Expression in Escherichia coli and refolding of the malonyl-/acetyltransferase domain of the multifunctional animal fatty acid synthase.

The Journal of Biological Chemistry
Vangipuram S Rangan, S Smith

Abstract

A cDNA encoding residues 429-815 of the multifunctional rat fatty acid synthase has been expressed in Escherichia coli and the recombinant protein refolded in vitro as a catalytically active malonyl-/acetyltransferase. Kinetic properties of the refolded recombinant enzyme were indistinguishable from those of a transferase preparation derived from the natural fatty acid synthase by limited proteolysis, indicating that the transferase domain is capable of folding correctly as an independent protein. Replacement of the active site Ser-581 (full-length fatty acid synthase numbering) with alanine completely eliminated catalytic activity, whereas replacement with cysteine resulted in retention of about 1% activity. The wild type transferase was extremely susceptible to inhibition by diethyl pyrocarbonate, and protection against inhibition was afforded by both malonyl- and acetyl-CoA. Replacement of the highly conserved residue His-683 with Ala reduced activity by 99.95%, and the residual activity was relatively unaffected by diethyl pyrocarbonate. The rate of acylation of the active site serine residue was also reduced by several orders of magnitude in the His-683 --> Ala mutant. These results indicate that His-683 plays an essential...Continue Reading

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