{"title":"Cloning and characterization of a novel nitric oxide synthase gene from Exiguobacterium profundum and its expression in Escherichia coli","authors":"Xifan Luo, Xinyu Li, Yaru Zhang, Fei Zhao, Jinlong Wang, Jiang Wu","doi":"10.1016/j.pep.2024.106609","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The recognition and characterization of gene-encoded nitric oxide synthase (NOS) from <em>Exiguobacterium profundum</em> are reported in this study. A new gene was sequenced and cloned from <em>E. profundum</em> and heterologously expressed in <em>E. coli</em> for functional identification, followed by protein purification using the His-tag. The stability and activity characteristics of the recombinant NOS were evaluated using different concentrations of IPTG at various time points. A band of approximately 42 kDa was observed by SDS-PAGE. The K<sub>m</sub> value of NOS, calculated based on the Michaelis-Menten equation was 0.59 μmol/L. Additionally, homologous sequence alignment analysis indicated that the new NOS shared 80.48 % similarity with the same protein from <em>Bacillus subtilis</em> and <em>Umezawaea</em>. The construction of the NOS expression vector and the purification of the recombinant protein provide a foundation for further functional research and inhibitor development.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":20757,"journal":{"name":"Protein expression and purification","volume":"226 ","pages":"Article 106609"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4000,"publicationDate":"2024-09-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Protein expression and purification","FirstCategoryId":"99","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1046592824001815","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"BIOCHEMICAL RESEARCH METHODS","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The recognition and characterization of gene-encoded nitric oxide synthase (NOS) from Exiguobacterium profundum are reported in this study. A new gene was sequenced and cloned from E. profundum and heterologously expressed in E. coli for functional identification, followed by protein purification using the His-tag. The stability and activity characteristics of the recombinant NOS were evaluated using different concentrations of IPTG at various time points. A band of approximately 42 kDa was observed by SDS-PAGE. The Km value of NOS, calculated based on the Michaelis-Menten equation was 0.59 μmol/L. Additionally, homologous sequence alignment analysis indicated that the new NOS shared 80.48 % similarity with the same protein from Bacillus subtilis and Umezawaea. The construction of the NOS expression vector and the purification of the recombinant protein provide a foundation for further functional research and inhibitor development.
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Protein Expression and Purification is an international journal providing a forum for the dissemination of new information on protein expression, extraction, purification, characterization, and/or applications using conventional biochemical and/or modern molecular biological approaches and methods, which are of broad interest to the field. The journal does not typically publish repetitive examples of protein expression and purification involving standard, well-established, methods. However, exceptions might include studies on important and/or difficult to express and/or purify proteins and/or studies that include extensive protein characterization, which provide new, previously unpublished information.