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Borek, D, Michalska, K, Brzezinski, K, Kisiel, A, Podkowinski, J, Bonthron, DT, Krowarsch, D, Otlewski, J and Jaskolski, M (2004) Expression, purification and catalytic activity of Lupinus luteus asparagine beta-amidohydrolase and its Escherichia coli homolog. Eur. J. Biochem. 271:3215-26

Abstract

We describe the expression, purification, and biochemical characterization of two homologous enzymes, with amidohydrolase activities, of plant (Lupinus luteus potassium-independent asparaginase, LlA) and bacterial (Escherichia coli, ybiK/spt/iaaA gene product, EcAIII) origin. Both enzymes were expressed in E. coli cells, with (LlA) or without (EcAIII) a His-tag sequence. The proteins were purified, yielding 6 or 30 mg.L(-1) of culture, respectively. The enzymes are heat-stable up to 60 degrees C and show both isoaspartyl dipeptidase and l-asparaginase activities. Kinetic parameters for both enzymatic reactions have been determined, showing that the isoaspartyl peptidase activity is the dominating one. Despite sequence similarity to aspartylglucosaminidases, no aspartylglucosaminidase activity could be detected. Phylogenetic analysis demonstrated the relationship of these proteins to other asparaginases and aspartylglucosaminidases and suggested their classification as N-terminal nucleophile hydrolases. This is consistent with the observed autocatalytic breakdown of the immature proteins into two subunits, with liberation of an N-terminal threonine as a potential catalytic residue.

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PubMed Online version:10.1111/j.1432-1033.2004.04254.x

Keywords

Amino Acid Sequence; Aspartylglucosylaminase/chemistry; Aspartylglucosylaminase/genetics; Aspartylglucosylaminase/isolation & purification; Aspartylglucosylaminase/metabolism; Catalysis; Enzyme Stability; Escherichia coli/enzymology; Escherichia coli/genetics; Escherichia coli Proteins/chemistry; Escherichia coli Proteins/genetics; Escherichia coli Proteins/isolation & purification; Escherichia coli Proteins/metabolism; Kinetics; Lupinus/enzymology; Lupinus/genetics; Molecular Sequence Data; Molecular Structure; Phylogeny; Protein Denaturation; Sequence Alignment; Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization; Substrate Specificity; Temperature

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