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dc.creatorSETAYESH,NED A
dc.creatorSEPEHRIZADEH,ZARGHAM
dc.creatorJABERI,ELHAM
dc.creatorYAZDI,MOJTABA TABATABAEI
dc.date2009-01-01
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dc.identifierhttps://scielo.conicyt.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0716-97602009000200001
dc.identifier.urihttp://revistaschilenas.uchile.cl/handle/2250/81917
dc.descriptionThe present work aims to study a new NADH-cytochrome b5 reductase (cb5r) from Mucor racemosus PTCC 5305. A cDNA coding for cb s r was isolated from a Mucor racemosus PTCC 5305 cDNA library. The nucleotide sequence of the cDNA including coding and sequences flanking regions was determined. The open reading frame starting from ATG and ending with TAG stop codon encoded 228 amino acids and displayed the closest similarity (73%) with Mortierella alpina cb s r. Lack of hydrophobic residues in the N-terminal sequence was apparent, suggesting that the enzyme is a soluble isoform. The coding sequence was then cloned in the pET16b transcription vector carrying an N-terminal-linked His-Tag® sequence and expressed in Escherichia coli BL21 (DE3). The enzyme was then homogeneously purified by a metal affinity column. The recombinant Mucor enzyme was shown to have its optimal activity at pH and temperature of about 7.5 and 40 °C, respectively. The apparent Km value was calculated to be 13 μM for ferricyanide. To our knowledge, this is the first report on cloning and expression of a native fungal soluble isoform of NADH-cytochrome b5 reductase in E. coli.
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dc.publisherSociedad de Biología de Chile
dc.relation10.4067/S0716-97602009000200001
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.sourceBiological Research v.42 n.2 2009
dc.subjectMucor racemosus
dc.subjectNADH-cytochrome b s reductase
dc.subjectsoluble isoform
dc.titleCloning, molecular characterization and expression of a cDNA encoding a functional NADH-cytochrome b5 reductase from Mucor racemosus PTCC 5305 in E. coli


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