Active expression of membrane-bound L-amino acid deaminase from proteus mirabilis in recombinant escherichia coli by fusion with maltose-binding protein for enhanced catalytic performance

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Abstract

L-amino acid deaminases (LAADs) are membrane flavoenzymes that catalyze the deamination of neutral and aromatic L-amino acids to α-keto acids and ammonia. LAADs can be used to develop many important biotechnological applications. However, the transmembrane α-helix of LAADs restricts its soluble active expression and purification from a heterologous host, such as Escherichia coli. Herein, through fusion with the maltose-binding protein (MBP) tag, the recombinant E. coli BL21 (DE3)/pET-21b-MBP-PmLAAD was constructed and the LAAD from Proteus mirabilis (PmLAAD) was actively expressed as a soluble protein. After purification, the purified MBP-PmLAAD was obtained. Then, the catalytic activity of the MBP-PmLAAD fusion protein was determined and compared with the non-fused PmLAAD. After fusion with the MBP-tag, the catalytic efficiency of the MBP-PmLAAD cell lysate was much higher than that of the membrane-bound PmLAAD whole cells. The soluble MBP-PmLAAD cell lysate catalyzed the conversion of 100 mM L-phenylalanine (L-Phe) to phenylpyruvic acid (PPA) with a 100% yield in 6 h. Therefore, the fusion of the MBP-tag not only improved the soluble expression of the PmLAAD membrane-bound protein, but also increased its catalytic performance.

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Zhang, D. P., Jing, X. R., Fan, A. W., Liu, H., Nie, Y., & Xu, Y. (2020). Active expression of membrane-bound L-amino acid deaminase from proteus mirabilis in recombinant escherichia coli by fusion with maltose-binding protein for enhanced catalytic performance. Catalysts, 10(2). https://doi.org/10.3390/catal10020215

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