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An intronless form of the bgl1 gene encoding an extracellular β-glucosidase from Trichoderma reesei was expressed in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae under the control of the yeast GAL1 promoter. Transformation of a yeast strain with this vector resulted in transformants that produce and secrete active β-glucosidase into the growth medium. Additionally, active recombinant β-glucosidase protein was shown to be localized predominantly in the periplasmic space by using a p-nitrophenyl β-D-glycoside hydrolysis assay against fractionated yeast cells. The apparent size of the recombinant enzyme was 10–15 kDa larger than that of the native form. Treatment of the recombinant β-glucosidase with endoglycosidase-H indicated the apparent increase in size was due to N-linked glycosylation.
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Received: 10 September 1995
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Cummings, C., Fowler, T. Secretion of Trichoderma reesei β-glucosidase by Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Curr Genet 29, 227–233 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002940050040
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s002940050040