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Towards crucial post-modification in biosynthesis of terpenoids and steroids: C3 oxidase and acetyltransferase. Enzyme Microb Technol 2022; 162:110148. [DOI: 10.1016/j.enzmictec.2022.110148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2022] [Revised: 10/18/2022] [Accepted: 10/19/2022] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Ivashina TV, Nikolayeva VM, Dovbnya DV, Donova MV. Cholesterol oxidase ChoD is not a critical enzyme accounting for oxidation of sterols to 3-keto-4-ene steroids in fast-growing Mycobacterium sp. VKM Ac-1815D. J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol 2012; 129:47-53. [PMID: 22015543 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsbmb.2011.09.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2011] [Revised: 09/14/2011] [Accepted: 09/25/2011] [Indexed: 10/16/2022]
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Fast-growing strain of Mycobacterium sp. VKM Ac-1815D is capable of effective oxidizing of sterols (phytosterol, cholesterol, ergosterol) to androstenedione and other valuable 3-oxo-steroids. To elucidate the role of cholesterol oxidase in sterol catabolism by the strain, the choD gene has been cloned and sequenced. The deduced gene product (M(r) 63.5kDa) showed homologies over its entire length to a large number of proteins belonging to the InterPro-family EPR006076, which includes various FAD dependent oxidoreductases. The expression of choD in Escherichia coli was shown to result in the synthesis of membrane associated cholesterol oxidase. In addition to cholesterol, the enzyme oxidized β-sitosterol, dehydroepiandrosterone, ergosterol, pregnenolone, and lithocholic acid. Knock-out of choD in Mycobacterium sp. VKM Ac-1815D strain was obtained by the gene replacement technique. The mutant strain transformed sitosterol forming exclusively 3-keto-4-ene steroids with androstenedione as a major product, thus evidencing that choD knock out did not abrogate sterol A-ring oxidation. The results indicated that ChoD is not a critical enzyme responsible for modification of 3β-hydroxy-5-ene- to 3-keto-4-ene steroids in Mycobacterium sp. VKM Ac-1815D. Article from a special issue on steroids and microorganisms.
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- Tatyana V Ivashina
- G.K. Skryabin Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Microorganisms, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow Region, Russia
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Xin Y, Yang H, Xia X, Zhang L, Cheng C, Mou G, Shi J, Han Y, Wang W. Affinity purification of a cholesterol oxidase expressed in Escherichia coli. J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci 2011; 879:853-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jchromb.2011.02.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2010] [Revised: 02/09/2011] [Accepted: 02/15/2011] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Li B, Wang W, Wang FQ, Wei DZ. Cholesterol oxidase ChoL is a critical enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of diosgenin to 4-ene-3-keto steroids in Streptomyces virginiae IBL-14. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2009; 85:1831-8. [PMID: 19711070 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-009-2188-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2009] [Revised: 08/04/2009] [Accepted: 08/05/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Diosgenin transformation was studied in Streptomyces virginiae IBL-14, a soil-dwelling bacterium with diosgenin-degrading capacity. All of the derivatives isolated were identified as 4-ene-3-keto steroids. We cloned ChoL, a fragment of a cholesterol oxidase from S. virginiae IBL-14, and used gene-disruption techniques to determine its function in the oxidation of diosgenin to 4-ene-3-keto steroids. Subsequently, the entire open reading frame of ChoL was cloned by chromosome walking, and the His(6)-tagged recombinant protein was overproduced, purified, and characterized. ChoL consisted of 1,629 nucleotides that encoded a protein of 542 amino acids, including a 34-residue putative signal peptide at the N-terminal. ChoL showed 85% amino acid similarity to ChoA from Streptomyces sp. SA-COO. This enzyme can also oxidize other steroids such as cholesterol, sitosterol, and dehydroepiandrosterone, which showed higher affinity (K(m) = 0.195 mM) to diosgenin. The catalytic properties of this enzyme indicate that it may be useful in diosgenin transformation, degradation, and assay.
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- Bo Li
- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, Newworld Institute of Biotechnology, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
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Doukyu N. Characteristics and biotechnological applications of microbial cholesterol oxidases. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2009; 83:825-37. [PMID: 19495743 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-009-2059-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2009] [Revised: 05/22/2009] [Accepted: 05/23/2009] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Microbial cholesterol oxidase is an enzyme of great commercial value, widely employed by laboratories routinely devoted to the determination of cholesterol concentrations in serum, other clinical samples, and food. In addition, the enzyme has potential applications as a biocatalyst which can be used as an insecticide and for the bioconversion of a number of sterols and non-steroidal alcohols. The enzyme has several biological roles, which are implicated in the cholesterol metabolism, the bacterial pathogenesis, and the biosynthesis of macrolide antifungal antibiotics. Cholesterol oxidase has been reported from a variety of microorganisms, mostly from actinomycetes. We recently reported cholesterol oxidases from gram-negative bacteria such as Burkholderia and Chromobacterium. These enzymes possess thermal, detergent, and organic solvent tolerance. There are two forms of cholesterol oxidase, one containing a flavin adenine dinucleotide cofactor non-covalently bound to the enzyme (class I) and the other containing the cofactor covalently linked to the enzyme (class II). These two enzymes have no significant sequence homology. The phylogenetic tree analyses show that both class I and class II enzymes can be further divided into at least two groups.
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- Noriyuki Doukyu
- Bio-Nano Electronic Research Center, Toyo University, Kujirai, Kawagoe, Saitama, Japan.
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Cloning, sequence analysis, and expression of a gene encoding Chromobacterium sp. DS-1 cholesterol oxidase. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2008; 82:479-90. [PMID: 19015844 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-008-1775-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2008] [Revised: 10/29/2008] [Accepted: 10/29/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Chromobacterium sp. strain DS-1 produces an extracellular cholesterol oxidase that is very stable at high temperatures and in the presence of organic solvents and detergents. In this study, we cloned and sequenced the structural gene encoding the cholesterol oxidase. The primary translation product was predicted to be 584 amino acid residues. The mature product is composed of 540 amino acid residues. The amino acid sequence of the product showed significant similarity (53-62%) to the cholesterol oxidases from Burkholderia spp. and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. The DNA fragment corresponding to the mature enzyme was subcloned in the pET-21d(+) expression vector and expressed as an active product in Escherichia coli. The cholesterol oxidase produced from the recombinant E. coli was purified to homogeneity. The physicochemical properties were similar to those of native enzyme purified from strain DS-1. K(m) and V(max) values of the cholesterol oxidase were estimated from Lineweaver-Burk plots. The V(max)/K(m) ratio of the enzyme was higher than those of commercially available cholesterol oxidases. The circular dichroism spectral analysis of the recombinant DS-1 enzyme and Burkholderia cepacia ST-200 cholesterol oxidase showed that the conformational stability of the DS-1 enzyme was higher than that of B. cepacia ST-200 enzyme at higher temperatures.
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Mendes MV, Recio E, Antón N, Guerra SM, Santos-Aberturas J, Martín JF, Aparicio JF. Cholesterol Oxidases Act as Signaling Proteins for the Biosynthesis of the Polyene Macrolide Pimaricin. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007; 14:279-90. [PMID: 17379143 DOI: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2007.01.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2006] [Revised: 01/11/2007] [Accepted: 01/17/2007] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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The gene cluster responsible for pimaricin biosynthesis in Streptomyces natalensis contains a cholesterol oxidase-encoding gene (pimE) surrounded by genes involved in pimaricin production. Gene-inactivation and -complementation experiments revealed that pimE encodes a functional cholesterol oxidase and, surprisingly, that it is also involved in pimaricin biosynthesis. This extracellular enzyme was purified from S. natalensis culture broths to homogeneity, and it was shown to restore pimaricin production when added to the mutant culture broths. Other cholesterol oxidases also triggered pimaricin production, suggesting that these enzymes could act as signaling proteins for polyene biosynthesis. This finding constitutes the description of a cholesterol oxidase gene with an involvement in antibiotic biosynthesis, and it broadens the scope of the biological functions for this type of oxidase.
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Wang L, Wang W. Coenzyme precursor-assisted expression of a cholesterol oxidase from Brevibacterium sp. in Escherichia coli. Biotechnol Lett 2007; 29:761-6. [PMID: 17237971 DOI: 10.1007/s10529-006-9295-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2006] [Revised: 12/08/2006] [Accepted: 12/11/2006] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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The gene (choB(b)), encoding cholesterol oxidase from Brevibacterium sp. CCTCC M201008, was cloned and sequenced by PCR (GenBank accession number: DQ345780). The gene consists of 1653 base pairs and encodes a protein of 551 amino acids. ChoB(b) exhibited a homology of 98% with cholesterol oxidase gene from Brevibacterium sterolicum ATCC 21387. The cholesterol oxidase gene, cloned in the vector pET-28a, was over-expressed in Escherichia coli BL21-CodonPlus (DE3)-RP grown at 23 degrees C in Luria-Bertani medium containing 50 microM riboflavin, the precursor of the FAD coenzyme of the enzyme. A maximum activity of 3.7 U/mg was obtained from cell free extract of E. coli BL21-CodonPlus (DE3)-RP harboring the pET-28a-choB(b).
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- Longgang Wang
- Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology of Ministry of Education and School of Biotechnology, Southern Yangtze University, Wuxi, 214036, PR China.
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Ferreira P, Ruiz-Dueñas FJ, Martínez MJ, van Berkel WJH, Martínez AT. Site-directed mutagenesis of selected residues at the active site of aryl-alcohol oxidase, an H2O2-producing ligninolytic enzyme. FEBS J 2006; 273:4878-88. [PMID: 16999821 DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2006.05488.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Aryl-alcohol oxidase provides H(2)O(2) for lignin biodegradation, a key process for carbon recycling in land ecosystems that is also of great biotechnological interest. However, little is known of the structural determinants of the catalytic activity of this fungal flavoenzyme, which oxidizes a variety of polyunsaturated alcohols. Different alcohol substrates were docked on the aryl-alcohol oxidase molecular structure, and six amino acid residues surrounding the putative substrate-binding site were chosen for site-directed mutagenesis modification. Several Pleurotus eryngii aryl-alcohol oxidase variants were purified to homogeneity after heterologous expression in Emericella nidulans, and characterized in terms of their steady-state kinetic properties. Two histidine residues (His502 and His546) are strictly required for aryl-alcohol oxidase catalysis, as shown by the lack of activity of different variants. This fact, together with their location near the isoalloxazine ring of FAD, suggested a contribution to catalysis by alcohol activation, enabling its oxidation by flavin-adenine dinucleotide (FAD). The presence of two aromatic residues (at positions 92 and 501) is also required, as shown by the conserved activity of the Y92F and F501Y enzyme variants and the strongly impaired activity of Y92A and F501A. By contrast, a third aromatic residue (Tyr78) does not seem to be involved in catalysis. The kinetic and spectral properties of the Phe501 variants suggested that this residue could affect the FAD environment, modulating the catalytic rate of the enzyme. Finally, L315 affects the enzyme k(cat), although it is not located in the near vicinity of the cofactor. The present study provides the first evidence for the role of aryl-alcohol oxidase active site residues.
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- Patricia Ferreira
- Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, CSIC, Ramiro de Maeztu 9, E-28040 Madrid, Spain
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Chen YR, Huang HH, Cheng YF, Tang TY, Liu WH. Expression of a cholesterol oxidase gene from Arthrobacter simplex in Escherichia coli and Pichia pastoris. Enzyme Microb Technol 2006. [DOI: 10.1016/j.enzmictec.2006.01.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Murooka Y, Yamashita M. Genetic and protein engineering of diagnostic enzymes, cholesterol oxidase and xylitol oxidase. J Biosci Bioeng 2005; 91:433-41. [PMID: 16233019 DOI: 10.1263/jbb.91.433] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2001] [Accepted: 02/23/2001] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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For a long time, clinical diagnosis has been made mainly using chemical methods. Recently, several excellent substrate-specific enzymes have been developed and these enzymes are used as diagnostic catalysts. Using enzymes, it is possible to assay for a specific substance from specimens of serum or urine without the need for isolation of the substance which simplifies the process and shortens the assay time. Furthermore, the use of enzymatic assay methods for diagnosis has been facilitated by the developments in genetic engineering which made it possible to overproduce enzymes inexpensively. Here, we review the diagnostic enzymes, cholesterol oxidase and xylitol oxidase, which were successfully overproduced in our laboratory. In particular, the catalytic activity and pH and thermal stabilities of cholesterol oxidase were improved.
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- Y Murooka
- Department of Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Yamada-oka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.
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Cheng Q, Liu HT, Bombelli P, Smith A, Slabas AR. Functional identification of AtFao3, a membrane bound long chain alcohol oxidase inArabidopsis thaliana. FEBS Lett 2004; 574:62-8. [PMID: 15358540 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2004.07.086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2004] [Accepted: 07/23/2004] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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The Arabidopsis thalina genome database was searched for homologues of the Candida cloacae fao1 gene which encodes a membrane bound, flavin-containing, hydrogen peroxide generating, long chain alcohol oxidase. This gene has not been isolated from plants or animals. Four putative candidates were found in the database but their function has not been proven. The cDNAs for two of them were cloned by RT-PCR from Arabidopis suspension culture and one of them [AtFAO3] was overexpressed in Escherichia coli and shown to functionally express long chain alcohol oxidase activity. The protein has been solubilised and retains biological activity thereby preparing the way for crystallographic studies. This is the first functional proof identifying a long chain alcohol oxidase in higher plants.
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- Qi Cheng
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Durham, South Road, Durham DH1 3LE, UK
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Tritsch D, Loubat-Hugel C, Biellmann JF. Modulation of Substrate Specificity upon Modification of Cholesterol Oxidase from Brevibacterium Sterolicumby Hydrogen Peroxide: Evidence for a Peripheral Site. J CHIN CHEM SOC-TAIP 2004. [DOI: 10.1002/jccs.200400096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Ladrón N, Fernández M, Agüero J, González Zörn B, Vázquez-Boland JA, Navas J. Rapid identification of Rhodococcus equi by a PCR assay targeting the choE gene. J Clin Microbiol 2003; 41:3241-5. [PMID: 12843070 PMCID: PMC165360 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.41.7.3241-3245.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The actinomycete Rhodococcus equi is an important pathogen of horses and an emerging opportunistic pathogen of humans. Identification of R. equi by classical bacteriological techniques is sometimes difficult, and misclassification of an isolate is not uncommon. We report here on a specific PCR assay for the rapid and reliable identification of R. equi. It is based on the amplification of a fragment of the choE gene encoding cholesterol oxidase. The choE-based PCR was assessed by using a panel of strains comprising 132 isolates from different sources and of different geographical origins, all initially identified biochemically as R. equi, and 30 isolates of representative non-R. equi actinomycete species, including cholesterol oxidase producers. The expected 959-bp amplicon was observed only with R. equi isolates, as confirmed by sequencing of a variable region of the 16S RNA gene from a random sample of 20 PCR-positive isolates. All R. equi isolates gave a positive choE-based PCR result, which correlated with a high degree of conservation of the choE gene. Three of the 132 strains originally identified as R. equi were negative for the choE gene, and subsequent analysis of their 16S RNA gene sequences confirmed that they belonged to other bacterial species (Dietzia maris, Mycobacterium peregrinum, and Staphylococcus epidermidis). All non-R. equi isolates were negative by the choE-based PCR. ATCC 21387, the only known isolate of Brevibacterium sterolicum, gave a 959-bp amplicon whose DNA sequence was virtually identical to that of R. equi choE. Comparison of the 16S RNA genes indicated that ATCC 21387 should be considered an R. equi isolate.
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- Néstor Ladrón
- Departamento de Biología Molecular (Unidad Asociada al Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, C.S.I.C.), Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Cantabria, 39011 Santander, Spain
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Lario PI, Sampson N, Vrielink A. Sub-atomic resolution crystal structure of cholesterol oxidase: what atomic resolution crystallography reveals about enzyme mechanism and the role of the FAD cofactor in redox activity. J Mol Biol 2003; 326:1635-50. [PMID: 12595270 DOI: 10.1016/s0022-2836(03)00054-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 102] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The crystal structure of cholesterol oxidase, a 56kDa flavoenzyme was anisotropically refined to 0.95A resolution. The final crystallographic R-factor and R(free) value is 11.0% and 13.2%, respectively. The quality of the electron density maps has enabled modeling of alternate conformations for 83 residues in the enzyme, many of which are located in the active site. The additional observed structural features were not apparent in the previous high-resolution structure (1.5A resolution) and have enabled the identification of a narrow tunnel leading directly to the isoalloxazine portion of the FAD prosthetic group. The hydrophobic nature of this narrow tunnel suggests it is the pathway for molecular oxygen to access the isoalloxazine group for the oxidative half reaction. Resolving the alternate conformations in the active site residues provides a model for the dynamics of substrate binding and a potential oxidation triggered gating mechanism involving access to the hydrophobic tunnel. This structure reveals that the NE2 atom of the active site histidine residue, H447, critical to the redox activity of this flavin oxidase, acts as a hydrogen bond donor rather than as hydrogen acceptor. The atomic resolution structure of cholesterol oxidase has revealed the presence of hydrogen atoms, dynamic aspects of the protein and how side-chain conformations are correlated with novel structural features such as the oxygen tunnel. This new structural information has provided us with the opportunity to re-analyze the roles played by specific residues in the mechanism of the enzyme.
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- Paula I Lario
- Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Sinsheimer Laboratory, University of California Santa Cruz, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA
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Isobe K, Shoji K, Nakanishi Y, Yokoe M, Wakao N. Purification and some properties of cholesterol oxidase stable in detergents from γ-proteobacterium Y-134. J Biosci Bioeng 2003; 95:257-63. [PMID: 16233402 DOI: 10.1016/s1389-1723(03)80026-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2002] [Accepted: 11/05/2002] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Cholesterol oxidase (CHO) with high stability in detergents was found from an isolated strain, Y-134, belonging to the gamma-subclass of Proteobacteria. CHO production reached its maximum by incubation at 30 degrees C for 12 d. It was purified from cell-free extract prepared by mixing the cells with 0.4% Triton X-100. The absorption spectrum of the purified enzyme exhibited maxima at 274 and 410 nm, and a shoulder at 330 nm. The molecular mass was 115 kDa with two identical subunits of 58 kDa. The enzyme oxidized cholest-5-en-3beta-ol (cholesterol) and 5alpha-cholestan-3beta-ol (dihydrocholesterol) at a high reaction rate, and the K(m) value for cholesterol was 65 microM. The stability of the enzyme was higher than other CHOs in nonionic detergents with high values of hydrophilelipophile balance (HLB) such as Triton X-450 and sodium cholate. NH2-terminal sequence analysis showed a high similarity to CHO from Burkholderia cepacia, but not to CHOs from Streptomyces or Brevibacterium.
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- Kimiyasu Isobe
- Department of Agro-bioscience, Faculty of Agriculture, Iwate University, 3 Ueda, Morioka 020-8550, Japan.
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Neilson AH. Biological Effects and Biosynthesis of Brominated Metabolites. THE HANDBOOK OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY 2003. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-37055-0_2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/06/2022]
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Yin Y, Liu P, Anderson RGW, Sampson NS. Construction of a catalytically inactive cholesterol oxidase mutant: investigation of the interplay between active site-residues glutamate 361 and histidine 447. Arch Biochem Biophys 2002; 402:235-42. [PMID: 12051668 DOI: 10.1016/s0003-9861(02)00081-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Cholesterol oxidase catalyzes the oxidation of cholesterol to cholest-5-en-3-one and its subsequent isomerization into cholest-4-en-3-one. Two active-site residues, His447 and Glu361, are important for catalyzing the oxidation and isomerization reactions, respectively. Double-mutants were constructed to test the interplay between these residues in catalysis. We observed that the k(cat) of oxidation for the H447Q/E361Q mutant was 3-fold less than that for H447Q and that the k(cat) of oxidation for the H447E/E361Q mutant was 10-fold slower than that for H447E. Because both doubles-mutants do not have a carboxylate at position 361, they do not catalyze isomerization of the reaction intermediate cholest-5-en-3-one to cholest-4-en-3-one. These results suggest that Glu361 can compensate for the loss of histidine at position 447 by acting as a general base catalyst for oxidation of cholesterol. Importantly, the construction of the double-mutant H447E/E361Q yields an enzyme that is 31,000-fold slower than wild type in k(cat) for oxidation. The H447E/E361Q mutant is folded like native enzyme and still associates with model membranes. Thus, this mutant may be used to study the effects of membrane binding in the absence of catalytic activity. It is demonstrated that in assays with caveolae membrane fractions, the wild-type enzyme uncouples platelet-derived growth factor receptor beta (PDGFRbeta) autophosphorylation from tyrosine phosphorylation of neighboring proteins, and the H447E/E361Q mutant does not. Thus maintenance of membrane structure by cholesterol is important for PDGFRbeta-mediated signaling. The cholesterol oxidase mutant probe described will be generally useful for investigating the role of membrane structure in signal transduction pathways in addition to the PDGFRbeta-dependent pathway tested.
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- Ye Yin
- Department of Chemistry, State University of New York, Stony Brook, New York 11794-3400, USA
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Toyama M, Yamashita M, Yoneda M, Zaborowski A, Nagato M, Ono H, Hirayama N, Murooka Y. Alteration of substrate specificity of cholesterol oxidase from Streptomyces sp. by site-directed mutagenesis. Protein Eng Des Sel 2002; 15:477-84. [PMID: 12082166 DOI: 10.1093/protein/15.6.477] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Despite the structural similarities between cholesterol oxidase from Streptomyces and that from Brevibacterium, both enzymes exhibit different characteristics, such as catalytic activity, optimum pH and temperature. In attempts to define the molecular basis of differences in catalytic activity or stability, substitutions at six amino acid residues were introduced into cholesterol oxidase using site-directed mutagenesis of its gene. The amino acid substitutions chosen were based on structural comparisons of cholesterol oxidases from Streptomyces and BREVIBACTERIUM: Seven mutant enzymes were constructed with the following amino acid substitutions: L117P, L119A, L119F, V145Q, Q286R, P357N and S379T. All the mutant enzymes exhibited activity with the exception of that with the L117P mutation. The resulting V145Q mutant enzyme has low activities for all substrates examined and the S379T mutant enzyme showed markedly altered substrate specificity compared with the wild-type enzyme. To evaluate the role of V145 and S379 residues in the reaction, mutants with two additional substitutions in V145 and four in S379 were constructed. The mutant enzymes created by the replacement of V145 by Asp and Glu had much lower catalytic efficiency for cholesterol and pregnenolone as substrates than the wild-type enzyme. From previous studies and this study, the V145 residue seems to be important for the stability and substrate binding of the cholesterol oxidase. In contrast, the catalytic efficiencies (k(cat)/K(m)) of the S379T mutant enzyme for cholesterol and pregnenolone were 1.8- and 6.0-fold higher, respectively, than those of the wild-type enzyme. The enhanced catalytic efficiency of the S379T mutant enzyme for pregnenolone was due to a slightly high k(cat) value and a low K(m) value. These findings will provide several ideas for the design of more powerful enzymes that can be applied to clinical determination of serum cholesterol levels and as sterol probes.
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- Mitsutoshi Toyama
- Department of Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Yamadaoka 2-1, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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Li J, Vrielink A, Brick P, Blow DM. Crystal structure of cholesterol oxidase complexed with a steroid substrate: Implications for flavin adenine dinucleotide dependent alcohol oxidases. Biochemistry 2002. [DOI: 10.1021/bi00094a006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 142] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Navas J, González-Zorn B, Ladrón N, Garrido P, Vázquez-Boland JA. Identification and mutagenesis by allelic exchange of choE, encoding a cholesterol oxidase from the intracellular pathogen Rhodococcus equi. J Bacteriol 2001; 183:4796-805. [PMID: 11466283 PMCID: PMC99534 DOI: 10.1128/jb.183.16.4796-4805.2001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2001] [Accepted: 05/26/2001] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The virulence mechanisms of the facultative intracellular parasite Rhodococcus equi remain largely unknown. Among the candidate virulence factors of this pathogenic actinomycete is a secreted cholesterol oxidase, a putative membrane-damaging toxin. We identified and characterized the gene encoding this enzyme, the choE monocistron. Its protein product, ChoE, is homologous to other secreted cholesterol oxidases identified in Brevibacterium sterolicum and Streptomyces spp. ChoE also exhibits significant similarities to putative cholesterol oxidases encoded by Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Mycobacterium leprae. Genetic tools for use with R. equi are poorly developed. Here we describe the first targeted mutagenesis system available for this bacterium. It is based on a suicide plasmid, a selectable marker (the aacC4 apramycin resistance gene from Salmonella), and homologous recombination. The choE allele was disrupted by insertion of the aacC4 gene, cloned in pUC19 and introduced by electroporation in R. equi. choE recombinants were isolated at frequencies between 10(-2) and 10(-3). Twelve percent of the recombinants were double-crossover choE mutants. The choE mutation was associated with loss of cooperative (CAMP-like) hemolysis with sphingomyelinase-producing bacteria (Listeria ivanovii). Functional complementation was achieved by expression of choE from pVK173-T, a pAL5000 derivative conferring hygromycin resistance. Our data demonstrate that ChoE is an important cytolytic factor for R. equi. The highly efficient targeted mutagenesis procedure that we used to generate choE isogenic mutants will be a valuable tool for the molecular analysis of R. equi virulence.
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- J Navas
- Departamento de Biología Molecular, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Cantabria, 39011 Santander, Spain
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Takeuchi H, Chen JH, O'Reilly DR, Turner PC, Rees HH. Regulation of Ecdysteroid Signaling: Cloning and Characterization of Ecdysone Oxidase. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:26819-28. [PMID: 11373299 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m104291200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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One route of inactivation of ecdysteroids in insects involves ecdysone oxidase-catalyzed conversion into 3-dehydroecdysteroid followed by irreversible reduction by 3-dehydroecdysone 3alpha-reductase to 3-epiecdysone. We have purified from Spodoptera littoralis the first ecdysone oxidase and subjected it to limited amino acid sequencing. A reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction-based approach has been used to clone the cDNA (2.8 kilobases) encoding this 65-kDa protein. Northern blotting showed that the mRNA transcript was expressed in midgut during the prepupal stage of the last larval instar at a time corresponding to an ecdysteroid titer peak. Conceptual translation of the ecdysone oxidase cDNA and data base searching revealed that the enzyme is an FAD flavoprotein that belongs to the glucose-methanol-choline oxidoreductase superfamily. Ecdysone oxidase represents the only oxidase in eukaryotic animals known to catalyze oxygen-dependent oxidation of steroids; by contrast, oxidation of steroids in vertebrates occurs via NAD(P)(+)-linked dehydrogenases. The injection of RH-5992, an ecdysteroid agonist, induced the transcription of ecdysone oxidase, suggesting that ecdysone oxidase is an ecdysteroid-responsive gene. The gene encoding this enzyme, consisting of five exons, has also been isolated. Sequences similar to the binding motifs for Broad-Complex and FTZ-F1 have been found in the 5'-flanking region. Southern blotting indicated that ecdysone oxidase is encoded by a single-copy gene. We have determined the kinetic characteristics of this novel recombinant ecdysone oxidase produced using a baculovirus expression system.
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- H Takeuchi
- Cellular Regulation and Signaling Division, School of Biological Sciences, University of Liverpool, Life Sciences Bldg., Crown Street, Liverpool, L69 7ZB, United Kingdom
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Yazdi MT, Zahraei M, Aghaepour K, Kamranpour N. Purification and partial characterization of a cholesterol oxidase from Streptomyces fradiae. Enzyme Microb Technol 2001; 28:410-414. [PMID: 11240199 DOI: 10.1016/s0141-0229(00)00337-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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An extracellular cholesterol oxidase from Streptomyces fradiae (PTCC 1121) was purified in one step using DEAE-Sepharose. The purified enzyme had a molecular weight of 60 KDa. The optimum pH and temperature for activity was found to be 7 and 70 degrees C, respectively. This cholesterol oxidase was stable in pHs between 4-10 at 4 degrees C until 4 h. Thermal stability experiments showed that it has high stability and retains its full activity at 50 degrees C for 90 min. K(m) value for cholesterol oxidase was obtained to be about 7.06 x 10(-)(5) Mol.
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- M T. Yazdi
- Department of Biotechnology, College of Pharmacy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Murooka Y, Yamashita M. Genetic and protein engineering of diagnostic enzymes, cholesterol oxidase and xylitol oxidase. J Biosci Bioeng 2001. [DOI: 10.1016/s1389-1723(01)80270-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Aparicio JF, Fouces R, Mendes MV, Olivera N, Martín JF. A complex multienzyme system encoded by five polyketide synthase genes is involved in the biosynthesis of the 26-membered polyene macrolide pimaricin in Streptomyces natalensis. CHEMISTRY & BIOLOGY 2000; 7:895-905. [PMID: 11094342 DOI: 10.1016/s1074-5521(00)00038-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 125] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND Polyene macrolides are a class of large macrocyclic polyketides that interact with membrane sterols, having antibiotic activity against fungi but not bacteria. Their rings include a chromophore of 3-7 conjugated double bonds which constitute the distinct polyene structure. Pimaricin is an archetype polyene, important in the food industry as a preservative to prevent mould contamination of foods, produced by Streptomyces natalensis. We set out to clone, sequence and analyse the gene cluster responsible for the biosynthesis of this tetraene. RESULTS A large cluster of 16 open reading frames spanning 84985 bp of the S. natalensis genome has been sequenced and found to encode 13 homologous sets of enzyme activities (modules) of a polyketide synthase (PKS) distributed within five giant multienzyme proteins (PIMS0-PIMS4). The total of 60 constituent active sites, 25 of them on a single enzyme (PIMS2), make this an exceptional multienzyme system. Eleven additional genes appear to govern modification of the polyketide-derived framework and export. Disruption of the genes encoding the PKS abolished pimaricin production. CONCLUSIONS The overall architecture of the PKS gene cluster responsible for the biosynthesis of the 26-membered polyene macrolide pimaricin has been determined. Eleven additional tailoring genes have been cloned and analysed. The availability of the PKS cluster will facilitate the generation of designer pimaricins by combinatorial biosynthesis approaches. This work represents the extensive description of a second polyene macrolide biosynthetic gene cluster after the one for the antifungal nystatin.
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- J F Aparicio
- Institute of Biotechnology INBIOTEC, Parque Científico de León, León, France.
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MacLachlan J, Wotherspoon AT, Ansell RO, Brooks CJ. Cholesterol oxidase: sources, physical properties and analytical applications. J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol 2000; 72:169-95. [PMID: 10822008 DOI: 10.1016/s0960-0760(00)00044-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 201] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Since Flegg (H.M. Flegg, An investigation of the determination of serum cholesterol by an enzymatic method, Ann. Clin. Biochem. 10 (1973) 79-84) and Richmond (W. Richmond, The development of an enzymatic technique for the assay of cholesterol in biological fluids, Scand. J. clin. Lab. Invest. 29 (1972) 25; W. Richmond, Preparation and properties of a bacterial cholesterol oxidase from Nocardia sp. and its application to enzyme assay of total cholesterol in serum, Clinical Chemistry 19 (1973) 1350-1356) first illustrated the suitability of cholesterol oxidase (COD) for the analysis of serum cholesterol, COD has risen to become the most widely used enzyme in clinical laboratories with the exception of glucose oxidase (GOD). The use is widespread because assays incorporating the enzyme are extremely simple, specific, and highly sensitive and thus offer distinct advantages over the Liebermann-Burchard analytical methodologies which employ corrosive reagents and can be prone to unreliable results due to interfering substances such as bilirubin. Individuals can now readily determine their own serum cholesterol levels with a simple disposable test kit. This review discusses COD in some detail and includes the topics: (1) The variety of bacterial sources available; (2) The various extraction/purification protocols utilised in order to obtain protein of sufficient clarification (purity) for use in food/clinical analysis; (3) Significant differences in the properties of the individual enzymes; (4) Substrate specificities of the various enzymes; (5) Examples of biological assays which have employed cholesterol oxidase as an integral part of the analysis, and the various assay protocols; (6) New steroidal products of COD. This review is not a comprehensive description of published work, but is intended to provide an account of recent and current research, and should promote further interest in the application of enzymes to analytical selectivity.
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- J MacLachlan
- Department of Physical Sciences, Glasgow Caledonian University, City Campus, 70 Cowcaddens Road, Glasgow, UK.
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Kass IJ, Sampson NS. The importance of GLU361 position in the reaction catalyzed by cholesterol oxidase. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 1998; 8:2663-8. [PMID: 9873599 DOI: 10.1016/s0960-894x(98)00478-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Cholesterol oxidase stereospecifically isomerizes cholest-5-en-3-one to cholest-4-en-3-one. When the base catalyst for isomerization, Glu361, is mutated to Asp, the rate of deprotonation of cholest-5-en-3-one is not affected, but protonation of the dienolic intermediate becomes rate-limiting. This may be a consequence of the large distance between the catalytic base and carbon-6 of the intermediate in the mutant enzyme.
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- I J Kass
- Department of Chemistry, State University of New York, Stony Brook, NY 11794-3400, USA
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Purification of Extracellular Cholesterol Oxidase with High Activity in the Presence of Organic Solvents from Pseudomonas sp. Strain ST-200. Appl Environ Microbiol 1998; 64:1929-32. [PMID: 9572974 PMCID: PMC106253 DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.5.1929-1932.1998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Extracellular cholesterol oxidase of Pseudomonas sp. strain ST-200 was purified from the culture supernatant. This oxidase contained bound flavin and was categorized as a 3beta-hydroxysteroid oxidase, converting 3beta-hydroxyl groups to keto groups. The molecular mass was 60 kDa. The enzyme was stable at pH 4 to 11 and active at pH 5.0 to 8.5, showing optimal activity at pH 7 at 60 degreesC. The Michaelis constant of the ST-200 cholesterol oxidase was lower than those of commercially available oxidases. The cholesterol oxidation rate was enhanced 3- to 3.5-fold in the presence of organic solvents, with log Pow values (partition coefficients of the organic solvent between n-octanol and water), in the range of 2.1 to 4.2, compared with that in the absence of organic solvents.
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Sampson NS, Chen X. Increased expression of Brevibacterium sterolicum cholesterol oxidase in Escherichia coli by genetic modification. Protein Expr Purif 1998; 12:347-52. [PMID: 9535702 DOI: 10.1006/prep.1997.0855] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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To improve expression of Brevibacterium sterolicum cholesterol oxidase in Escherichia coli, we utilized the T7lac promoter and modified the gene to encode the first 21 amino acids with high-expression E. coli codons. These changes resulted in a 60-fold improvement of expression level. N-terminal sequencing revealed that the E. coli produced cholesterol oxidase signal peptide is cleaved 6 amino acids closer to the N-terminus than in B. sterolicum. The recombinant E. coli produced protein is composed of 513 amino acids with a calculated Mr of 55,374. The kinetic rate constants of the recombinant protein and the B. sterolicum produced cholesterol oxidase are identical.
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- N S Sampson
- Department of Chemistry, State University of New York, Stony Brook, New York 11794-3400, USA.
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Gadda G, Wels G, Pollegioni L, Zucchelli S, Ambrosius D, Pilone MS, Ghisla S. Characterization of cholesterol oxidase from Streptomyces hygroscopicus and Brevibacterium sterolicum. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1997; 250:369-76. [PMID: 9428686 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1997.0369a.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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The FAD-containing enzyme cholesterol oxidase catalyzes the oxidation and isomerization of 3beta-hydroxysteroids having a trans double bond at delta5-delta6 of the steroid ring backbone to the corresponding delta4-3-ketosteroid. Two representative enzymes of this family, namely cholesterol oxidase from Streptomyces hygroscopicus (SCO) and the recombinant enzyme from Brevibacterium sterolicum (BCO) expressed in Escherichia coli, have been characterized herein in their chemical, physical, and biochemical properties. In the native form, both enzymes are monomeric (55 kDa), acidic (pI 4.4-5.1) and contain oxidized FAD (peaks in the 370-390-nm and 440-470-nm regions). Marked differences exist between the oxidized, reduced, and (red) anion semiquinone spectra of the two enzymes, suggesting substantial differences in the flavin microenvironment. Both enzymes form reversibly flavin N(5)-sulfite adducts via measurable k(on) and k(off) steps. BCO has a higher affinity for sulfite (Kd approximately 0.14 mM) compared to SCO (approximately 24 mM). This correlates well with the midpoint redox potentials of the bound flavin, which in the case of BCO are about 100 mV more positive than for SCO. Both enzymes show a high pKa (approximately 11.0) for the N(3) position of FAD. With both enzymes, the rearrangement of 5-cholesten-3-one to 4-cholesten-3-one is not rate limiting indicating that the rate-limiting step of the overall reaction is not the isomerization. The absence of the double bond in the steroid molecule does not significantly affect turnover and affinity for the substrate, whereas both these parameters are affected by a decreasing length of the substrate C17 chain.
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- G Gadda
- Department of Structural and Functional Biology, University of Milano, Varese, Italy
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Wilmańska D, Dziadek J, Sajduda A, Milczarek K, Jaworski A, Murooka Y. Identification of cholesterol oxidase from fast-growing mycobacterial strains and Rhodococcus sp. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1995. [DOI: 10.1016/0922-338x(95)94077-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Molnár I, Hayashi N, Choi KP, Yamamoto H, Yamashita M, Murooka Y. Bacterial cholesterol oxidases are able to act as flavoprotein-linked ketosteroid monooxygenases that catalyse the hydroxylation of cholesterol to 4-cholesten-6-ol-3-one. Mol Microbiol 1993; 7:419-28. [PMID: 8459768 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.1993.tb01133.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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A new metabolite of cholesterol was found in reaction mixtures containing cholesterol or 4-cholesten-3-one as a substrate and extra- or intracellular protein extracts from recombinant Streptomyces lividans and Escherichia coli strains carrying cloned DNA fragments of Streptomyces sp. SA-COO, the producer of Streptomyces cholesterol oxidase. The new metabolite was identified as 4-cholesten-6-ol-3-one based on comparisons of its high-performance liquid chromatography, gas chromatography/mass spectrometry, infrared and proton-nuclear magnetic resonance spectra with those of an authentic standard. Genetic analyses showed that the enzyme responsible for the production of 4-cholesten-6-ol-3-one is cholesterol oxidase encoded by the choA gene. Commercially purified cholesterol oxidase (EC 1.1.3.6.) of a Streptomyces sp., as well as of Brevibacterium sterolicum and a Pseudomonas sp., and a highly purified recombinant Streptomyces cholesterol oxidase were also able to catalyse the 6-hydroxylation reaction. Hydrogen peroxide accumulating in the reaction mixtures as a consequence of the 3 beta-hydroxysteroid oxidase activity of the enzyme was shown to have no role in the formation of the 6-hydroxylated derivative. We propose a possible scheme of a branched reaction pathway for the concurrent formation of 4-cholesten-3-one and 4-cholesten-6-ol-3-one by cholesterol oxidase, and the observed differences in the rate of formation of the 6-hydroxy-ketosteroid by the enzymes of different bacterial sources are also discussed.
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- I Molnár
- Department of Fermentation Technology, Faculty of Engineering, Hiroshima University, Japan
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