title: N-ethylmaleimide-resistant acyl-coenzyme A oxidase from Arthrobacter ureafaciens NBRC 12140: molecular cloning, gene expression and characterization of the recombinant enzyme.
abstract: N-ethylmaleimide (NEM)-resistant acyl-coenzyme A oxidase (ACO) has been desired for the determination of free fatty acids (FFAs). In order to meet this demand, we prepared recombinant ACO from Arthrobacter ureafaciens NBRC 12140. The coding region of the gene was 2109, encoding a protein of 703 amino acids with a predicted molecular mass of 76.5 kDa. The heterologous expression level in Escherichia coli was 520-fold higher than that in the native strain. The purified enzyme retained more than 60% activity after incubation in the presence of 10 mM NEM at 37 degrees C for 4 h, while other commercially available ACOs showed only less than 10% activities after the same NEM treatment. We presume that this is due to the presence of only three cysteines in ACO from A. ureafaciens. Site-directed mutagenesis studies and close scrutiny of the three-dimensional structures of other related ACOs suggested that these cysteines were buried in the protein and unreactive to NEM. The recombinant enzyme was used for the colorimetric determination of free fatty acid, which gave a linear calibration.
authors.affiliation: Research and Development Division, Kikkoman Corporation, 399 Noda, Noda City, Chiba 278-0037, Japan. mbakke@mail.kikkoman.co.jp
authors.forename: Mikio
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bakke
authors.forename: Chiaki
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Setoyama
authors.forename: Retsu
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Miura
authors.forename: Naoki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kajiyama
mesh_terms: D042962:Acyl-CoA Oxidase / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001173:Arthrobacter / Q000201:enzymology*; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D003124:Colorimetry; D004351:Drug Resistance; D004795:Enzyme Stability; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000201:enzymology; D005033:Ethylmaleimide / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005230:Fatty Acids, Nonesterified / Q000032:analysis; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016297:Mutagenesis, Site-Directed; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis; D016415:Sequence Alignment
chemical_list: D005230:Fatty Acids, Nonesterified; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D042962:Acyl-CoA Oxidase; D005033:Ethylmaleimide