Abstract:
:Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) are synthesized by bacteria as an intracellular storage polyester, where PHA synthase (PhaC) catalyzes the polymerization of its substrate hydroxyacyl-coenzyme A (HA-CoA) to form PHA. When PhaC is overexpressed in Escherichia coli, most PhaC protein is produced as insoluble inclusion bodies due to its low aqueous solubility. This study aimed to improve the solubility of Ralstonia eutropha PHA synthase (PhaCRe) by fusing a hydrophilic tag, glutathione S-transferase (GST), to the protein's N-terminus. In in vivo assays, the GST tag had no obvious effect on solubility and enzymatic activity of PhaCRe. However, an in vitro assay revealed that the surface of GST-fused PhaCRe (GST-PhaCRe) had increased hydrophilicity, and tended to form correct PhaCRe dimers when added to the (R)-3-hydroxybutyryl-CoA substrate. Although GST-PhaCRe displayed a long lag phase at the start of a polymerization reaction, granule-associated GST-PhaCRe showed higher catalytic activity than PhaCRe in kinetic analysis. The results are discussed in light of the dimerization mechanisms of PhaCRe.
journal_name
Int J Biol Macromoljournal_title
International journal of biological macromoleculesauthors
Harada K,Nambu Y,Mizuno S,Tsuge Tdoi
10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2019.07.095subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2019-10-01 00:00:00pages
379-385eissn
0141-8130issn
1879-0003pii
S0141-8130(19)33083-1journal_volume
138pub_type
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