title: Purification, characterization, DNA sequence and cloning of a pimeloyl-CoA synthetase from Pseudomonas mendocina 35.
abstract: A pimeloyl-CoA synthetase from Pseudomonas mendocina 35 was purified and characterized, the DNA sequence determined, and the gene cloned into Escherichia coli to yield an active enzyme. The purified enzyme had a pH optimum of approximately 8.0, Km values of 0.49 mM for pimelic acid, 0.18 mM for CoA and 0.72 mM for ATP, a subunit Mr of approximately 80000 as determined by SDS/PAGE, and was found to be a tetramer by gel-filtration chromatography. The specific activity of the purified enzyme was 77.3 units/mg of protein. The enzyme was not absolutely specific for pimelic acid. The relative activity for adipic acid (C6) was 72% and for azaleic acid (C9) was 18% of that for pimelic acid (C7). The N-terminal amino acid was blocked to amino acid sequencing, but controlled proteolysis resulted in three peptide fragments for which amino acid sequences were obtained. An oligonucleotide gene probe corresponding to one of the amino acid sequences was synthesized and used to isolate the gene (pauA, pimelic acid-utilizing A) coding for pimeloyl-CoA synthetase. The pauA gene, which codes for a protein with a theoretical Mr of 74643, was then sequenced. The deduced amino acid sequence of the enzyme showed similarity to hypothetical proteins from Archaeoglobus fulgidus, Methanococcus jannaschii, Pyrococcus horikoshii, E. coli and Streptomyces coelicolor, and some limited similarity to microbial succinyl-CoA synthetases. The similarity with the protein from A. fulgidus was especially strong, thus indicating a function for this unidentified protein. The pauA gene was cloned into E. coli, where it was expressed and resulted in an active enzyme.
authors.affiliation: Biotechnology Department, Lonza AG, CH-3930 Visp, Switzerland.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Binieda
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fuhrmann
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lehner
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rey-Berthod
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Frutiger-Hughes
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Hughes
authors.forename: N M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Shaw
mesh_terms: D000214:Acyl Coenzyme A / Q000378:metabolism; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D003066:Coenzyme A Ligases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D004795:Enzyme Stability; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D007700:Kinetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D008970:Molecular Weight; D010867:Pimelic Acids / Q000378:metabolism; D011549:Pseudomonas / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D017421:Sequence Analysis; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D013057:Spectrum Analysis; D013379:Substrate Specificity
chemical_list: D000214:Acyl Coenzyme A; D010867:Pimelic Acids; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; C019527:pimeloyl-coenzyme A; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D003066:Coenzyme A Ligases; C077998:pimeloyl-CoA synthetase