Homologous Expression of a Subcomplex of Pyrococcus furiosus Hydrogenase that Interacts with Pyruvate Ferredoxin Oxidoreductase

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作者
Hopkins, R. Christopher [1 ]
Sun, Junsong [1 ]
Jenney, Francis E., Jr. [1 ]
Chandrayan, Sanjeev K. [1 ]
McTernan, Patrick M. [1 ]
Adams, Michael W. W. [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Georgia, Dept Biochem & Mol Biol, Athens, GA 30602 USA
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PLOS ONE | 2011年 / 6卷 / 10期
关键词
ARCHAEON; AGMATINE; ENZYMES; RNA;
D O I
10.1371/journal.pone.0026569
中图分类号
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
furiosus Hydrogen gas is an attractive alternative fuel as it is carbon neutral and has higher energy content per unit mass than fossil fuels. The biological enzyme responsible for utilizing molecular hydrogen is hydrogenase, a heteromeric metalloenzyme requiring a complex maturation process to assemble its O-2-sensitive dinuclear-catalytic site containing nickel and iron atoms. To facilitate their utility in applied processes, it is essential that tools are available to engineer hydrogenases to tailor catalytic activity and electron carrier specificity, and decrease oxygen sensitivity using standard molecular biology techniques. As a model system we are using hydrogen-producing Pyrococcus furiosus, which grows optimally at 100 degrees C. We have taken advantage of a recently developed genetic system that allows markerless chromosomal integrations via homologous recombination. We have combined a new gene marker system with a highly-expressed constitutive promoter to enable high-level homologous expression of an engineered form of the cytoplasmic NADP-dependent hydrogenase (SHI) of P. furiosus. In a step towards obtaining 'minimal' hydrogenases, we have successfully produced the heterodimeric form of SHI that contains only two of the four subunits found in the native heterotetrameric enzyme. The heterodimeric form is highly active (150 units mg(-1) in H-2 production using the artificial electron donor methyl viologen) and thermostable (t(1/2) similar to 0.5 hour at 90 degrees C). Moreover, the heterodimer does not use NADPH and instead can directly utilize reductant supplied by pyruvate ferredoxin oxidoreductase from P. furiosus. The SHI heterodimer and POR therefore represent a two-enzyme system that oxidizes pyruvate and produces H-2 in vitro without the need for an intermediate electron carrier.
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