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Identification of catabolic pathway for 1-deoxy-D-sorbitol in Bacillus licheniformis
Li, Yongxin,Huang, Hua,Zhang, Xinshuai
, p. 81 - 86 (2021/11/30)
1-Deoxy-D-sorbitol, the 1-deoxy analogue of D-sorbitol, has been detected in human urine as well as in natural herbs and spices. Although there are sporadic reports about 1-deoxy-D-sorbitol dehydrogenase, the complete catabolic pathway of 1-deoxy-D-sorbitol remains unsolved. Informed by the promiscuous activities of fructose-6-phosphate aldolase (FSA) which is involved in the sorbitol (glucitol) utilization (gut) operon and guided by the large scale bioinformatics analysis, we predicted and then experimentally verified the gut operon encoded by Bacillus licheniformis ATCC14580 is responsible for the catabolism of both D-sorbitol and 1-deoxy-D-sorbitol by in vitro activity assays of pathway enzymes, in vivo growth phenotypes, and transcriptomic studies. Moreover, the phylogenetic distribution analysis suggests that the D-sorbitol and 1-deoxy-D-sorbitol catabolic gene cluster is mostly conserved in members of Firmicutes phylum.
The crystal structure of galactitol-1-phosphate 5-dehydrogenase from Escherichia coli K12 provides insights into its anomalous behavior on IMAC processes
Esteban-Torres, Maria,Rivas, Blanca De Las,Munoz, Rosario,Alvarez, Yanaisis,Acebron, Ivan,Mancheno, Jose M.,Kohring, Gert-Wieland,Roa, Ana Maria,Sobrino, Monica
, p. 3127 - 3133,7 (2020/07/31)
Endogenous galactitol-1-phosphate 5-dehydrogenase (GPDH) (EC 1.1.1.251) from Escherichia coli spontaneously interacts with Ni2+-NTA matrices becoming a potential contaminant for recombinant, target His-tagged proteins. Purified recombinant, untagged GPDH (rGPDH) converted galactitol into tagatose, and d-tagatose-6-phosphate into galactitol-1-phosphate, in a Zn2+- and NAD(H)-dependent manner and readily crystallized what has permitted to solve its crystal structure. In contrast, N-terminally His-tagged GPDH was marginally stable and readily aggregated. The structure of rGPDH revealed metal-binding sites characteristic from the medium-chain dehydrogenase/reductase protein superfamily which may explain its ability to interact with immobilized metals. The structure also provides clues on the harmful effects of the N-terminal His-tag. Structured summary of protein interactions: GPDH and GPDH bind by molecular sieving (View interaction) GPDH and GPDH bind by x-ray crystallography (View interaction) GPDH and GPDH bind by cosedimentation in solution (View interaction).
Aldose-6-phosphate reductase from apple leaves: Importance of the quaternary structure for enzyme activity
Figueroa, Carlos M.,Iglesias, Alberto A.
experimental part, p. 81 - 88 (2010/12/25)
Aldose-6-phosphate reductase (A6PRase) is a key enzyme for glucitol biosynthesis in plants from the Rosaceae family. To gain on molecular tools for enzymological studies, we developed an accurate system for the heterologous expression of A6PRase from apple leaves. The recombinant enzyme was expressed with a His-tag alternatively placed in the N- or C-terminus, thus allowing the one-step protein purification by immobilized metal affinity chromatography. Both, the N- and the C-term tagged enzymes exhibited similar affinity toward substrates, although the kcat of the latter enzyme was 80-fold lower than that having the His-tag in the N-term. Gel filtration chromatography showed different oligomeric structures arranged by the N- (dimer) and the C-term (monomer) tagged enzymes. These results, reinforced by homology modeling studies, point out the relevance of the C-term domain in the structure of A6PRase to conform an enzyme having optimal specific activity and the proper quaternary structure.