• Journal of Microbiology
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• 제43권3호
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• pp.277-284
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• 2005

The avermectins are composed of eight compounds, which exhibit structural differences at three positions. A family of four closely-related major components, A1a, A2a, B1a and B2a, has been identified. Of these components, B1a exhibits the most potent antihelminthic activity. The coexistence of the '1' components and '2' components has been accounted for by the defective dehydratase of aveAI module 2, which appears to be responsible for C22-23 dehydration. Therefore, we have attempted to replace the dehydratase of aveAI module 2 with the functional dehydratase from the erythromycin eryAII module 4, via homologous recombination. Erythromycin polyketide synthetase should contain the sole dehydratase domain, thus generating a saturated chain at the C6-7 of erythromycin. We constructed replacement plasmids with PCR products, by using primers which had been derived from the sequences of avermectin aveAI and the erythromycin eryAII biosynthetic gene cluster. If the original dehydratase of Streptomyces avermitilis were exchanged with the corresponding erythromycin gene located on the replacement plasmid, it would be expected to result in the formation of precursors which contain alkene at C22-23, formed by the dehydratase of erythromycin module 4, and further processed by avermectin polyketide synthase. Consequently, the resulting recombinant strain JW3105, which harbors the dehydratase gene derived from erythromycin, was shown to produce only C22,23-unsaturated avermectin compounds. Our research indicates that the desired compound may be produced via polyketide gene replacement.

• 한국결정학회지
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.120-125
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• 1996

Salmonella typhimurium LT2에서 deoxy-thymidine diphosphate-D-gluxose-4,6-dehydratase의 유전자를 재조합한 Escherichia coli BL21 clone으로부터 dTDP-D-glucose dehydratase를 분리 정제한 후, 이 효소의 단결정을 상온에서 sitting drop 기체확산법으로 성장시켰다. 결정은 효소에 기질이 포함되어 있는 것과 포함되어 있지 않는 것 모두가 얻어지며, 이 때 침전제는 1.6-2.0 M Na, K 인산 완충용액(pH 8.0)을 사용하였다. 이 단결정은 최소 2.5Å의 분해능으로 회절하였으며, 공간군은 hexagonal한 P61이고, 격자의 크기는 a=b=168.54Å, c=81.08Å이었다. Asymmetric unit에는 이량체 한분자를 포함하고 있으며 단백질 질량당 결정의 부피는 VM=2.4Å3/Da, 용매의 함유율은 부피를 기준으로 64%였다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.217-221
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• 2002

dTDP-D-glucose 4,6-dehydratase (TDPDH) catalyzes the conversion of dTDP-D-glucose to dTDP-4-keto-6-deoxy-D-glucose, and requires $NAD^＋$ as a coenzyme for its catalytic activity. The dTDP-D-glucose 4,6-dehydratase from Streptomyces antibioticus $Tu{\ddot}99$ tightly binds $NAD^＋$ [19]. In order to determine the role of lysine-148 in the $NAD^＋$ binding, the lysine of the dTDP-D-glucose 4,6-dehydratase from Streptomyces antibioticus $Tu{\ddot}99$ was mutated to various amino acids by site-directed mutagenesis. The catalytic activity of the four mutated enzymes of TDPDH did not recover after addition of $NAD^＋$ . However, the activity of K159A, the mutated enzyme of UDP-D-glucose 4-epimerase (UDPE), recovered after the addition of $NAD^＋$ [15]. Although dTDP-glucose 4,6-dehydratase, and UDP-galactose (glucose) 4-epimerase are members of the short-chain dehydrogenase/reductase SDR family and the lysine-148 of TDPDH was highly conserved as in UDPE (Lys-159), the function of the lysine-148 of TDPDH was different from that of UDPE. The mutated enzymes showed that the lysine-148 of the dTDP-D-glucose 4,6-dehydratase played no role in the $NAD^＋$ binding. Accordingly, it is suggested that the lysine-148 of the dTDP-D-glucose 4,6-dehydratase is involved in the folding of TDPDH.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.238-245
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• 1988

토양에서 분리 동정한 phenylalanine 생산균인 Intrasporangium속 방선균의 phenylalanine 생합성 분지경로의 대사조절 특성을 조사하기 위해 chorismate mutase와 prephenate dehydratase를 부분정제한 결과 chorismate mutase는 prephenate dehydratase와 전혀 별개의 단백질로서 두 종의 isoenzyme, chorismate mutase I (CM I)과 chorismate mutase II (CMII)로 구성되어 있음을 알았다. CMI은 최종대사산물인 L-phenylalanine, L-tyrosine 및 L-tryptophan에 대해 완전내성을 보였으나 CMII는 1.5mM tyrosine에 의해서 약 50% 활성 저해를 나타내었다. 이에 비해 prephenate dehydratase는 0.02 mM phenylalanine 존재하에서 95% 이상의 활성 저해를 나타냈으나 이와 같은 L-phenylalanine 활성 저해효과는 positive effector인 L-tyrosine과 L-methionine에 의해 크게 감소되었다. 또한 chorismate mutase 생합성은 feedback repression을 받지 않는데 비해 prephenate dehydratase는 1mM phenylalanine 존재에 의해 약 94%의 효소합성 저해를 나타냈다. 그러나 5mM tyrosine을 동시에 첨가했을 때는 전혀 저해효과를 인식할 수 없었다. 따라서 Intrasporangium속 방선균 역시 대다수의 다른 미생물 균종과 마찬가지로 phenylalanine 분지 경로에서 prephenate dehydratase에 의해 촉매되는 두번째 반응이 가장 중요한 대사조절 단계가 되고 있다는 것을 알 수 있었다.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.24-30
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• 1995

The effects of amino acids in growth media on the biosynthesis of Serratia marcescens biodegradative threonine dehydratase activity were examined. The enzyme activity was decreased by 44 and 34% by 10 mM isoleucine and valine, respectively, whereas it was increased approximately by 20% by 10 mM threonine. Among several metabolites tested, pyruvate increased the enzyme activity by 60% at 5 mM, but decreased the enzyme activity approximately by 20 to 70% above 20 mM. The enzyme activity was increased by 64% by 5 mM glyoxylate, whereas it decreased the enzyme activity approximately by 40 to 70% above 20 mM glyoxylate. The thiamine, monopyrrole derivative, also increased the enzyme activity by 84% at 50 $\mu $g/ml, but did not affected the enzyme activity above 300 $\mu $g/ml. cAMP increased the enzyme activity by 58% at 0.5 mM, but decreased the enzyme activity by 15% at 2 mM. These data suggested that the biosynthesis of Serratia marcescens biodegradative threonine dehydratase is regulated by concentrations of pyruvate, glyoxylate and cAMP.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제5권5호
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• pp.305-308
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• 1995

From the plasmid library made from Sstl and San-digested genomic DNA of Streptomyces fradiae NRRL 2702, four positive clones were selected using an oligodeoxynucleotide probe from the N-terminal amino acid sequence of purified threonine dehydratase. The cloned gene for threonine dehydratase was a 2.0 kilo-base pair DNA fragment. The deduced amino acid sequence of PCR product (PCR245) was matched to that of the N-terminal part of threonine dehydratase from S. fradiae and this showed a high similarity to the threonine dehydratases of other organisms. This indicated that amino acid sequences of threonine dehydratases were highly conserved and the polypeptide product of the PCR245 was likely to be involved in the deamination of threonine.

• BMB Reports
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• 제32권4호
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• pp.358-362
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• 1999

dTDP-D-glucose 4,6-dehydratase as an oxidoreductase catalyzes the conversion of dTDP-D-glucose to dTDP-4-keto-6-deoxy-D-glucose, which is essential for the formation of 6-deoxysugars. dTDP-D-glucose 4,6-dehydratase shows remarkable sterochemical convergence in which displacement of the C-6 hydroxyl group by a C-4 hydrogen proceeds intramolecularly with inversion of configuration. The reaction mechanism is known to be oxidation, dehydration, and reduction by bases mediating proton transfer and $NAD^+$ cofactor. In this study, the bases in the active site domain are proposed to be His-79 and His-300 from a comparison of the peptides of the dehydratase and UDP-D-glucose epimerase. His-79 and His-300 were mutated to prepare the mutants H79L (mutation of histidine to leucine at the 79th amino acid) and H300A (mutation of histidine to alanine at the 300th amino acid) by site-directed mutagenesis. The H79L protein was inactive, showing that His-79 participates in the reaction mechanism.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.206-212
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• 1999

The gene orf7(oxi III) was expressed using an E. coli system in anticipation that it would encode dTDP-glucose 4,6-dehydratase which is involved in the biosynthesis of the olivose moiety of chlorothricin produced from Streptomyces antibioticus Tu99. The solubility of the expressed protein increased up to 20% under optimal induction conditions. The expressed protein was purified from the E. coli BL 21(DE3) cell lysate by a 28.5-fold purification in two chromatography steps with a 38% recovery to near homogeneity. The molecular weight and N-terminal amino acid sequence of the purified protein correlated with the predicted mass and sequence deduced from the orf7 gene. The purified protein was a homodimer with a subunit relative molecular weight of 38,000 Dalton. The expressed protein was found to exhibit dTDP-glucose 4,6-dehydratase activity and be highly specific for dTDP-glucose as a substrate. The values of K'm and V'max for dTDP-glucose were 28 $\mu$M and 295 nmol $min^{-1} (mg protein)^{-1}$, respectively. dTTP and dTDP were strong inhibitors of this enzyme.$NAD^+$, the coenzyme for dTDP-glucose 4,6-dehydratase, was tightly bound to the expressed protein.

• 약학회지
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.21-29
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• 1975

The activity of $\delta$-aminolevlinic acid dehydratase (ALAD) in red cell of rabbit inhibited by addition of $Pb(Ac)_{2}$(50mg/kg) to rabbit caused to diminish completely the ALAD activity in blood within shr. Pretreatment of ascorbic acid and methionine decreased the increment of $\delta$-aminolevulinic acid output in urine by lead poisoning.

• BMB Reports
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• 제29권3호
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• pp.183-191
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• 1996

DNA fragments, homologous to the dTDP-D-glucose 4,6-dehydratase gene, obtained from the genomic DNA of Streptomyces antibioticus $T\ddot{u}99$, a producer of the unusual macrolide antibiotic chlorothricin, were cloned and sequenced. This dehydratase gene was designated as oxil. The coding region of the oxil gene is composed of 987 bp, and analysis of the DNA sequence data reveals sequences for the gene products of 329 amino acids (molecular weight of 36,037). The deduced amino acids are 59% identical to the StrE, dTDP-D-glucose 4,6-dehydratase from the streptomycin pathway. The oxil's function was examined by expressing it in E. coli using the T7 RNA polymerase/promoter system (pRSET) to produce an active fusion protein including a his tag. This enzyme shows specificity of substrate, specific only to dTDP-D-glucose.