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The present study recombinantly expressed a citrate synthase from cyanobacteria Anabaena sp. PCC7120 (AnCS) in Escherichia coli and characterized its enzymatic activity. The molecular mass of native AnCS was 88,533.1 Da containing two 44,162.7 Da subunits. Recombinant AnCS revealed the highest activity at pH 9.0 and 25 °C. AnCS displayed high thermal stability with a half-life time (t1/2) of approximately 6.5 h at 60 °C, which was more thermostable than most CS from general organisms, but less than those from hyperthermophilic bacteria. The Km values of oxaloacetate and acetyl-CoA were 138.50 and 18.15 µM respectively, suggesting a higher affinity to acetyl-CoA than oxaloacetate. Our inhibition assays showed that AnCS activity was not severely affected by most metal ions, but was strongly inhibited by Cu2+ and Zn2+. Treatments with ATP, ADP, AMP, NADH, and DTT depressed the AnCS activity. Overall, our results provide information on the enzymatic properties of AnCS, which contributes to the basic knowledge on CS selection for industrial utilizations.
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Acetilcoenzima A/química , Anabaena/química , Anabaena/enzimologia , Proteínas de Bactérias/metabolismo , Citrato (si)-Sintase/metabolismo , Ácido Oxaloacético/química , Subunidades Proteicas/metabolismo , Acetilcoenzima A/metabolismo , Difosfato de Adenosina/química , Difosfato de Adenosina/metabolismo , Monofosfato de Adenosina/química , Monofosfato de Adenosina/metabolismo , Trifosfato de Adenosina/química , Trifosfato de Adenosina/metabolismo , Sequência de Aminoácidos , Proteínas de Bactérias/genética , Citrato (si)-Sintase/genética , Clonagem Molecular , Ensaios Enzimáticos , Escherichia coli/genética , Escherichia coli/metabolismo , Expressão Gênica , Vetores Genéticos/química , Vetores Genéticos/metabolismo , Temperatura Alta , Concentração de Íons de Hidrogênio , Cinética , Peso Molecular , NAD/química , NAD/metabolismo , Ácido Oxaloacético/metabolismo , Estabilidade Proteica , Subunidades Proteicas/genética , Proteínas Recombinantes/genética , Proteínas Recombinantes/metabolismo , Alinhamento de Sequência , Homologia de Sequência de AminoácidosRESUMO
Yarrowia lipolytica, a nonpathogenic, nonconventional, aerobic and dimorphic yeast, is considered an oleaginous microorganism due to its excellent ability to accumulate large amounts of lipids. Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) is one of two key enzymes involved in the lipid accumulation in this fungi, which catalyzes the oxidative dehydrogenation of glucose-6-phosphate to 6-phosphoglucono-δ-lactone with the reduction of NADP+ to NADPH. In this study, the full-length gene of G6PD from Y. lipolytica (YlG6PD) was cloned without intron and heterogeneously expressed in E. coli. Then, YlG6PD was purified and biochemically characterized in details. Kinetic analysis showed that YlG6PD was completely dependent on NADP+ and its apparent Km for NADP+ was 33.3⯵M. The optimal pH was 8.5 and the maximum activity was around 47.5⯰C. Heat-inactivation profiles revealed that it remained 50% of maximal activity after incubation at 48⯰C for 20â¯min YlG6PD activity was competitively inhibited by NADPH with a Ki value of 56.04⯵M. Most of the metal ions have no effect on activity, but Zn2+ was a strong inhibitor. Furthermore, the determinants in the coenzyme specificity of YlG6PD were investigated. Kinetic analysis showed that the single mutant R52D completely lost the ability to utilize NADP+ as its coenzyme, suggesting that Arg-52 plays a decisive role in NADP+ binding in YlG6PD. The identification of Y. lipolytica G6PD may provide useful scientific information for metabolic engineering of this yeast as a model for bio-oil production.