• Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.20-26
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• 2003

A bacterial strain was isolated from seawater to screen for phytase activities. A colony had the highest activity and was identified as an Escherichia coli strain. Using primers derived from E. coli acid phosphatase appA sequence, we cloned a 1,495 bp DNA fragment connected with the pGEM-T vector. It was over-expressed under lac promoter combined with its native promoter in E. coli $DH5\alpha$. The expression of the phytase gene occurred during late exponential growth and the intracellular phytase production was 16.9 units/ml. The yield of recombinant phytate was 412-fold higher than that of wild type E. coli K13.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제30권1호
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• pp.1-7
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• 2002

토양으로부터 phytate 분해능이 뛰어난 phytate를 생산하는 균주를 분리 동정한 결과 Escherichia coli로 동정되었고, E. coli WC7으로 명명하였다. 이 균주가 생산하는 phytase를 ammonium sulfate 침전, Phenyl-Sepharose, DEAE-Sepharose, CM-Sepharose, Resoure S, Mono S 컬럼 크로마토그래피를 이용한 분리정제를 수행하여 정제도 1,250 배, 수율 30%로 정제하였고 640 Unit/mg의 비활성을 얻었다. 또한 정제된 phytase는 SDS-PAGE에서 분자량 45kDa인 단일 subunit로 이루어진 단일효소임을 확인하였다. E. coli WC7 phytase의 최적 pH는 5.0, 최적 온도는 $60^{\circ}C$였으며, pH 2.0-12까지 안정하였다. 열안정성에서는 $60^{\circ}C$이상에서 급격한 활성의 감소를 보여 초기 활성의 20% 활성만을 나타내었다. Phytase의 N-말단 아미노산 서열은 Ser-Glu-Pro-Clu-Leu-Lys-Leu-Glu-Ser-Val-Val이었으며 이는 E. coli 유래의 pH 2.5 acid phosphatase와 아주 큰 유사성을 보였다. S. coli WC7 phytase의 유전자를 확보하기 위해 E. coli acid phosphatase의 DNA sequence를 바탕으로 한 primer들을 이용하여 PCR 클로닝을 수행하였으며 증폭된 PCR fragment를 pUC19 벡터에 클로닝 하고 DNA 염기서열을 결정하였다. 그 결과 1.2 kbp의 WC7 phytase 유전자의 ORF를 확인하였으며 432개의 아미노산으로 이루어진 분자량 44,716 Da의 단백질을 확인 할 수 있었다. 대부분의 acid phosphatase 효소들의 active site라고 추정되는 active site motif인 RHGXRXP가 N-terminal 쪽에 존재하고 있었다. pUEP를 이용하여 E. coli XL1-Blue에서 phytase를 발현시켰을 때 효소의 생산량이 17.5 U/ml로서 원균주의 23배 활성을 가졌으며,효소의 비활성 및 pH 안정성 측면에서 높은 산업적 이용가능성을 볼 때 사료첨가제 효소로의 개발을 기대할 수 있을 것이라 판단된다.

• Journal of Animal Science and Technology
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• 제50권1호
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• pp.79-88
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• 2008

본 연구는 비육돈에 Escherichia coli phytase를 첨가 급여하여 생산성, 도체특성 및 분 내 구리와 아연 함량에 미치는 영향에 대하여 알아보기 위해 시험을 실시하였다. 3원 교잡종 비육돈 72두를 공시하였으며, 시험 개시시 체중이 65.43±0.72kg 이었고, 56일간 사양시험을 실시하였다. 시험설계는 1) CON(기초사료), 2) P5(기초사료+phytase 0.05%) 및 3) P10(기초사료 + phytase 0.1%)로 3개 처리를 하여 처리당 6반복, 반복당 4두씩 완전임의 배치하였다. 전체시험 기간 동안 사료섭취량은 phytase를 첨가한 처리구가 대조구와 비교하여 높게 나타났다(P<0.05). 시험 5주에서 건물, 질소 및 회분 소화율은 P5 처리구가 대조구 및 P10 처리구와 비교하여 유의적으로 가장 높게 나타났으며(P<0.05), 대조구가 가장 낮게 나타났다(P<0.05). 인 소화율은 phytase를 첨가한 처리구가 대조구와 비교하여 유의적으로 높게 나타났으며(P<0.05), 육의 pH는 대조구가 phytase를 첨가한 처리구와 비교하여 유의적으로 높게 나타났다(P<0.05). 육색에 있어서 명도를 나타내는 L* 값은 P10처리구가 대조구 및 P5 처리구와 비교하여 유의적으로 가장 높게 나타났으며, 적색도를 나타내는 a* 값은 대조구가 phytase를 첨가한 처리구와 비교하여 유의적으로 가장 높게 나타났다(P<0.05). 분내 구리와 아연의 함량은 처리구간에 유의적인 차이가 없었다(P>0.05). 결론적으로, 본 시험의 결과 비육돈에 phytase의 첨가 급여는 일당사료섭취량, 영양소 소화율, 육내 pH 및 육색에 영향을 미치는 것으로 사료된다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.466-471
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• 2005

An Escherichia coli strain with high phytase activity was screened from pig excreta. The phytase gene, appA, was amplified by PCR technique. To obtain large amounts of appA phytase, the appA gene was subcloned into the baculovirus transfer vector pVL1393 under the control of the Polyhedrin promoter. The recombinant baculovirus harboring the appA gene was obtained after co-transfection and screening. The early $5^{th}$ instar larvae of silkworm were infected with the recombinant virus. Using this system, the appA phytase was overproduced up to 7,710 U per ml hemolymph. SDS-PAGE analysis revealed the baculovirus-derived appA phytase to be approximately 47 kDa in size. The optimal temperature and pH of the expressed phytase were $60^{\circ}C$ and pH 4.5, respectively. The enzymatic activity was increased by the presence of 1 mM $Ca^{2+}$, 1 mM $Mn^{2+}$, or $0.02\%$ Triton X-100.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.490-496
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• 2002

The production of E. coli WC7 phytase from a recombinant E. coli strain was optimized using a statistical experimental design approach. Two-level complete factorial designs with seven variables were used for the media optimization. In the first optimization step, the influence of disodium succinate, yeast extract, $K_2HPO_4,\;NH_4H_2PO_4,\;MgSO_4$, NaCl, and trace elements on phytase production was evaluated. As a result, disodium succinate, yeast extract, $NH_4H_2PO_4$, NaCl, and the trace elements were found to have a positive influence on the phytase production, while $K_2HPO_4\;and\;MgSO_4$ had a negative influence. In the second step, the concentrations of disodium succinate and yeast extract were further optimized using central composite designs. The maximum phytase activity obtained was 234 U/ml using 15.9 g/1 disodium succinate, 20 g/1 yeast extract, 5 g/1 K_2HPO_4,\;10 g/1 NH_4H_2PO_4,\;1.5 g/1 MgSO_4$, 4 g/1 NaCl, and 1.5 m1/1 trace elements, which was about a 14-fold increase in comparison with that obtained using the basal medium.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제29권3호
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• pp.419-428
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• 2019

Phytases are enzymes that can hydrolyze phytate and its salts into inositol and phosphoric acid, and have been utilized to increase the availability of nutrients in animal feed and mitigate environmental pollution. However, the enzymes' low thermostability has limited their application during the feed palletization process. In this study, a combination of B-value calculation and protein surface engineering was applied to rationally evolve the heat stability of Escherichia coli phytase. After systematic alignment and mining for homologs of the original phytase from the histidine acid phosphatase family, the two models 1DKL and 1DKQ were chosen and used to identify the B-values and spatial distribution of key amino acid residues. Consequently, thirteen potential amino acid mutation sites were obtained and categorized into six domains to construct mutant libraries. After five rounds of iterative mutation screening, the thermophilic phytase mutant P56214 was finally yielded. Compared with the wild-type, the residual enzyme activity of the mutant increased from 20% to 75% after incubation at $90^{\circ}C$ for 5 min. Compared with traditional methods, the rational engineering approach used in this study reduces the screening workload and provides a reference for future applications of phytases as green catalysts.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제27권2호
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• pp.237-246
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• 2014

Two experiments were conducted to evaluate the efficacy of feeding an Escherichia coli (E. coli) derived phytase to pigs fed P deficient, corn-soybean meal diets. In Exp. 1, one hundred and twenty crossbred piglets ($9.53{\pm}0.84$ kg) were allocated to one of five treatments which consisted of four low P diets (0.61% Ca, 0.46% total P and 0.24% non-phytate P) supplemented with 0, 500, 1,000, or 20,000 FTU/kg E. coli phytase as well as a positive control formulated to be adequate in all nutrients (0.77% Ca, 0.62% total P and 0.42% non-phytate P). The treatments were applied to six pens with four pigs per pen for 28 days. In Exp. 2, ten crossbred pigs ($19.66{\pm}1.16$ kg) fitted with ileal T-cannula were used in a nutrient balance study. The pigs were assigned to treatments similar to those used in Exp. 1 in a doubly replicated $5{\pm}4$ incomplete Latin square design (5 diets with 4 periods). Each period consisted of a 5-d adjustment period followed by a 3-d total collection of feces and urine and then a 2-d collection of ileal digesta. Supplementation with phytase linearly increased (p<0.05) weight gain, feed intake, feed efficiency, bone breaking strength and fat-free dry and ash bone weight. There were linear increases (p<0.01) in the apparent ileal digestibility (AID) of DM, GE, CP, Ca, total P, inositol hexaphosphate ($IP_6$) and some AA with increasing dose of E. coli phytase. Pigs fed 20,000 FTU/kg had a greater (p<0.05) AID of IP6 (80% vs 59% or 64%, respectively) than pigs fed diets with 500 or 1,000 FTU/kg phytase. There were linear increases (p<0.05) in the total tract digestibility of Ca, total P, Na, K, Mg, and Zn as well as in the retention of Mg and Zn with increased phytase dose. The retention and utilization of Cu, and the total tract digestibility of CP and Cu quadratic increased (p<0.05) with increased phytase dose. In conclusion, supplementation of 500 FTU of phytase/kg and above effectively hydrolyzed phytate in low-P corn-soybean diets for pigs. In addition, a super dose of phytase (20,000 FTU/kg) hydrolyzed most of the IP6 and consequently further improved mineral use, protein utilization and performance.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제25권6호
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• pp.930-935
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• 2015

A phytase gene was identified in a publicly available metagenome derived from subsurface groundwater, which was deduced to encode for a protein of the histidine acid phosphatase (HAP) family. The nucleotide sequence of the phytase gene was chemically synthesized and cloned, in order to further overexpress the phytase in Escherichia coli. Purified protein of the recombinant phytase demonstrated an activity for phytic acid of 298 ± 17 µmol P/min/mg, at the pH optimum of 2.0 with the temperature of 37℃. Interestingly, the pH optimum of this phytase is much lower in comparison with most HAP phytases known to date. It suggests that the phytase could possess improved adaptability to the low pH condition caused by the gastric acid in livestock and poultry stomachs.

• Animal Bioscience
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• 제34권8호
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• pp.1365-1374
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• 2021

Objective: This study was conducted to investigate the synergistic effect of exogenous multienzyme and phytase on growth performance, nutrients digestibility, blood metabolites, intestinal microflora, and morphology in broilers fed corn-wheat-soybean meal diets. Methods: A 2×2 factorial design was used in this study. Four dietary treatments consisted of i) basal diets (corn-wheat-soybean meal based diets without multi-enzyme and phytase), ii) basal diets with phytase (0.05%), iii) basal diets with exogenous multi-enzyme (0.05%), and iv) basal diets with exogenous multi-enzyme including phytase (0.05%). A total of 480 broiler chickens (Ross 308 - one day old) were weighed and allotted to thirty-two cages (15 birds per cage), and chicks were randomly allocated to four dietary treatments. Results: The body weight gain and feed conversion rate were improved by supplementation of exogenous multi-enzyme containing phytase during the finisher period (p<0.05). The birds fed diets with exogenous multi-enzyme containing phytase had a significantly greater digestibility of dry matter, gross energy, crude protein, calcium, and phosphorus compared with birds fed non-supplemented diets (p<0.05). The chickens fed diets with exogenous multi-enzyme containing phytase showed a higher concentration of Ca and P in the serum (p<0.05). The population of Lactobacillus spp., Escherichia coli, and Clostridium were not affected in the ileum and cecum of chickens fed enzyme-supplemented diets. The dietary supplemental exogenous multi-enzyme containing phytase showed a significant improvement in villus height, crypt depth, and villus height and crypt depth ratio, compared to basal diets or dietary supplemental phytase (p<0.05). Conclusion: The supplementation of the exogenous multi-enzyme containing phytase synergistically improved the growth performance, nutrients digestibility, and villus height of the small intestine of broiler chickens fed a corn-wheat-soybean meal based diets.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제22권10호
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• pp.1391-1399
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• 2009

Two hundred and sixteen 68-week-old Hy-Line brown laying hens were used in a 6-week feeding trial to compare the efficacy of phytases Optiphos (OPT) and Natuphos (NAT), which were isolated from Escherichia coli and Aspergillus niger, respectively. Hens were randomly allotted into six treatments with six replications (six layers in three adjacent cages) per treatment according to their initial BW. The hens were then subjected to one of the following dietary treatments: i) Positive Control (PC; available phosphorus (AP) 0.4%); ii) Negative control (NC; AP 0.2%); iii) NAT1 (NC+250 FTU/kg NAT); iv) NAT2 (NC+500 FTU/kg NAT); v) OPT1 (NC+250 FTU/kg OPT); vi) OPT2 (NC+500 FTU/kg OPT). Feed intake, egg production, egg quality, apparent nutrient digestibility and serum P and Ca concentration were evaluated to compare the effect of the two phytases. Feed intake and eggshell thickness were not affected by the treatments. Superior effects (p<0.05) of OPT were only observed in egg production and egg weight compared with NAT. Characteristics such as eggshell breaking strength, apparent digestibility of N, Ca and P and serum P concentration were equally increased with the supplementation of both phytases (p<0.05), where no significant difference was observed in those characteristics between PC and phytase supplementation at 500 FTU/kg. Equally effective improvements (p<0.05) were also observed in egg production and DM digestibility, where no improvements were observed (p<0.05) between the PC group and the groups with phytase supplementation at 500 FTU/kg. Equal increases in the serum Ca level were observed when the groups with phytase supplementation were compared to the PC group. Overall, the results of this study suggest that NAT and OPT are equally effective at liberating phytate-bound complexes when included in 0.2% available phosphorus diets for 68-week laying hens; either source of phytase can be fed to commercial 68-week laying hens at 500 FTU/kg to correct the negative effects associated with a 0.2% available phosphorus diet. In conclusion, either source of phytase can be fed to commercial first cycle laying hens at 500 FTU/kg to effectively replace inorganic phosphorus when economically justified.