Gagan Chhabra, Divya Mathur, Aparna Dixit, Lalit C Garg
Gene Regulation Laboratory, National Institute of Immunology, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, India.
Protein expression and purification 2012 SepPhosphoglucomutase (PGM) plays an important role in polysaccharide capsule formation and virulence in a number of bacterial pathogens. However, the enzyme has not yet been characterized from Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb). Here, we report the biochemical properties of recombinant Mtb-PGM as well as the in silico structural analysis from Mtb H37Rv. The purified recombinant enzyme was enzymatically active with a specific activity of 67.5 U/mg and experimental k(cat) of 70.31 s(-1) for the substrate glucose-1-phosphate. The enzyme was stable in pH range 6.5-7.4 and exhibited temperature optima range between 30 and 40°C. Various kinetic parameters and constants of the rPGM were determined. A structural comparison of Modeller generated 3D Mtb-PGM structure with rabbit muscle PGM revealed that the two enzymes share the same overall heart shape and four-domain architecture, despite having only 17% sequence identity. However, certain interesting differences between the two have been identified, which provide an opportunity for designing new drugs to specifically target the Mtb-PGM. Also, in the absence of the crystal structure of the Mtb-PGM, the modeled structure could be further explored for in silico docking studies with suitable inhibitors. Copyright © 2012 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Gagan Chhabra, Divya Mathur, Aparna Dixit, Lalit C Garg. Heterologous expression and biochemical characterization of recombinant alpha phosphoglucomutase from Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv. Protein expression and purification. 2012 Sep;85(1):117-24
PMID: 22809717
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