title: Characterization of a recombinant bifunctional enzyme, galactose dehydrogenase/bacterial luciferase, displaying an improved bioluminescence in a three-enzyme system.
abstract: The two structural genes encoding galactose dehydrogenase (Pseudomonas fluorescens) and the beta subunit of luciferase (Vibrio harveyi) were fused in-frame in order to prepare and subsequently characterize an artificial bifunctional enzyme complex. This hybrid enzyme exhibited both galactose dehydrogenase activity and bioluminescence when expressed in Escherichia coli together with the alpha subunit of luciferase. The purified conjugate was used to study possible proximity effects in a sequential three-enzyme reaction with the bifunctional enzyme catalyzing the first and the last reaction. The intermediate enzyme, diaphorase, was added separately. The engineered enzyme system, comprising the galactose dehydrogenase/luciferase conjugate, could display a twofold higher bioluminescence in the overall enzyme reaction compared to a corresponding reference system with separate native enzymes. The increased bioluminescence obtained for the engineered enzyme system is proposed to be due to an improved organization of the enzyme in solution.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pure and Applied Biochemistry, University of Lund, Sweden.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lindbladh
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Persson
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bülow
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mosbach
mesh_terms: D008058:Dihydrolipoamide Dehydrogenase / Q000378:metabolism; D004795:Enzyme Stability; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics; D005691:Galactose Dehydrogenases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D015870:Gene Expression; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D007700:Kinetics; D008156:Luciferases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D008163:Luminescent Measurements; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D010957:Plasmids; D011551:Pseudomonas fluorescens / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D014733:Vibrio / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D005691:Galactose Dehydrogenases; C047959:galactose dehydrogenase; D008156:Luciferases; D008058:Dihydrolipoamide Dehydrogenase