The invention discloses a recombinant beta-
carotene ketolase as well as a
mutant and application thereof, and belongs to the technical field of
biology. According to the invention, the recombinant beta-
carotene ketolase of which the catalytic activity is obviously improved is obtained by carrying out structural domain recombination on the
amino acid sequences from the 1st site to the 134 site in the beta-
carotene ketolase HpCrtW from
haematococcus pluvialis and the
amino acid sequences from the 149th site to the 328th site in the beta-carotene ketolase trCrCrtW from
chlamydomonas reinhardtii; furthermore, the recombinant beta-carotene ketolase is modified through semi-
rational design, so that the obtained recombinant beta-carotene ketolase
mutant has relatively good catalytic activity, and the yield of
canthaxanthin can be remarkably increased; furthermore, the constructed recombinant
genetic engineering strain containing the recombinant beta-carotene ketolase or the
mutant of the recombinant beta-carotene ketolase can produce
canthaxanthin with high yield by taking glucose as a substrate, and has a remarkable industrial application value.