Molecular Cloning, Sequencing, and Expression in Escherichia coli of the Gene Encoding a Novel 5-Oxoprolinase without ATP-Hydrolyzing Activity from Alcaligenes faecalis N-38A
AUTOR(ES)
Nishimura, Atsuhisa
FONTE
American Society for Microbiology
RESUMO
The gene encoding a novel 5-oxoprolinase without ATP-hydrolyzing activity from Alcaligenes faecalis N-38A was cloned and characterized. The coding region of this gene is 1,299 bp long. The predicted primary protein is composed of 433 amino acid residues, with a 31-amino-acid signal peptide. The mature protein is composed of 402 amino acid residues with a molecular mass of 46,163 Da. The derived amino acid sequence of the enzyme showed no significant sequence similarity to any other proteins reported so far. The 5-oxoprolinase gene was expressed in Escherichia coli by using a regulatory expression system with an isopropyl-β-d-thiogalactopyranoside-inducible tac promoter, and its expression level was approximately 16 mg per liter. The purified enzyme has the same characteristics as the authentic enzyme, except for the amino terminus, which has three additional amino acids. The enzyme was markedly inhibited by p-chloromercuribenzoic acid, EDTA, o-phenanthroline, HgCl2, and CuSO4. The EDTA-inactivated enzyme was completely restored by the addition of Zn2+ or Co2+. In addition, the enzyme was found to contain 1 g-atom of zinc per mol of protein. These results suggest that the 5-oxoprolinase produced by A. faecalis N-38A is a zinc metalloenzyme.
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