Cheng-Hua Wang1, Tong-Xin Zhao2, Mei Li3, Chong Zhang4, Xin-Hui Xing5. 1. Key Laboratory for Industrial Biocatalysis, Ministry of Education of China, Institute of Biochemical Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, People's Republic of China. wangchenghua@mail.tsinghua.edu.cn. 2. Key Laboratory for Industrial Biocatalysis, Ministry of Education of China, Institute of Biochemical Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, People's Republic of China. txzhao2014@sina.com. 3. Key Laboratory for Industrial Biocatalysis, Ministry of Education of China, Institute of Biochemical Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, People's Republic of China. meili2811@163.com. 4. Key Laboratory for Industrial Biocatalysis, Ministry of Education of China, Institute of Biochemical Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, People's Republic of China. chongzhang@tsinghua.edu.cn. 5. Key Laboratory for Industrial Biocatalysis, Ministry of Education of China, Institute of Biochemical Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, People's Republic of China. xhxing@mail.tsinghua.edu.cn.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To characterize a novel xanthine dehydrogenase (XDH) from Acinetobacter baumannii by recombinant expression in Escherichia coli and to assess its potential for industrial applications. RESULTS: The XDH gene cluster was cloned from A. baumannii CICC 10254, expressed heterologously in E. coli and purified to homogeneity. The purified recombinant XDH consisted of two subunits with the respective molecular weights of 87 kDa and 56 kDa according to SDS-PAGE. XDH catalysis was optimum at pH 8.5 and 40-45 °C, was stable under alkaline conditions (pH 7-11) and the half-inactivation temperature was 60 °C. The K m, turnover number and catalytic efficiency for xanthine were 25 μM, 69 s(-1) and 2.7 μM(-1) s(-1), respectively, which is an improvement over XDHs characterized previously. A. baumannii XDH is less than 50 % identical to previously identified XDH orthologs from other species, and is the first from the Acinetobacter genus to be characterized. CONCLUSION: The novel A. baumannii enzyme was found to be among the most active, thermostable and alkaline-tolerant XDH enzymes reported to date and has potential for use in industrial applications.
OBJECTIVE: To characterize a novel xanthine dehydrogenase (XDH) from Acinetobacter baumannii by recombinant expression in Escherichia coli and to assess its potential for industrial applications. RESULTS: The XDH gene cluster was cloned from A. baumannii CICC 10254, expressed heterologously in E. coli and purified to homogeneity. The purified recombinant XDH consisted of two subunits with the respective molecular weights of 87 kDa and 56 kDa according to SDS-PAGE. XDH catalysis was optimum at pH 8.5 and 40-45 °C, was stable under alkaline conditions (pH 7-11) and the half-inactivation temperature was 60 °C. The K m, turnover number and catalytic efficiency for xanthine were 25 μM, 69 s(-1) and 2.7 μM(-1) s(-1), respectively, which is an improvement over XDHs characterized previously. A. baumannii XDH is less than 50 % identical to previously identified XDH orthologs from other species, and is the first from the Acinetobacter genus to be characterized. CONCLUSION: The novel A. baumannii enzyme was found to be among the most active, thermostable and alkaline-tolerant XDH enzymes reported to date and has potential for use in industrial applications.
Authors: Bardya Djahanschiri; Gisela Di Venanzio; Jesus S Distel; Jennifer Breisch; Marius Alfred Dieckmann; Alexander Goesmann; Beate Averhoff; Stephan Göttig; Gottfried Wilharm; Mario F Feldman; Ingo Ebersberger Journal: PLoS Genet Date: 2022-06-02 Impact factor: 6.020