Cloning of two cDNAs encoding a family of ATP sulfurylase from Camellia sinensis related to selenium or sulfur metabolism and functional expression in Escherichia coli

2008 ◽  
Vol 46 (8-9) ◽  
pp. 731-738 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lin Zhu ◽  
Wei-Wei Deng ◽  
Ai- Hua Ye ◽  
Mei Yu ◽  
Zhao-Xia Wang ◽  
...  
1994 ◽  
Vol 242 (3) ◽  
pp. 337-345 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michele W. Bianchi ◽  
Dominique Guivarc'h ◽  
Martine Thomas ◽  
James R. Woodgett ◽  
Martin Kreis

2007 ◽  
Vol 73 (15) ◽  
pp. 4959-4965 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hong Jiang ◽  
Chao Yang ◽  
Hong Qu ◽  
Zheng Liu ◽  
Q. S. Fu ◽  
...  

ABSTRACT A soil bacterium capable of metabolizing organophosphorus compounds by reducing the P═S group in the molecules was taxonomically identified as Klebsiella sp. strain F51-1-2. The gene involved in the reduction of organophosphorus compounds was cloned from this strain by the shotgun technique, and the deduced protein (named AKR5F1) showed homology to members of the aldo-keto reductase (AKR) superfamily. The intact coding region for AKR5F1 was subcloned into vector pET28a and overexpressed in Escherichia coli BL21(DE3). Recombinant His6-tagged AKR5F1 was purified in one step using Ni-nitrilotriacetic acid affinity chromatography. Assays for cofactor specificity indicated that reductive transformation of organophosphorus compounds by the recombinant AKR5F1 specifically required NADH. The kinetic constants of the purified recombinant AKR5F1 toward six thion organophosphorus compounds were determined. For example, the Km and k cat values of reductive transformation of malathion by the purified recombinant AKR5F1 are 269.5 ± 47.0 μΜ and 25.7 ± 1.7 min−1, respectively. Furthermore, the reductive transformation of organophosphorus compounds can be largely explained by structural modeling.


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