title: Glucose dehydrogenase from Bacillus subtilis expressed in Escherichia coli. I: Purification, characterization and comparison with glucose dehydrogenase from Bacillus megaterium.
abstract: Escherichia coli containing the Bacillus subtilis glucose dehydrogenase gene on a plasmid (prL7) was used to produce the enzyme in high quantities. Gluc-DH-S was purified from the cell extract by (NH4)2SO4-precipitation, ion-exchange chromatography and Triazine-dye chromatography to a specific activity of 375 U/mg. The enzyme was apparently homogenous on SDS-PAGE with a subunit molecular mass of 31.5 kDa. Investigation of Gluc-DH-S was performed for comparison with the corresponding properties of Gluc-DH-M. The limiting Michaelis constant at pH 8.0 for NAD+ is Ka = 0.11 mM and for D-glucose Kb = 8.7 mM. The dissociation constant for NAD+ is Kia = 17.1 mM. Similar to Gluc-DH-M, Gluc-DH-S is inactivated by dissociation under weak alkaline conditions at pH 9.0. Complete reactivation is attained by readjustment to pH 6.5. Ultraviolet absorption, fluorescence and CD-spectra of native Gluc-DH-S, as well as fluorescence- and CD-backbone-spectra of the dissociated enzyme were nearly identical to the corresponding spectra of Gluc-DH-M. The aromatic CD-spectrum of dissociated Gluc-DH-S was different, representing a residual ellipticity of tryptophyl moieties in the 290-310 nm region. Density gradient centrifugation proved that this behaviour is due to the formation of inactive dimers in equilibrium with monomers after dissociation. In comparison to Gluc-DH-M, the kinetics of inactivation as well as the time-dependent change of fluorescence intensity at pH 9.0 of Gluc-DH-S showed a higher velocity and a changed course of the dissociation process.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Organische Chemie, Biochemie und Isotopenforschung, Universität Stuttgart, F.R.G.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Hilt
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pfleiderer
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Fortnagel
mesh_terms: D001410:Bacillus megaterium / Q000201:enzymology*; D001412:Bacillus subtilis / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics; D002499:Centrifugation, Density Gradient; D002850:Chromatography, Gel; D002852:Chromatography, Ion Exchange; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*; D042843:Glucose 1-Dehydrogenase; D005948:Glucose Dehydrogenases / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D007700:Kinetics; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D005948:Glucose Dehydrogenases; D042843:Glucose 1-Dehydrogenase