Molecular cloning, characterization, and homology modeling of serine hydroxymethyltransferase from psychrophilic bacterium Psychrobacter sp. (28th June 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Wang, Yifan; Wang, Quanfu; Hou, Yanhua; Wang, Yatong
• Is Part Of: Journal of basic microbiology. Volume 62:issue 8(2022)
• Page Start: 984
• Page End: 994
• Publication Date: 2022-06-28
• Subjects: Antarctic -- characteristics -- cold‐adapted -- homology modeling -- serine hydroxymethyltransferase; Microbiology -- Periodicals; 579
• DOI: 10.1002/jobm.202100692
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0233-111X

Abstract

Abstract: Serine hydroxymethyltransferase (SHMT) plays a significant role in the synthesis of l ‐serine, purine, and thymidylate, which could be extensively applied in the treatment of cancers and the development of antibiotics. In this study, cloned from Psychrobacter sp. ANT206, a novel cold‐adapted SHMT gene ( psshmt, 1257 bp) encoding a protein of 418 amino acids was expressed in Escherichia coli . The homology modeling result revealed that PsSHMT owned fewer Proline (Pro) residues and hydrogen bonds compared with its homologs from mesophilic E. coli and thermophilic Geobacillus stearothermophilus . In addition, the molecular weight of the purified recombinant PsSHMT (rPsSHMT) was identified to be 45 kDa by sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, approximately. The enzymatic characteristics of the cold‐adapted rPsSHMT displayed that its optimum temperature and pH were 30°C and 7.5, respectively, and its enzymatic activity could be inhibited by Cu 2+, significantly. rPsSHMT also showed a high k cat value and low Δ G at low temperatures. Furthermore, arginine (Arg) could affect the activity of rPsSHMT and be vital to its active sites. The results of this study reflected that these characteristics of the cold‐adapted rPsSHMT made it a remarkable candidate that could be utilized in multiple industrial fields under low temperatures.