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Inhibition of Trypanosoma brucei glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase by human steroids and their effects on the viability of cultured parasites
Cordeiro, Artur T.,Thiemann, Otavio H.,Michels, Paul A.M.
, p. 2483 - 2489 (2009)
Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) is known as an intermediate in the synthesis of mammalian steroids and a potent uncompetitive inhibitor of mammalian glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PDH), but not the enzyme from plants and lower eukaryotes. G6PDH cataly
Non-thermal effect of a ceramics radiation on a yeast glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase.
Kohashi,Ohta,Watanabe
, p. 297 - 301 (1998)
Non-thermal effect of a ceramics radiation on glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase has been investigated using the enzyme, glucose-6-phosphate and NADP+ separately irradiated at 10 degrees C by a ceracompo R plate and a ceramics un-sewed cloth (sheet). The Km for glucose-6-phosphate was increased 20% after 6 h of irradiation by the plate, but the Vmax/Km was decreased 24%. After 3 h of irradiation by the sheet, the Km was increased 17%, but after 6 h of irradiation it was decreased 11%. The 3 h of irradiation by the sheet slightly increased both enthalpy and entropy changes of the reaction, but the 6 h of irradiation significantly decreased them. Both thermodynamic parameters in the activated state were increased by the sheet irradiation. The promotion energy for both formations of the enzyme-substrate and their activated complex depended on enthalpy. The different effects of two ceramics radiators on G6PDH activity were discussed.
Genome-wide screening reveals the genetic determinants of an antibiotic insecticide in Bacillus thuringiensis
Liu, Xiao-Yan,Ruan, Li-Fang,Hu, Zhen-Fei,Peng, Dong-Hai,Cao, Shi-Yun,Yu, Zi-Niu,Liu, Yao,Zheng, Jin-Shui,Sun, Ming
, p. 39191 - 39200 (2010)
Thuringiensin is a thermostable secondary metabolite in Bacillus thuringiensis and has insecticidal activity against a wide range of insects. Until now, the regulatory mechanisms and genetic determinants involved in thuringiensin production have remained unclear. Here, we successfully used heterologous expression-guided screening in an Escherichia coli-Bacillus thuringiensis shuttle bacterial artificial chromosome library, to clone the intact thuringiensin synthesis (thu) cluster. Then the thu cluster was located on a 110-kb endogenous plasmid bearing insecticide crystal protein gene cry1Ba in strain CT-43. Furthermore, the plasmid, named pBMB0558, was indirectly cloned and sequenced. The gene functions on pBMB0558 were annotated by BLAST based on the GenBank and KEGG databases. The genes on pBMB0558 could be classified into three functional modules: a thuringiensin synthesis cluster, a type IV secretion system-like module, and mobile genetic elements. By HPLC coupling mass spectrometer, atmospheric pressure ionization with ion trap, and TOF technologies, biosynthetic intermediates of thuringiensin were detected. The thuE gene is proved to be responsible for the phosphorylation of thuringiensin at the last step by vivo and vitro activity assays. The thuringiensin biosynthesis pathway was deduced and clarified. We propose that thuringiensin is an adenine nucleoside oligosaccharide rather than an adenine nucleotide analog, as is traditionally believed, based on the predicted functions of the key enzymes, glycosyltransferase (ThuF) and exopolysaccharide polymerization protein (Thu1).
Functional Replacement of Histidine in Proteins to Generate Noncanonical Amino Acid Dependent Organisms
Gan, Fei,Liu, Renhe,Wang, Feng,Schultz, Peter G.
, p. 3829 - 3832 (2018)
Simple strategies to produce organisms whose growth is strictly dependent on the presence of a noncanonical amino acid are useful for the generation of live vaccines and the biological containment of recombinant organisms. To this end, we report an approach based on genetically replacing key histidine (His) residues in essential proteins with functional His analogs. We demonstrate that 3-methyl-l-histidine (MeH) functionally substitutes for a key metal binding ligand, H264, in the zinc-containing metalloenzyme mannose-6-phosphate isomerase (ManA). An evolved variant, Opt5, harboring both N262S and H264MeH substitutions exhibited comparable activities to wild type ManA. An engineered Escherichia coli strain containing the ManA variant Opt5 was strictly dependent on MeH for growth with an extremely low reversion rate. This straightforward strategy should be applicable to other metallo- or nonmetalloproteins that contain essential His residues.
Enzyme aggregation and fragmentation induced by catalysis relevant species
Gentile, Kayla,Bhide, Ashlesha,Kauffman, Joshua,Ghosh, Subhadip,Maiti, Subhabrata,Adair, James,Lee, Tae-Hee,Sen, Ayusman
, p. 20709 - 20717 (2021/10/02)
It is usually assumed that enzymes retain their native structure during catalysis. However, the aggregation and fragmentation of proteins can be difficult to detect and sometimes conclusions are drawn based on the assumption that the protein is in its native form. We have examined three model enzymes, alkaline phosphatase (AkP), hexokinase (HK) and glucose oxidase (GOx). We find that these enzymes aggregate or fragment after addition of chemical species directly related to their catalysis. We used several independent techniques to study this behavior. Specifically, we found that glucose oxidase and hexokinase fragment in the presence ofd-glucose but notl-glucose, while hexokinase aggregates in the presence of Mg2+ion and either ATP or ADP at low pH. Alkaline phosphatase aggregates in the presence of Zn2+ion and inorganic phosphate. The aggregation of hexokinase and alkaline phosphatase does not appear to attenuate their catalytic activity. Our study indicates that specific multimeric structures of native enzymes may not be retained during catalysis and suggests pathways for different enzymes to associate or separate over the course of substrate turnover.
