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Choline sulfatase from Ensifer (Sinorhizobium) meliloti: Characterization of the unmodified enzyme.

ABSTRACT: Ensifer (Sinorhizobium) meliloti is a nitrogen-fixing ?-proteobacterium able to biosynthesize the osmoprotectant glycine betaine from choline sulfate through a metabolic pathway that starts with the enzyme choline-O-sulfatase. This protein seems to be widely distributed in microorganisms and thought to play an important role in their sulfur metabolism. However, only crude extracts with choline sulfatase activity have been studied. In this work, Ensifer (Sinorhizobium) meliloti choline-O-sulfatase was obtained in a high degree of purity after expression in Escherichia coli. Gel filtration and dynamic light scattering experiments showed that the recombinant enzyme exists as a dimer in solution. Using calorimetry, its catalytic activity against its natural substrate, choline-O-sulfate, gave a k cat=2.7×10-1 s-1 and a K M=11.1 mM. For the synthetic substrates p-nitrophenyl sulfate and methylumbelliferyl sulfate, the k cat values were 3.5×10-2 s-1 and 4.3×10-2 s-1, with K M values of 75.8 and 11.8 mM respectively. The low catalytic activity of the recombinant sulfatase was due to the absence of the formylglycine post-translational modification in its active-site cysteine 54. Nevertheless, unmodified Ensifer (Sinorhizobium) meliloti choline-O-sulfatase is a multiple-turnover enzyme with remarkable catalytic efficiency.

SUBMITTER: Sanchez-Romero JJ

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6189696 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Choline sulfatase from Ensifer (Sinorhizobium) meliloti: Characterization of the unmodified enzyme.

Sánchez-Romero Juan José JJ Olguin Luis F LF

Biochemistry and biophysics reports 20150807

Ensifer (Sinorhizobium) meliloti is a nitrogen-fixing α-proteobacterium able to biosynthesize the osmoprotectant glycine betaine from choline sulfate through a metabolic pathway that starts with the enzyme choline-O-sulfatase. This protein seems to be widely distributed in microorganisms and thought to play an important role in their sulfur metabolism. However, only crude extracts with choline sulfatase activity have been studied. In this work, Ensifer (Sino ...[more]

PMID: 30338300

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Choline sulfatase from Ensifer (Sinorhizobium) meliloti: Characterization of the unmodified enzyme.

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Choline sulfatase from <i>Ensifer</i> (<i>Sinorhizobium</i>) <i>meliloti</i>: Characterization of the unmodified enzyme.

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