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Selection of stabilized 3-isopropylmalate dehydrogenase of Saccharomyces cerevisiae using the host-vector system of an extreme thermophile, Thermus thermophilus.
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Extremophiles : life under extreme conditions [Extremophiles] 2001 Feb; Vol. 5 (1), pp. 17-22. - Publication Year :
- 2001
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Abstract
- A leuB strain of Thermus thermophilus TTY1, was transformed with a plasmid vector that directed expression of 3-isopropylmalate dehydrogenase (IPMDH) of Saccharomyces cerevisiae encoded by the LEU2 gene. The original strain could not grow at 50 degrees C without leucine, probably because of the low stability of S. cerevisiae IPMDH. The mutants that could grow without leucine were selected at 50 degrees, 60 degrees, 62 degrees, 65 degrees, 67 degrees, and 70 degrees C, step by step. All the mutant strains except for one isolated at 50 degrees C accumulated mutations. Mutations were serially accumulated: Glu255Val, Asn43Tyr, Ala62Thr, Asn110Lys, and Alal 12Val, respectively, at each step. The analyses of residual activity after heat treatment and the denaturation profile as monitored by circular dichroism showed that thermal stability was increased with accumulation of the mutations. The kinetic parameters of most mutant enzymes were similar to those of the wild type. However, some mutant enzymes showed a reverse correlation between stability and activity: the enzymes with a large increase in thermal stability showed lower activity. Although the wild-type enzyme is unstable in the absence of glycerol, the stabilizing effect of glycerol was not observed for all the mutant enzymes containing the Glu255Val substitution, which is assumed to be located at the hydrophobic interface between two subunits.
- Subjects :
- Cloning, Molecular
Enzyme Stability
Genes, Fungal
Genetic Vectors
Glycerol
Hot Temperature
Hydro-Lyases chemistry
Hydro-Lyases genetics
Kinetics
Leucine metabolism
Mutation
Protein Denaturation
Protein Structure, Secondary
Saccharomyces cerevisiae genetics
Hydro-Lyases metabolism
Saccharomyces cerevisiae enzymology
Thermus thermophilus genetics
Transformation, Genetic
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1431-0651
- Volume :
- 5
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Extremophiles : life under extreme conditions
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 11302498
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s007920000168