Cloning, Expression, and Purification of the Functional 2,4-Dienoyl-CoA Reductase from Rat Liver Mitochondria

The mitochondrial 2,4-dienoyl-CoA reductase (EC 1.3.1.34) is an auxiliary enzyme for the β-oxidation of unsaturated fatty acids. Import of this enzyme into the mitochondria requires a mitochondrial signal sequence at the amino terminus of the polypeptide chain which is processed/removed once inside...

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Veröffentlicht in:Protein expression and purification 1999-10, Vol.17 (1), p.57-63
Hauptverfasser: Fillgrove, Kerry L., Anderson, Vernon E., Mizugaki, Michinao
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Zusammenfassung:The mitochondrial 2,4-dienoyl-CoA reductase (EC 1.3.1.34) is an auxiliary enzyme for the β-oxidation of unsaturated fatty acids. Import of this enzyme into the mitochondria requires a mitochondrial signal sequence at the amino terminus of the polypeptide chain which is processed/removed once inside the mitochondria. The cDNA of the full-length 2,4-dienoyl-CoA reductase was previously cloned as pRDR181. PCR methodologies were used to subclone the gene encoding the functional 2,4-dienoyl-CoA reductase from pRDR181. The PCR product was inserted into a pET15b expression vector and overexpressed in Escherichia coli. The soluble expressed protein can be separated into high- and low-activity fractions. The low-activity fraction can be converted to the high specific activity form by thermal annealing, suggesting it is a metastable misfolded form of the enzyme. Using ion-exchange and affinity chromatography, the enzyme has been purified to homogeneity and exhibits a single band on Coomassie blue-stained SDS–PAGE. The molecular mass of 32,413 Da determined by electrospray ionization–mass spectrometry indicates that the amino-terminal methionine had been removed. The Michaelis constants for trans-2, trans-4-hexadienoyl-CoA and NADPH were determined to be 0.46 and 2.5 μM, respectively; a turnover number of 2.1 s−1 was calculated.
ISSN:1046-5928
1096-0279
DOI:10.1006/prep.1999.1101