Cloning, sequence analysis and expression of the gene encoding a novel wide-spectrum amidase belonging to the amidase signature superfamily from Achromobacter xylosoxidans.
Amidases are very important enzymes for industrial biocatalysis. We scored a novel amidase by screening the Achromobacter xylosoxidans gene library with cephalosporin analogous amides. The gene coding for the enzyme, designated ana, was cloned, sequenced and overexpressed in Escherichia coli. Sequence analysis of ana showed it to be an amidase signature family member. Interestingly, we noted that almost all Ana homologous amidases are from human pathogens responsible for chronic lung infections. Knowing the genetic context of Ana and its homologous amidases, we suggest that they could be a part of transposon structure. Ana can efficiently hydrolyze a series of cephalosporin analogous amides, including amides with an aninine, p-nitro-aninine, and beta-naphthylamine moiety, while cephalosporin could not serve as its substrate.
Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology, Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 300 Fenglin Road, Shanghai, PR China.
Gang
G
Cai
Songcheng
S
Zhu
Xuejuan
X
Wang
Weihong
W
Jiang
D042441:Achromobacter denitrificans / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics; D000577:Amides / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D000581:Amidohydrolases / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D001482:Base Composition; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D013379:Substrate Specificity
D000577:Amides; D000581:Amidohydrolases; C019665:amidase