Article
Rational Design of a Dual Mutant Degrading Enzyme with Improved Catalytic Efficiency and Acid Tolerance for Four Aflatoxins.
Journal of agricultural and food chemistry - 26 Aug 2026
An Qi, Chen Qihang, Zhou Jingwen, Gao Song, Wang Jia-Sheng, Sun Xiulan
Abstract excerpt
Aflatoxins are major contaminants in raw food materials and their products. Developing enzymes that efficiently degrade multiple aflatoxins under acidic conditions has great practical value. In this study, the aflatoxin-degrading enzyme ADPPIII from Aspergillus terreus was systematically engineered. Substrate tunnel optimization obtained mutant F375L, which showed about twice the degradation activity for four...
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- Aflatoxins
- Aspergillus
- Fungal Proteins
- Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
- Protein Engineering
- Substrate Specificity
