Refolding and Purification of Yeast Acetyl-CoA Carboxylases CT Domain Expressed as Inclusion Bodies in Escherichia coli  

作　　者：YANG Xue-ying TAO Jin ZHENG Liang-yu WANG Rui-jian ZHAO Ke CAO Shu-gui 

机构地区：[1]Key Laboratory for Molecular Enzymology and Engineering, Ministry of Education, Jilin University, Changchun 130021, P. R. China

出　　处：《Chemical Research in Chinese Universities》2009年第5期690-694,共5页高等学校化学研究（英文版）

基　　金：Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.20432010,20672045 and 30870539)

摘　　要：Acetyl-CoA carboxylase（ACCase） is a crucial enzyme in fatty acid synthesis, by regulating the first committed step in the process. Therefore, it is a potential target for the development of new compounds against obesity or as herbicides. The cDNA encoding yeast ACCase CT domains（YCTs） from Saccharvmyces cerevisiae was amplified by RT-PCR and inserted into the vector PET28a（＋） for bacterial expression of YCT fused to N-terminal His-tag（YCT-his6）. YCTs-his6 was expressed in Escherichia coli BL21（DE3） PLys as inclusion bodies, which was solubilized in 8 mol/L urea. Ni-agarose chromatography was used to purify the inclusion bodies under denaturing condition. Correct refolding was achieved via systematic dialysis to remove the denaturant gently in the presence of 0.5 mmol/L Triton X-100. The low concentration Triton X-100 was included in the refolding buffer to increase the solubilization and enhance dimeric formation of refolding proteins. The activity of the refolded YCT-his6 was 1.2 U/rag as measured in a spectrophotometric assay using malonyl-CoA as the substrate. To our knowledge, it is the first time that the bioactive YCT-his6 has been expressed successfully in E. coli and isolated from their inclusion bodies.Acetyl-CoA carboxylase（ACCase） is a crucial enzyme in fatty acid synthesis, by regulating the first committed step in the process. Therefore, it is a potential target for the development of new compounds against obesity or as herbicides. The cDNA encoding yeast ACCase CT domains（YCTs） from Saccharvmyces cerevisiae was amplified by RT-PCR and inserted into the vector PET28a（＋） for bacterial expression of YCT fused to N-terminal His-tag（YCT-his6）. YCTs-his6 was expressed in Escherichia coli BL21（DE3） PLys as inclusion bodies, which was solubilized in 8 mol/L urea. Ni-agarose chromatography was used to purify the inclusion bodies under denaturing condition. Correct refolding was achieved via systematic dialysis to remove the denaturant gently in the presence of 0.5 mmol/L Triton X-100. The low concentration Triton X-100 was included in the refolding buffer to increase the solubilization and enhance dimeric formation of refolding proteins. The activity of the refolded YCT-his6 was 1.2 U/rag as measured in a spectrophotometric assay using malonyl-CoA as the substrate. To our knowledge, it is the first time that the bioactive YCT-his6 has been expressed successfully in E. coli and isolated from their inclusion bodies.

关 键 词：Carboxyltransferase domain Expression Inclusion body REFOLDING 

分 类 号：Q78[生物学—分子生物学] S482.4[农业科学—农药学]