Caizhe Wang

Dr. Caizhe Wang


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Academic Career Length

2Years (2025-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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22 May 2025 in Microorganisms
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CWCaizhe Wang
Caizhe Wang
DNDandan Niu
Dandan Niu
YZYongqing Zhou
Yongqing Zhou
HLHui Liu
Hui Liu
NMNokuthula Peace Mchunu
Nokuthula Peace Mchunu
ZWZheng-Xiang Wang
Zheng-Xiang Wang
Amylosucrase (AS) is a highly versatile enzyme with significant potential for industrial applications, including functional food production and glycosylation of bioactive compounds. However, its large-scale production is hampered by low secretion efficiency in microbial hosts. This study focuses on engineering the twin-arginine translocation (TAT) pathway and optimizing membrane resource allocation in Bacillus licheniformis to enhance the extracellular production of Neisseria polysaccharea amylosucrase (NpAS). The investigation integrates three targeted strategies: optimizing the hydrophobic region adjacent to the TAT signal peptide, modifying TAT translocases via site-directed mutagenesis, and improving inter-pathway membrane resource redistribution by deleting non-essential Sec pathway components. Among the engineered strains, BLΔDF93S-2.0AS1 achieved an extracellular enzyme activity of 706.10 U/L, equating to a 2.01-fold improvement over the parental strain. These results emphasize the potential of combining multifaceted engineering strategies to optimize heterologous protein secretion systems.