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Title: Carboxyl-terminal and Arg38 are essential for activity of the 7α-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase from Clostridium absonum. Author: Lou D, Wang B, Tan J, Zhu L. Journal: Protein Pept Lett; 2014; 21(9):894-900. PubMed ID: 24810359. Abstract: 7α-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (7α-HSDH, EC 1.1.1.159), one of the short-chain dehydrogenase/reductase superfamily, catalyzes the dehydrogenation of C7 hydroxyl group of the steroid skeleton of bile acids. Clostridium absonum 7α-HSDH (Ca 7α-HSDH) was cloned and heterologously expressed in Escherichia coli. The function of carboxyterminal (C-terminal) and Arg38 of Ca 7α-HSDH was investigated through truncations and site-directed mutagenesis, respectively. When 2 and 6 amino acids of C-terminal were removed, the catalytic efficiency (k(cat)/K(m)) of Ca 7α-HSDH remained 19.1% and 2.5%, respectively. Furthermore, the activity could not be detected after 8, 14 and 17 amino acids were deleted. No activity could be detected with coenzyme either NADP(+) or NAD(+) after replacement of arginine at position 38 by aspartic acid. The metal ions Mg(2+) (50 mM), Na(+) (200 mM) and K(+) (500 mM) could maximally improve the activity of Ca 7α-HSDH by 61.4%, 64.7% and 105.7%, respectively. The activity had no significant change after incubation at 4 or 25 °C for 108 h, but decreased dramatically at 37 °C. Our study confirmed that C-terminal and Arg38 were essential for the catalytic function of Ca 7α-HSDH and the enzyme activity can be improved by metal ions.[Abstract] [Full Text] [Related] [New Search]