Heterologous expression of Bromelain in Escherichia coli

In spite of the fact that commercial bromelain supplements are available in the market, to date, none of them are produced and formulated from recombinant forms. They are extracted and purified (often partially) from the stem and fruit of pineapple. This makes the production of bromelain very diffic...

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Main Authors: M., Bala, Mohd. Salleh, Hamzah, Amid, Azura, Mel, Maizirwan, Jami, Mohammed Saedi
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Language:English
Published: 2011
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author M., Bala
Mohd. Salleh, Hamzah
Amid, Azura
Mel, Maizirwan
Jami, Mohammed Saedi
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Mohd. Salleh, Hamzah
Amid, Azura
Mel, Maizirwan
Jami, Mohammed Saedi
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description In spite of the fact that commercial bromelain supplements are available in the market, to date, none of them are produced and formulated from recombinant forms. They are extracted and purified (often partially) from the stem and fruit of pineapple. This makes the production of bromelain very difficult, less reliable, often contaminated and expensive. In this study, a recombinant bromelain from BL21 A clone was expressed as soluble and insoluble active enzyme. Maximum activity was observed at 4-hour post induction with 0.2% L-arabinose and over 60% of the enzyme was found to be expressed in soluble form. The enzyme fractions were purified using Nickel-NTA spin column. Purification fold and % yield of the purified lysate were found to be 35 and 75% respectively. SDS-PAGE results showed that the purified bromelain exhibited a single band with molecular weight of about 45kDa.
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spelling iium-36352021-06-29T02:25:41Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/3635/ Heterologous expression of Bromelain in Escherichia coli M., Bala Mohd. Salleh, Hamzah Amid, Azura Mel, Maizirwan Jami, Mohammed Saedi TP248.13 Biotechnology In spite of the fact that commercial bromelain supplements are available in the market, to date, none of them are produced and formulated from recombinant forms. They are extracted and purified (often partially) from the stem and fruit of pineapple. This makes the production of bromelain very difficult, less reliable, often contaminated and expensive. In this study, a recombinant bromelain from BL21 A clone was expressed as soluble and insoluble active enzyme. Maximum activity was observed at 4-hour post induction with 0.2% L-arabinose and over 60% of the enzyme was found to be expressed in soluble form. The enzyme fractions were purified using Nickel-NTA spin column. Purification fold and % yield of the purified lysate were found to be 35 and 75% respectively. SDS-PAGE results showed that the purified bromelain exhibited a single band with molecular weight of about 45kDa. 2011-05-17 Proceeding Paper NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/3635/1/Paper_Bromelain_Bala.pdf M., Bala and Mohd. Salleh, Hamzah and Amid, Azura and Mel, Maizirwan and Jami, Mohammed Saedi (2011) Heterologous expression of Bromelain in Escherichia coli. In: 2nd International Conference on Biotechnology Engineering (ICBioE 2011), 17-19 May, 2011, Kuala Lumpur. http://www.iium.edu.my/icbioe/2011/
spellingShingle TP248.13 Biotechnology
M., Bala
Mohd. Salleh, Hamzah
Amid, Azura
Mel, Maizirwan
Jami, Mohammed Saedi
Heterologous expression of Bromelain in Escherichia coli
title Heterologous expression of Bromelain in Escherichia coli
title_full Heterologous expression of Bromelain in Escherichia coli
title_fullStr Heterologous expression of Bromelain in Escherichia coli
title_full_unstemmed Heterologous expression of Bromelain in Escherichia coli
title_short Heterologous expression of Bromelain in Escherichia coli
title_sort heterologous expression of bromelain in escherichia coli
topic TP248.13 Biotechnology
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