An unusually cold active nitroreductase for prodrug activations
Ayhan Çelik, Gülden Yetiş
文献索引:Bioorg. Med. Chem. 20(11) , 3540-50, (2012)
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A set of PCR primers based on the genome sequence were used to clone a gene encoding a hypothetical nitroreductases (named as Ssap-NtrB) from uropathogenic staphylococcus, Staphylococcus saprophyticus strain ATCC 15305, an oxygen insensitive flavoenzyme. Activity studies of the translation product revealed that the nitroreductase catalyses two electron reduction of a nitroaromatic drug of nitrofurazone (NFZ), cancer prodrugs of CB1954 and SN23862 at optimum temperature of 20 °C together with retaining its maximum activity considerably at 3 °C. The required electrons for such reduction could be supplied by either NADH or NADPH with a small preference for the latter. The gene was engineered for heterologous expression in Escherichia coli, and conditions were found in which the enzyme was produced in a mostly soluble form. The recombinant enzyme was purified to homogeneity and physical, spectral and catalytical properties were determined. The findings lead us to propose that Ssap-NtrB represents a novel nitro reductase with an unusual cold active property, which has not been described previously for prodrug activating enzymes of nitroreductases.Copyright © 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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