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A Cold-Adapted Epoxide Hydrolase from a Strict Marine Bacterium, Sphingophyxis alaskensis

  • Kang, Ji-Hyun (Marine Biotechnology Research Centre, Korea Ocean Research and Development Institute) ;
  • Woo, Jung-Hee (Marine Biotechnology Research Centre, Korea Ocean Research and Development Institute) ;
  • Kang, Sung-Gyun (Marine Biotechnology Research Centre, Korea Ocean Research and Development Institute) ;
  • Hwang, Young-Ok (Marine Biotechnology Research Centre, Korea Ocean Research and Development Institute) ;
  • Kim, Sang-Jin (Marine Biotechnology Research Centre, Korea Ocean Research and Development Institute)
  • Published : 2008.08.31
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Abstract

An open reading frame (ORF) encoding a putative epoxide hydrolase (EHase) was identified by analyzing the genome sequence of Sphingophyxis alaskensis. The EHase gene (seh) was cloned and expressed in E. coli. To facilitate purification, the gene was fused in-frame to 6$\times$ histidine at the C-terminus. The recombinant EHase (rSEH) was highly soluble and could be purified to apparent homogeneity by one step of metal affinity chromatography. The purified SEH displayed hydrolyzing activities toward various epoxides such as styrene oxide, glycidyl phenyl ether, epoxyhexane, epoxybutane, epichlorohydrin, and epifluorohydrin. The optimum activity toward styrene oxide was observed at pH 6.5 and $35^{\circ}C$. The purified SEH showed a cold-adapted property, displaying more than 40% of activity at low temperature of $10^{\circ}C$ compared with the optimum activity. Despite the catalytic efficiency, the purified SEH did not hydrolyze various epoxides enantioselectively. $K_m$ and $k_{cat}$ of SEH toward (R)-styrene oxide were calculated as 4$\pm$0.3 mM and 7.42$s^{-1}$ respectively, whereas $K_m$ and $k_{cat}$ of SEH toward (S)-styrene oxide were 5.25$\pm$0.3 mM and 10.08$s^{-1}$ respectively.

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