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Substrate variety of a non-metal dependent tagatose-6-phosphate isomerase from Staphylococcus aureus

  • Deok Kun Oh
  • , Eun Soo Ji
  • , Young Deok Kwon
  • , Hye Jung Kim
  • , Pil Kim
  • Sejong University
  • The Catholic University of Korea

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Abstract

To investigate the substrate variety of a putative non-metal dependent isomerase, the tagatose-6-phosphate isomerase (E.C. 5.3.1.26) structural genes (lacB; 510bp and lacA; 430bp) of Staphylococcus aureus were subcloned and co-expressed. Based on the substrate configuration, various aldoses were surveyed for substrate of ketose isomerization. Among the 10 aldoses tested, D-ribose and D-allose were isomerized by the enzyme. The subunit A and B showed more than 95% activity for D-ribose and 75% for D-allose in the presence of 1mM EDTA compared with non-EDTA conditions, which implying tagatose-6-phosphate isomerase is a non-metal dependent isomerase. Each of subunit A or subunit B alone showed no activity for any of the substrates tested. The affinity constant (Km) of tagatose-6-phosphate isomerase against D-ribose and D-allose were 26 mM and 142 mM, respectively.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)106-111
Number of pages6
JournalMicrobiology and Biotechnology Letters
Volume33
Issue number2
StatePublished - Jun 2005

Keywords

  • Non-metal dependent isomerase
  • Staphylococcus aureus
  • Substrate variety
  • Tagatose-6-phosphate isomerase

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