title: Properties of an alcohol dehydrogenase from the hyperthermophilic archaeon Aeropyrum pernix K1.
abstract: A NAD+-dependent medium-chain alcohol dehydrogenase from the hyperthermophilic archaeon Aeropyrum pernix K1 was expressed in Escherichia coli and purified. The recombinant enzyme was a homotetramer of molecular mass 1.6 x 10(2) kDa. The optimum pH for the oxidative reaction was around 10.5 and that for the reductive reaction was around 8.0. The enzyme had a broad substrate specificity including aliphatic and aromatic alcohols, aliphatic and aromatic ketones, and benzylaldehyde. This enzyme produced (S)-alcohols from the corresponding ketones. The enzyme was thermophilic and the catalytic activity increased up to 95 degrees C. It maintained 24% of the original catalytic activity after incubation for 30 min at 98 degrees C, indicating that this enzyme is highly thermostable.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan.
authors.forename: Hidehiko
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hirakawa
authors.forename: Noriho
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kamiya
authors.forename: Yutaka
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kawarabayashi
authors.forename: Teruyuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nagamune