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κ-Carrageenan oligosaccharides with many excellent biological properties could be produced by κ-carrageenases selectively. In this study, based on the encoding gene of full length κ-carrageenase obtained from Pseudoalteromonas sp. ZDY3 and the reported mature secreted κ-carrageenase composed of 275 amino acid residues (N26-T300), CgkPZ_GH16 was expressed in E. coli, but no soluble active protein could be detected. Fortunately, the signal peptide of wild-type κ-carrageenase was recognized, and cleaved in the soluble and folding form in E. coli, the Km and kcat values of CgkPZ_SP_GH16 was 1.007 mg/mL and 362.8 s-1. By molecular dynamics simulations, it was showed that YjdB domain might affect the activity of κ-carrageenase. Due to the absence of mature processing modification system in E. coli, YjdB was remained in recombinant full length κ-carrageenase, and the lost catalytic efficiency of CgkPZ was compensated by expression level and thermal stability. Interestingly, CgkPZ_GH16_YjdB was expressed soluble without the signal peptide, which indicated that YjdB could contribute to the expression and folding of κ-carrageenase. These results provide new insight into the effects of different modules of κ-carrageenase on the expression and properties of enzyme.