文摘
The keratinase Sfp2, produced by Streptomyces fradiae var. k11, is a serine alkaline protease first synthesized as pre-pro-mature precursor, of which the N-terminal propeptide must be autocatalytically cleaved on the C-terminal of P1 amino acid to produce mature enzyme. Single amino acid substitutions were introduced at positions ? and ? to improve the expression level of mature Sfp2. The specific activity of L(?)F mutant (48935 U/mg) was nine times that of wild-type Sfp2, whereas the mutants L(?)D, L(?)G, L(?)H, K(?)E, and K(?)L had 2-2?% of the specific activity of wild-type. The yield of mature Sfp2 of L(?)F mutant was estimated to be 800?μg/mg total protein and 112?mg/l culture supernatant, nine and twice that of wild-type, respectively. The L(?)F mutant exhibited similar enzymatic properties to wild-type.