Characterization of the recombinant diaminobutyric acid acetyltransferase from Methylophaga thalassica and Methylophaga alcalica

Mustakhimov, Ildar I., Rozova, Olga N., Reshetnikov, Alexander S., Khmelenina, Valentina N., Murrell, J. Colin and Trotsenko, Yuri A. (2008) Characterization of the recombinant diaminobutyric acid acetyltransferase from Methylophaga thalassica and Methylophaga alcalica. FEMS Microbiology Letters, 283 (1). pp. 91-96. ISSN 1574-6968

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Abstract

Diaminobutyric acid acetyltransferase (EctA) catalyzes the acetylation of diaminobutyric acid to ?-N-acetyl-a,?-diaminobutyrate with acetyl coenzyme A. This is the second reaction in the ectoine biosynthetic pathway. The recombinant EctA proteins were purified from two moderately halophilic methylotrophic bacteria: Methylophaga thalassica ATCC 33146T and Methylophaga alcalica ATCC 35842T. EctA found in both methylotrophs is a homodimer with a subunit molecular mass of c. 20 kDa and had similar properties with respect to the optimum temperature for activity (30 °C), Km for diaminobutyrate (370 or 375 µM) and the absence of requirements for divalent metal ions. The enzyme from M. thalassica exhibited a lower pH optimum and was inhibited both by sodium carbonates and by high ionic strength but to a lesser extent by copper ions.

Item Type: Article
Faculty \ School: Faculty of Science > School of Environmental Sciences
UEA Research Groups: Faculty of Science > Research Centres > Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Conservation
Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Environmental Biology
Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Resources, Sustainability and Governance (former - to 2018)
Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Marine and Atmospheric Sciences (former - to 2017)
Depositing User: Rhiannon Harvey
Date Deposited: 27 Mar 2012 15:41
Last Modified: 12 Jan 2023 16:30
URI: https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/38523
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2008.01156.x

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