gallotannin exceeded 50% of the initial value in solutions with a salt concentration of up to 5 M. The tannase activity was stimulated by Ca2+, Mg2+, Zn2+, Mn2+, Cu2+, Cd2+, Pb2+ by 3--64% and inhibited by 4-65% in the presence of Co2+, Fe3+ and Fe2+ ions. tannase, tannins, Aspergillus niger, Penicillium verruculosum This work was supported by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation.

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