Safety evaluation of a lactase enzyme preparation derived from Kluyveromyces lactis.

Production and purification of lactase of Kluyveromyces fragilis from whey

Toxicological Evaluation of Lactase Derived from Recombinant Pichia pastoris

A recombinant lactase was expressed in Pichia pastoris, resulting in enzymatic activity of 3600 U/mL in a 5 L fermenter. The lactase product was subjected to a series of toxicological tests to determine its safety for use as an enzyme preparation in the dairy industry. This recombinant lactase had the highest activity of all recombinant strains reported thus far. Acute oral toxicity, mutagenici...

An alternative, arginase-independent pathway for arginine metabolism in Kluyveromyces lactis involves guanidinobutyrase as a key enzyme

Most available knowledge on fungal arginine metabolism is derived from studies on Saccharomyces cerevisiae, in which arginine catabolism is initiated by releasing urea via the arginase reaction. Orthologues of the S. cerevisiae genes encoding the first three enzymes in the arginase pathway were cloned from Kluyveromyces lactis and shown to functionally complement the corresponding deletion in S...

Effect of Glutaraldehyde on the Conformational Properties of Kluyveromyces lactis β-Galactosidase and Its Application to Sucrose Biosensor Preparation

The effect of glutaraldehyde on the conformational properties of Kluyveromyces lactis β-galactosidase was determined. The optimum substrate of the enzyme interchanged from lactose to sucrose when it reacted with a certain concentration of glutaraldehyde. Its mechanism was studied by detecting the changes in fluorescence absorption. This is the first discovery that β-galactosidase can be convert...

Application of Transgalactosylation Activity of β-Galactosidase from Kluyveromyces lactis for the Synthesis of Ascorbic Acid Galactoside

In view of a commonly known beneficial role and low stability of ascorbic acid, many efforts are constantly undertaken to produce its improved derivatives. This paper presents results on the synthesis of ascorbic acid galactoside using transgalactosylation properties of β-galactosidase from Kluyveromyces lactis and lactose as a donor of galactosyl moiety. The purpose of this study was to determ...