This invention discloses a methanogenic
lyase homologous to PeiR
lyase and its applications. The PeiR
lyase protein, targeting the
peptide bonds of the methanogenic
cell wall, participates in the
biological process of hydrolyzing the
archaea cell wall, effectively killing methanogens and reducing
methane production. Proteins homologous to this lyase possess potential
methane-reducing potential. This invention utilizes a series of
bioinformatics software to identify
protein sequences encoded by methanogenic viruses from a large amount of
rumen microbial virome
sequencing data, and analyzes the structural homology between these proteins and PeiR. Ultimately, this invention successfully obtained a series of methanogenic lyases homologous to PeiR. To achieve the expression of these lyases, this invention designed multiple primers to synthesize the target sequences and successfully expressed them in a
prokaryotic expression system.
In vitro gas production experiments with the crude
enzyme solution showed that these lyases are effective in reducing
methane production.