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type |
Journal Article |
authors |
Lee, S. G.; Hong, S. P.; Choi, Y. H.; Chung, Y. J.; Sung, M. H. |
title |
Thermostable tyrosine phenol-lyase of Symbiobacterium sp. SC-1: gene cloning, sequence determination, and overproduction in Escherichia coli |
journal |
Protein Expr Purif |
Activity |
4.1.99.2 |
Family |
4.1.99.2 |
sel |
selected |
ui |
9425630 |
year |
(1997) |
volume |
11 |
number |
3 |
pages |
263-70 |
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keywords |
Amino Acid Sequence |
abstract |
During the screening for tyrosine phenol-lyase-producing thermophiles, we isolated an obligatory symbiotic thermophile, Symbiobacterium sp. SC- 1, which grew only in coculture with Bacillus sp. SK-1. A gene encoding thermostable tyrosine phenol-lyase (TPL) was cloned from the genomic DNA of the Symbiobacterium sp. SC-1 and the nucleotide sequence of the TPL structural gene was determined. The gene consists of 1374 base pairs encoding a polypeptide of 458 amino acid residues; the molecular mass of the enzyme subunit is estimated to be 52,196 Da. The structural gene of TPL was amplified by PCR, blunt-ended, and ligated into the NcoI-HindIII site of plasmid pTrc99A to construct an expression vector for the overproduction of the thermostable TPL. The level of thermostable TPL production was about 15% of the total soluble proteins of Escherichia coli extract. The enzyme was purified to homogeneity from the E. coli extract with an overall yield of 48%. |
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