So far, no salt-tolerant lipase has been described from lactic acid bacteria. In the
present study, the gene lp_3562 encoding a putative esterase/lipase was cloned and expressed in
Escherichia coli BL21 (DE3) and the overproduced Lp_3562 protein has been biochemically characterized.
Lp_3562 is a lipase active on tributyrin and also on other long chain substrates