Korean Journal of Microbiology (미생물학회지)

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Spectrofluorometric Characteristics of the N-Terminal Domain of Riboflavin Synthase

아미노-말단 리보플라빈 생성효소 단백질의 형광 특성

  • Kim, Ryu-Ryun (Department of Biochemistry, Chungnam National University) ;
  • Yi, Jeong-Hwan (Department of Biochemistry, Chungnam National University) ;
  • Nam, Ki-Seok (Department of Biochemistry, Chungnam National University) ;
  • Ko, Kyung-Won (Department of Biochemistry, Chungnam National University) ;
  • Lee, Chan-Yong (Department of Biochemistry, Chungnam National University)
  • Received : 2011.02.17
  • Accepted : 2011.03.23
  • Published : 2011.03.31
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Abstract

Riboflavin synthase catalyzes the formation of one molecule of each riboflavin and 5-amino-6-ribitylamino-2,4-pyrimidinedione by the transfer of a 4-carbon moiety between two molecules of the substrates, 6,7-dimetyl-8-ribityllumazine. The most remarkable feature is the sequence similarity between the N-terminal half (1-97) and the C-terminal half domain (99-213). To investigate the structure and fluorescent characteristics of the N-terminal half of riboflavin synthase (N-RS) in Escherichia coli, more than 10 mutant genes coding for the mutated N-terminal domain of riboflavin synthase were generated by polymerase chain reaction. The genes coding for the proteins were inserted into pQE vector designed for easy purification of protein by 6X-His tagging system, expressed, and the proteins were purified. Almost all mutated N-terminal domain of riboflavin synthases bind to 6,7-dimethyl-8-ribityllumazine and riboflavin as fluorescent ligands. However, N-RS C47D and N-RS ET66,67DQ mutant proteins show colorless, indicating that fluorescent ligands were dissociated during purification. In addition, most mutated proteins show low fluorescent intensity comparing to N-RS wild type, whereas N-RS C48S posses stronger fluorescent intensity than that of wild type protein. Based on this result, N-RS C48S can be used as the tool for high throughput screening system for searching for the compound with inhibitory effect for the riboflavin synthase.

리보플라빈 생성효소(riboflavin synthase)는 기질인 두 분자의 6,7-dimetyl-8-ribityllumazine과 결합 후, 4-탄소 단위(4-carbon unit)의 자리 옮김 반응을 거쳐 한 분자의 리보플라빈과 한 분자의 pyrimidine 유도체를 형성하는 반응을 촉매한다. 대장균(Escherichia coli) 리보플라빈 생성효소의 아미노-말단 도메인 절반(N-terminal domain half)과 카복시-말단 도메인 절반(C-terminal domain half)은 매우 유사한 내부 자체 아미노산 서열(intra-molecular amino acid sequence)을 갖는다. 아미노-말단 영역 리보플라빈 생성효소(N-RS) 단백질의 구조와 형광 특성을 알아보기 위하여 중합효소 연쇄 반응과 위치지정 돌연변이를 통하여 10개 이상의 돌연변이 아미노-말단 리보플라빈 생성효소 단백질을 코드 하는 유전자를 증폭시켜 pQE30 벡터에 삽입한 재조합 플라스미드를 제조하여, 과발현시킨 후 분리 정제하였다. 대부분의 아미노-말단 도메인 리보플라빈 생성효소의 돌연변이 단백질들은 야생형과 같이 형광성 리간드인 6,7-dimetyl-8-ribityllumazine 혹은 리보플라빈과 결합할 수 있는 능력을 지니고 있었으나, N-RS C47D, N-RS ET66,67DQ 돌연변이 단백질의 경우는 리간드와의 결합능력이 현저히 떨어져 형광을 띠지 않았다. 대부분의 돌연변이 단백질들의 형광 세기는 야생형 단백질(N-RS wt)보다 낮았으나, N-RS C48S는 예외적으로 야생형 단백질에 비해 2배 이상의 형광세기를 가졌다. 이와 같은 결과를 바탕으로 리보플라빈 생성효소와 형광성 리간드 사이의 상호작용을 예측 할 수 있으며, N-RS C48S 돌연변이 단백질의 형광성을 활용하여 효과적으로 효소 저해제를 발굴할 수 있는 고속다중 스크리닝 법(high-throughput screening system)으로써 활용될 수 있을 것이다.

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