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- Title
Cloning and functional characterization of nitrilase from Fusarium proliferatum AUF-2 for detoxification of nitriles.
- Authors
Yusuf, Farnaz; Rather, Irshad; Jamwal, Urmila; Gandhi, Sumit; Chaubey, Asha
- Abstract
A fungal nitrilase gene from Fusarium proliferatum AUF-2 was cloned through reverse transcription-PCR. The open reading frame consisted of 903 bp and potentially encoded a protein of 301 amino acid residues with a theoretical molecular mass of 33.0 kDa. The encoding gene was expressed in Escherichia coli strain BL21 and the recombinant protein with His-tag was purified to electrophoretic homogeneity. The purified enzyme exhibited optimal activity in the range of 35-40 °C and pH 8.0. EDTA, Mg, Zn, Ca, Fe, Fe and Mn stimulated hydrolytic activity, whereas Cu, Co and Ni had inhibitory effect on nitrilase activity. Ag ions showed a strong inhibitory effect on the recombinant nitrilase activity. This nitrilase was specific towards aliphatic, heterocyclic and aromatic nitriles. The kinetic parameters V and K for benzonitrile substrate were determined to be 14.6 μmol/min/mg protein and 1.55 mM, respectively. Homology modelling and molecular docking studies provided an insight into the substrate specificity and the proposed catalytic triad for recombinant nitrilase consisted of Glu-54, Lys-133 and Cys-175. This is the first report on the cloning and heterologous expression of nitrilase from Fusarium proliferatum.
- Subjects
NITRILASES; MOLECULAR cloning; FUSARIUM diseases of plants; CELL proliferation; METABOLIC detoxification; POLYMERASE chain reaction; PLANTS
- Publication
Functional & Integrative Genomics, 2015, Vol 15, Issue 4, p413
- ISSN
1438-793X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10142-014-0430-z