title: Cloning, expression, and characterization of an acetate kinase from a high rate of biohydrogen bacterial strain Ethanoligenens sp. hit B49.
abstract: The acetate kinase (ack) gene from Ethanoligenens sp. hit B49, isolated from a biohydrogen production bioreactor, is a key enzyme and responsible for dephosphorylation of acetyl phosphate with the concomitant production of acetate and ATP; it was cloned, sequenced, and functionally expressed in Escherichia coli BL21(DE3). It contained a 1200-bp open reading frame and encoded a 399-amino-acid protein kinase (molecular weight, 43.22 kDa; isoionic point, pH 5.93) sharing 58% similarity with Thermotoga maritima MSB8 ack. Ack was heterologously expressed in E.coli BL21 (DE3). Ack specific activities of the refolded ack inclusion body from Ethanoligenens sp. hit B49 is 42.12 U at 25 degrees C, and the renaturation percent is 14.36%.
authors.affiliation: School of Municipal and Environmental Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, 150090 People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Nan-qi
authors.initials: NQ
authors.lastname: Ren
authors.forename: Hai-long
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Kun
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Guo-xiang
authors.initials: GX
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.forename: Zhi-jie
authors.initials: ZJ
authors.lastname: Duan
authors.forename: Ming
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lin
mesh_terms: D000084:Acetate Kinase / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D019342:Acetic Acid / Q000378:metabolism; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D019149:Bioreactors / Q000382:microbiology; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics; D015870:Gene Expression; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D006094:Gram-Positive Bacteria / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D008970:Molecular Weight; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D000084:Acetate Kinase; D019342:Acetic Acid