Temperature stability of proteins essential for the intracellular survival of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

In Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the genes hsaD (2-hydroxy-6-oxo-6-phenylhexa-2,4-dienoic acid hydrolase) and nat (arylamine N-acetyltransferase) are essential for survival inside of host macrophages. These genes act as an operon and have been suggested to be involved in cholesterol metabolism. Howeve...

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Asıl Yazarlar: Lack, N, Kawamura, A, Fullam, E, Laurieri, N, Beard, S, Russell, A, Evangelopoulos, D, Westwood, I, Sim, E
Materyal Türü: Journal article
Dil:English
Baskı/Yayın Bilgisi: 2009
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author Lack, N
Kawamura, A
Fullam, E
Laurieri, N
Beard, S
Russell, A
Evangelopoulos, D
Westwood, I
Sim, E
author_facet Lack, N
Kawamura, A
Fullam, E
Laurieri, N
Beard, S
Russell, A
Evangelopoulos, D
Westwood, I
Sim, E
author_sort Lack, N
collection OXFORD
description In Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the genes hsaD (2-hydroxy-6-oxo-6-phenylhexa-2,4-dienoic acid hydrolase) and nat (arylamine N-acetyltransferase) are essential for survival inside of host macrophages. These genes act as an operon and have been suggested to be involved in cholesterol metabolism. However, the role of NAT in this catabolic pathway has not been determined. In an effort to better understand the function of these proteins, we have expressed, purified and characterized TBNAT (NAT from M. tuberculosis) and HsaD (2-hydroxy-6-oxo-6-phenylhexa-2,4-dienoic acid hydrolase) from M. tuberculosis. Both proteins demonstrated remarkable heat stability with TBNAT and HsaD retaining >95% of their activity after incubation at 60 degrees C for 30 min. The first and second domains of TBNAT were demonstrated to be very important to the heat stability of the protein, as the transfer of these domains caused a dramatic reduction in the heat stability. The specific activity of TBNAT was tested against a broad range of acyl-CoA cofactors using hydralazine as a substrate. TBNAT was found to be able to utilize not just acetyl-CoA, but also n-propionyl-CoA and acetoacetyl-CoA, although at a lower rate. As propionyl-CoA is a product of cholesterol catabolism, we propose that NAT could have a role in the utilization of this important cofactor.
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spelling oxford-uuid:066333db-4fa4-4f6e-a2e3-8b6ac5f1fc122022-03-26T09:02:11ZTemperature stability of proteins essential for the intracellular survival of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:066333db-4fa4-4f6e-a2e3-8b6ac5f1fc12EnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford2009Lack, NKawamura, AFullam, ELaurieri, NBeard, SRussell, AEvangelopoulos, DWestwood, ISim, EIn Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the genes hsaD (2-hydroxy-6-oxo-6-phenylhexa-2,4-dienoic acid hydrolase) and nat (arylamine N-acetyltransferase) are essential for survival inside of host macrophages. These genes act as an operon and have been suggested to be involved in cholesterol metabolism. However, the role of NAT in this catabolic pathway has not been determined. In an effort to better understand the function of these proteins, we have expressed, purified and characterized TBNAT (NAT from M. tuberculosis) and HsaD (2-hydroxy-6-oxo-6-phenylhexa-2,4-dienoic acid hydrolase) from M. tuberculosis. Both proteins demonstrated remarkable heat stability with TBNAT and HsaD retaining >95% of their activity after incubation at 60 degrees C for 30 min. The first and second domains of TBNAT were demonstrated to be very important to the heat stability of the protein, as the transfer of these domains caused a dramatic reduction in the heat stability. The specific activity of TBNAT was tested against a broad range of acyl-CoA cofactors using hydralazine as a substrate. TBNAT was found to be able to utilize not just acetyl-CoA, but also n-propionyl-CoA and acetoacetyl-CoA, although at a lower rate. As propionyl-CoA is a product of cholesterol catabolism, we propose that NAT could have a role in the utilization of this important cofactor.
spellingShingle Lack, N
Kawamura, A
Fullam, E
Laurieri, N
Beard, S
Russell, A
Evangelopoulos, D
Westwood, I
Sim, E
Temperature stability of proteins essential for the intracellular survival of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
title Temperature stability of proteins essential for the intracellular survival of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
title_full Temperature stability of proteins essential for the intracellular survival of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
title_fullStr Temperature stability of proteins essential for the intracellular survival of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
title_full_unstemmed Temperature stability of proteins essential for the intracellular survival of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
title_short Temperature stability of proteins essential for the intracellular survival of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
title_sort temperature stability of proteins essential for the intracellular survival of mycobacterium tuberculosis
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