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- Title
Recombinant human αA-crystallin can protect the enzymatic activity of CpUDG against thermal inactivation
- Authors
Zhang, Yi; Liu, Xipeng; Liu, Jianhua
- Abstract
Abstract: α-Crystallin is one of the major protein components in mammalian lens fiber cells. It is composed of αA and αB subunits that have structural homology to the family of mammalian small heat shock proteins. Horwitz firstly characterized native α-crystallin as a molecular chaperone in vitro based on its ability to prevent heat-induced aggregation of lens proteins and enzymes. Andley et al. cloned and expressed human αA-crystallin in Escherichia coli and confirmed its chaperone activity by suppression of thermal aggregation and singlet oxygen-induced opacification. Although αA-crystallin acts as a chaperone protein, there is no report showing on its ability to protect enzymes against thermal inactivation. Here, we present data showing that αA-crystallin can prevent thermal inactivation of CpUDG that catalyzes uracil removal from DNAs.
- Subjects
CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDOPHILA pneumoniae; CHLAMYDIACEAE; GENES
- Publication
FEBS Letters, 2005, Vol 579, Issue 13, p2897
- ISSN
0014-5793
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1016/j.febslet.2005.04.043