scholarly journals Proteins Encoded by Sphingomonas elodea ATCC 31461 rmlA and ugpG Genes, Involved in Gellan Gum Biosynthesis, Exhibit both dTDP- and UDP-Glucose Pyrophosphorylase Activities

2005 ◽  
Vol 71 (8) ◽  
pp. 4703-4712 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elisabete Silva ◽  
Ana Rita Marques ◽  
Arsénio Mendes Fialho ◽  
Ana Teresa Granja ◽  
Isabel Sá-Correia
Keyword(s):  
Escherichia Coli ◽  
Gene Cluster ◽  
Biochemical Characterization ◽  
Sequence Similarity ◽  
Gelling Agent ◽  
Phosphate Binding ◽  
Sphingomonas Elodea ◽  
Gene Maps

ABSTRACT The commercial gelling agent gellan is a heteropolysaccharide produced by Sphingomonas elodea ATCC 31461. In this work, we carried out the biochemical characterization of the enzyme encoded by the first gene (rmlA) of the rml 4-gene cluster present in the 18-gene cluster required for gellan biosynthesis (gel cluster). Based on sequence homology, the putative rml operon is presumably involved in the biosynthesis of dTDP-rhamnose, the sugar necessary for the incorporation of rhamnose in the gellan repeating unit. Heterologous RmlA was purified as a fused His6-RmlA protein from extracts prepared from Escherichia coli IPTG (isopropyl-β-d-thiogalactopyranoside)-induced cells, and the protein was proven to exhibit dTDP-glucose pyrophosphorylase (Km of 12.0 μM for dTDP-glucose) and UDP-glucose pyrophosphorylase (Km of 229.0 μM for UDP-glucose) activities in vitro. The N-terminal region of RmlA exhibits the motif G-X-G-T-R-X2-P-X-T, which is highly conserved among bacterial XDP-sugar pyrophosphorylases. The motif E-E-K-P, with the conserved lysine residue (K163) predicted to be essential for glucose-1-phosphate binding, was observed. The S. elodea ATCC 31461 UgpG protein, encoded by the ugpG gene which maps outside the gel cluster, was previously identified as the UDP-glucose pyrophosphorylase involved in the formation of UDP-glucose, also required for gellan synthesis. In this study, we demonstrate that UgpG also exhibits dTDP-glucose pyrophosphorylase activity in vitro and compare the kinetic parameters of the two proteins for both substrates. DNA sequencing of ugpG gene-adjacent regions and sequence similarity studies suggest that this gene maps with others involved in the formation of sugar nucleotides presumably required for the biosynthesis of another cell polysaccharide(s).

scholarly journals Expression and biochemical characterization of human glucose-6- phosphate dehydrogenase in Escherichia coli: a system to analyze normal and mutant enzymes

Blood ◽  
1994 ◽  
Vol 83 (5) ◽  
pp. 1436-1441 ◽  
Author(s):  
TK Tang ◽  
CH Yeh ◽  
CS Huang ◽  
MJ Huang
Keyword(s):  
Escherichia Coli ◽  
Biochemical Characterization ◽  
Fold Increase ◽  
Binding Domain ◽  
Occurrence Rate ◽  
Substrate Analogues ◽  
Normal Enzyme ◽  
Glucose 6 Phosphate Dehydrogenase

We have developed a system to characterize normal and mutated glucose-6- phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) enzymes in vitro. Normal or mutant G6PD cDNA was subcloned into a pGEX-3X vector, which allowed production of a functional fusion protein in Escherichia coli. When we compared the recombinant normal enzyme with authentic human G6PD, indistinguishable Km values for glucose-6-phosphate (G6P) and NADP were obtained, and the utilization rates for two substrate analogues (2-deoxy G6P and deamino NADP) also showed no difference between the enzymes. This system was used to assay a biochemically uncharacterized variant, G6PD Taipei (493 A-->wG; 165 Asn-->Asp), plus two other known mutations (487 G-->A; 163 Gly-->Ser and 592 C-->T; 198 Arg-->Cys) that are located close to or within the putative G6P binding domain. Our results show that the G6PD activities of these three mutants were greatly reduced. No significant alteration in G6PD kinetics was observed for both 487 and 493 mutations. However, a drastic reduction in the Km for G6P (4-fold decrease) and tremendous increases in utilization rates of 2-deoxy G6P (32-fold increase) and deamino NADP (6-fold increase) were associated with the 592 mutation. This results suggests that arginine 198 in human G6PD, possibly located within the putative G6P binding domain, may play an important role in binding the substrate G6P. In addition, we and others have recently identified that at least nine different types of mutations are responsible for G6PD deficiency in Chinese. In this report, we also present the occurrence rate of each mutation present in the population of Taiwan.

scholarly journals Expression and biochemical characterization of human glucose-6- phosphate dehydrogenase in Escherichia coli: a system to analyze normal and mutant enzymes

Blood ◽  
1994 ◽  
Vol 83 (5) ◽  
pp. 1436-1441 ◽  
Author(s):  
TK Tang ◽  
CH Yeh ◽  
CS Huang ◽  
MJ Huang
Keyword(s):  
Escherichia Coli ◽  
Biochemical Characterization ◽  
Fold Increase ◽  
Binding Domain ◽  
Occurrence Rate ◽  
Substrate Analogues ◽  
Normal Enzyme ◽  
Glucose 6 Phosphate Dehydrogenase

Abstract We have developed a system to characterize normal and mutated glucose-6- phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) enzymes in vitro. Normal or mutant G6PD cDNA was subcloned into a pGEX-3X vector, which allowed production of a functional fusion protein in Escherichia coli. When we compared the recombinant normal enzyme with authentic human G6PD, indistinguishable Km values for glucose-6-phosphate (G6P) and NADP were obtained, and the utilization rates for two substrate analogues (2-deoxy G6P and deamino NADP) also showed no difference between the enzymes. This system was used to assay a biochemically uncharacterized variant, G6PD Taipei (493 A-->wG; 165 Asn-->Asp), plus two other known mutations (487 G-->A; 163 Gly-->Ser and 592 C-->T; 198 Arg-->Cys) that are located close to or within the putative G6P binding domain. Our results show that the G6PD activities of these three mutants were greatly reduced. No significant alteration in G6PD kinetics was observed for both 487 and 493 mutations. However, a drastic reduction in the Km for G6P (4-fold decrease) and tremendous increases in utilization rates of 2-deoxy G6P (32-fold increase) and deamino NADP (6-fold increase) were associated with the 592 mutation. This results suggests that arginine 198 in human G6PD, possibly located within the putative G6P binding domain, may play an important role in binding the substrate G6P. In addition, we and others have recently identified that at least nine different types of mutations are responsible for G6PD deficiency in Chinese. In this report, we also present the occurrence rate of each mutation present in the population of Taiwan.

scholarly journals Characterization of a Novel Thermostable O-Acetylserine Sulfhydrylase from Aeropyrum pernix K1

2003 ◽  
Vol 185 (7) ◽  
pp. 2277-2284 ◽  
Author(s):  
Koshiki Mino ◽  
Kazuhiko Ishikawa
Keyword(s):  
Escherichia Coli ◽  
Rate Constant ◽  
Binding Motif ◽  
Phosphate Binding ◽  
Ph Optimum ◽  
Hyperthermophilic Archaeon ◽  
Aeropyrum Pernix ◽  
Synthetic Reaction

ABSTRACT An O-acetylserine sulfhydrylase (OASS) from the hyperthermophilic archaeon Aeropyrum pernix K1, which shares the pyridoxal 5′-phosphate binding motif with both OASS and cystathionine β-synthase (CBS), was cloned and expressed by using Escherichia coli Rosetta(DE3). The purified protein was a dimer and contained pyridoxal 5′-phosphate. It was shown to be an enzyme with CBS activity as well as OASS activity in vitro. The enzyme retained 90% of its activity after a 6-h incubation at 100°C. In the O-acetyl-l-serine sulfhydrylation reaction, it had a pH optimum of 6.7, apparent Km values for O-acetyl-l-serine and sulfide of 28 and below 0.2 mM, respectively, and a rate constant of 202 s−1. In the l-cystathionine synthetic reaction, it showed a broad pH optimum in the range of 8.1 to 8.8, apparent Km values for l-serine and l-homocysteine of 8 and 0.51 mM, respectively, and a rate constant of 0.7 s−1. A. pernix OASS has a high activity in the l-cysteine desulfurization reaction, which produces sulfide and S-(2,3-hydroxy-4-thiobutyl)-l-cysteine from l-cysteine and dithiothreitol.

Functional and Biochemical Characterization of Immunologically Derived Equine Platelet-Activating Factor

1985 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 375-386 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. C. Wimberly ◽  
D. O. Slauson ◽  
N. R. Neilsen
Keyword(s):  
Functional Activity ◽  
Biochemical Characterization ◽  
Platelet Activating Factor ◽  
Biochemical Properties ◽  
Naturally Occurring ◽  
Rabbit Platelets ◽  
Rapid Reaction ◽  
Specific Challenge

Antigen-specific challenge of equine leukocytes induced the non-lytic release of a platelet-activating factor in vitro. The equine platelet-activating factor stimulated the release of serotonin from equine platelets in a dose-responsive manner, independent of the presence of cyclo-oxygenase pathway inhibitors such as indomethacin. Rabbit platelets were also responsive to equine platelet-activating factor. The release of equine platelet-activating factor was a rapid reaction with near maximal secretion taking place in 30 seconds. Addition of equine platelet-activating factor to washed equine platelets stimulated platelet aggregation which could not be inhibited by the presence of aspirin or indomethacin. Platelets preincubated with equine platelet-activating factor became specifically desensitized to equine platelet-activating factor while remaining responsive to other platelet stimuli such as collagen and epinephrine. The following biochemical properties of equine platelet-activating factor are identical to those properties of 1-0-alkyl-2-acetyl-sn-glyceryl-3-phosphorylcholine (AGEPC): stability upon exposure to air and acid; loss of functional activity after basecatalyzed methanolysis with subsequent acylation that returned all functional activity; and identical relative mobilities on silica gel G plates developed with chloroform:methanol:water (65:35:6, volume/volume). The combined functional and biochemical characteristics of equine platelet-activating factor strongly suggest identity between this naturally occurring, immunologically derived equine factor and AGEPC.

scholarly journals Characterization of a Dye-Decolorizing Peroxidase from Irpex lacteus Expressed in Escherichia coli: An Enzyme with Wide Substrate Specificity Able to Transform Lignosulfonates

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (5) ◽  
pp. 325
Author(s):  
Laura Isabel de de Eugenio ◽  
Rosa Peces-Pérez ◽  
Dolores Linde ◽  
Alicia Prieto ◽  
Jorge Barriuso ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Escherichia Coli ◽  
Inclusion Bodies ◽  
Veratryl Alcohol ◽  
Dye Decolorization ◽  
Irpex Lacteus ◽  
Type D ◽  
Lignin Peroxidases

A dye-decolorizing peroxidase (DyP) from Irpex lacteus was cloned and heterologously expressed as inclusion bodies in Escherichia coli. The protein was purified in one chromatographic step after its in vitro activation. It was active on ABTS, 2,6-dimethoxyphenol (DMP), and anthraquinoid and azo dyes as reported for other fungal DyPs, but it was also able to oxidize Mn2+ (as manganese peroxidases and versatile peroxidases) and veratryl alcohol (VA) (as lignin peroxidases and versatile peroxidases). This corroborated that I. lacteus DyPs are the only enzymes able to oxidize high redox potential dyes, VA and Mn+2. Phylogenetic analysis grouped this enzyme with other type D-DyPs from basidiomycetes. In addition to its interest for dye decolorization, the results of the transformation of softwood and hardwood lignosulfonates suggest a putative biological role of this enzyme in the degradation of phenolic lignin.

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