Characterization of a secreted cholesterol oxidase from Rhodococcus sp.GKI (CIP 105335)
Tóm tắt
Extracellular cholesterol oxidase (COX) (EC 1.1.3.6) was produced by Rhodococcus sp. GK1 cells grown in a defined mineral salt medium containing a mixture of phytosterols (sitosterol, campesterol, stigmasterol) as the sole source of carbon and energy. In the same time, the sterols acted as enzyme inducers. The medium was enriched with yeast extract in order to stimulate enzyme secretion. COX was purified from the culture supernatants by affinity-like chromatography on a column packed with kieselguhr and cholesterol. Enzyme bound onto the column was eluted with 0.05 M phosphate buffer pH 7.0 containing Triton X-100 at 0.1% (w/v). Some properties of the purified COX were determined. Its specific activity at pH 7.0 and 30 °C, was around 5.5 units mg−1. The molecular mass of the enzyme, as estimated by SDS-PAGE, was 59 kDa. Its isoelectrofocusing point was around pH 8.9. The C-5 double bond and the alkyl chain moiety in sterol molecules were necessary for an adequate oxidation of the sterol 3β-ol. Enzyme inhibition by the ions (0.1 mM): AsO2
−, Ba2+, Co2+, Cd2+, Cu2+, N3
−, Ni2+, and Pb2+ was negligible (around 10%). However, COX inhibition by 0.1 mM of either Zn2+, 2-[(ethylmercurio)-thio]benzoic acid, or Hg2+ was 18%, 22% and 93% respectively. Inhibition of activity by Hg2+ was significant, even at 1 μM. The purified COX (0.1–0.15 mg ml−1 in 0.05 M phosphate pH 7.0) was relatively heat-stable at temperatures up to 50 °C. At this temperature, the half-life of its activity was around 70 min. However, 90% of the enzyme initial activity was lost by 20 min incubation at 60 °C. The aminoacid sequence of the COX N-terminal segment was: H2N–Ala–Pro–Pro–Val–Ala–Ser–X–Arg–Tyr–X–(Phe)– (X might be 2 Cys residues).
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