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α -Galactosidases are broadly used in feed, food, chemical, pulp, and pharmaceutical industries. However, there lacks a satisfactory microbial cell factory that is able to produce  α -galactosidases efficiently and cost-effectively to date, which prevents these important enzymes from greater application. In this study, the secretory expression of an  Aspergillus niger α -galactosidase (AGA) in  Pichia pastoris  was systematically investigated. Through codon optimization, signal peptide replacement, comparative selection of host strain, and saturation mutagenesis of the P1’ residue of Kex2 protease cleavage site for efficient signal peptide removal, a mutant  P .  pastoris  KM71H (Mut s ) strain of AGA-I with the specific P1’ site substitution (Glu to Ile) demonstrated remarkable extracellular  α -galactosidase activity of 1299 U/ml upon a 72 h methanol induction in 2.0 L fermenter. The engineered yeast strain AGA-I demonstrated approximately 12-fold higher extracellular activity compared to the initial  P .  pastoris  strain. To the best of our knowledge, this represents the highest yield and productivity of a secreted  α -galactosidase in  P .  pastoris , thus holding great potential for industrial application.

Improving the Secretory Expression of an α-Galactosidase from Aspergillus niger in Pichia pastoris