Mannooligosaccharides
are released by mannan-degrading endo-β-1,4-mannanase
and are known as functional additives
in human and animal diets. To satisfy demands for biocatalysis and
bioprocessing in crowed environments, in this study, we employed a
recently developed enzyme-engineering system, isopeptide bond-mediated
molecular cyclization, to modify a mesophilic mannanase from Bacillus subtilis. The results revealed that the cyclized
enzymes showed enhanced thermostability and ion stability and resilience
to aggregation and freeze–thaw treatment by maintaining their
conformational structures. Additionally, by using the SpyTag/SpyCatcher
system, we generated a mannanase-xylanase bifunctional enzyme that
exhibited a synergistic activity in substrate deconstruction without
compromising substrate affinity. Interestingly, the dual-enzyme ring
conformation was observed to be more robust than the linear enzyme
but inferior to the single-enzyme ring conformation. Taken together,
these findings provided new insights into the mechanisms of molecular
cyclization on stability improvement and will be useful in the production
of new functional oligosaccharides and feed additives.
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