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 language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 106-111 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Microbiology and Biotechnology Letters |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| State | Published - Jun 2005 |
Keywords
- Non-metal dependent isomerase
- Staphylococcus aureus
- Substrate variety
- Tagatose-6-phosphate isomerase
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