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Enhanced secretion of heterologous cyclodextrin glycosyltransferase by a mutant of Bacillus licheniformis defective in the D-alanylation of teichoic acids by M. Craynest; S. Jorgensen; M. Sarvas; V.P. Kontinen is a Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology article available to read on EtoBox.

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## Aims: To examine whether inactivation of the dlt operon and increased charge density of the wall enhances secretion of heterologous proteins in industrial strains of bacillus licheniformis. ## Methods and results: The dlta gene of b. licheniformis was cloned, sequenced and mutated by inserting a chloramphenicol acetyl transferase (cat) gene cassette. the mutation facilitated growth in the late exponential growth phase, increased endogenous autolysis and decreased resistance to a cationic peptide, polylysine. it was observed that dlta mutation increased the production of cyclodextrin glycosyltransferase (cgtase) by 1.5- to sevenfold depending on the growth phase, but decreased the production of penicillinase by twofold. ## Conclusions and significance: The results suggest that the d-alanylation of teichoic acids is an element that can be used to improve the production of some secretory proteins in industrial applications based on this important industrial microorganism.

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Author

M. Craynest; S. Jorgensen; M. Sarvas; V.P. Kontinen

Publisher

Oxford University Press (OUP)

Published

2003

Language

EN

Field

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (Life Sciences)