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. 1997 May;63(5):1696-700.
doi: 10.1128/aem.63.5.1696-1700.1997.

Gene cloning, purification, and characterization of a heat-stable phytase from the fungus Aspergillus fumigatus

L Pasamontes  1 , M Haiker, M Wyss, M Tessier, A P van Loon
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Gene cloning, purification, and characterization of a heat-stable phytase from the fungus Aspergillus fumigatus

L Pasamontes et al. Appl Environ Microbiol. 1997 May.

Abstract

The finding of heat-stable enzymes or the engineering of moderately thermostable enzymes into more stable ones by random or site-directed mutagenesis has become a main priority of modern biotechnology. We report here for the first time a heat-stable phytase able to withstand temperatures up to 100 degrees C over a period of 20 min, with a loss of only 10% of the initial enzymatic activity. The gene (phyA) encoding this heat-stable enzyme has been cloned from Aspergillus fumigatus and overexpressed in Aspergillus niger. The enzyme showed high activity with 4-nitrophenyl phosphate at a pH range of 3 to 5 and with phytic acid at a pH range of 2.5 to 7.5.

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