title: Expression and characterization of the periplasmic cobalamin-binding protein of Photobacterium damselae subsp. piscicida.
abstract: Abstract Cobalamin (vitamin B(12)) is an essential cofactor in a variety of enzymatic reactions and most prokaryotes contain transport systems to import vitamin B(12). A gene coding for a periplasmic cobalamin-binding protein of Photobacterium damselae subsp. piscicida was identified by in silico analysis of sequences from a genomic library. The open reading frame was composed of 834 bp encoding a protein of 277 amino acids. The protein showed 61% identity with the vitamin B(12)-binding protein precursor of P. profundum, 53% identity with the corresponding protein of Vibrio parahaemolyticus and 43% identity with the periplasmic binding protein BtuF of Escherichia coli. The expression of the native protein was investigated in P. damselae subsp. piscicida, but BtuF was weakly expressed under normal conditions. To characterize the BtuF of P. damselae subsp. piscicida, the recombinant protein was expressed with a C-terminal His(6)-tag and purified; the molecular weight was estimated to be approximately 30 kDa. The protein does not contain any free thiol group, consistent with the view that the two cysteine residues are involved in a disulphide bond. The purified BtuF binds cyanocobalamin with an affinity constant of 6 +/- 2 microm.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomolecular Science, University of Urbino Carlo Bo, 61032 Fano, Italy. romina.boiani@uniurb.it
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Boiani
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Andreoni
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Serafini
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Bianconi
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pierleoni
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dominici
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Gorini
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Magnani
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D033903:Periplasmic Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D010776:Photobacterium / Q000502:physiology*; D010802:Phylogeny; D011485:Protein Binding; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D014155:Transcobalamins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D014805:Vitamin B 12 / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D033903:Periplasmic Proteins; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D014155:Transcobalamins; D014805:Vitamin B 12