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Citrate synthase from Thermus aquaticus: a thermostable bacterial enzyme with a five-membered inter-subunit ionic network.

In English

Författare

Summary, in English

A bacterial thermostable citrate synthase has been analyzed to investigate the structural basis of its thermostability, and to compare such features with those previously identified in archaeal citrate synthases. The gene encoding the citrate synthase from Thermus aquaticus was identified from a gene library by screening with a PCR fragment amplified from genomic DNA using a primer based on the determined N-terminal amino acid sequence and a citrate synthase consensus primer. Apart from high sequence similarities with citrate synthase sequences within the Thermus/Deinococcus group, the analyzed enzyme has highest similarities with the enzyme from the hyperthermophilic Archaeon Pyrococcus furiosus. The recombinant enzyme is a dimer with high specific activity. Compared to its thermoactivity (Topt at 80°C), the thermal stability of the enzyme is high, as judged from its Tm (101°C), and from irreversible thermal inactivation assays. Molecular modeling of the structure revealed an inter-subunit ion-pair network, comparable in size to the network found in the citrate synthase from P. furiosus; these networks are discussed in relation to the high thermal stability of these bacterial and archaeal enzymes.

Avdelning/ar

Publiceringsår

2003

Språk

Engelska

Sidor

9-16

Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie

Extremophiles

Volym

7

Issue

1

Dokumenttyp

Artikel i tidskrift

Förlag

Springer

Ämne

  • Industrial Biotechnology

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt

  • ISSN: 1433-4909