RRC ID 34238
著者 Hwa KY, Subramani B, Shen ST, Lee YM.
タイトル An intermolecular disulfide bond is required for thermostability and thermoactivity of β-glycosidase from Thermococcus kodakarensis KOD1.
ジャーナル Appl Microbiol Biotechnol
Abstract Scientists are interested in understanding the molecular origin of protein thermostability and thermoactivity for possible biotechnological applications. The enzymes from extremophilic organisms have been of particular interest in the last two decades. β-glycosidase, Tkβgly is a hyperthermophilic enzyme from Thermococcus kodakarensis KOD1. Tkβgly contains two conserved cysteine residues, C88 and C376. The protein tertiary structure obtained through homology modeling suggests that the C88 residue is located on the surface whereas C376 is inside the protein. To study the role of these cysteine residues, we substituted C88 and C376 with serine residues through site-directed mutagenesis. The wild-type and C376S protein existed in dimeric form and C88S in monomeric form, in an SDS-PAGE gel under non-reducing conditions. Optimal temperature experiments revealed that the wild-type was active at 100 °C whereas the C88S mutant exhibited optimal activity at 70 °C. The half-life of the enzyme at 70 °C was drastically reduced from 266 h to less than 1 h. Although C88 was not present in the active site region, the kcat/Km of C88S was reduced by 2-fold. Based on the structural model and biochemical properties, we propose that C88 is crucial in maintaining the thermostability and thermoactivity of the Tkβgly enzyme.
巻・号 98(18)
ページ 7825-36
公開日 2014-9-1
DOI 10.1007/s00253-014-5731-6
PMID 24728717
MeSH Disulfides / chemistry* Enzyme Stability Glycoside Hydrolases / chemistry* Glycoside Hydrolases / metabolism* Mutagenesis, Site-Directed Temperature Thermococcus / enzymology*
IF 3.53
引用数 5
WOS 分野 BIOTECHNOLOGY & APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY
リソース情報
一般微生物 JCM 12380