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ArticleMarine biotechnology (New York, N.Y.)

Replacement of buried cysteine from zebrafish Cu/Zn superoxide dismutase and enhancement of its stability via site-directed mutagenesis.

Chuian-Fu Ken, Chi-Tsai Lin, Yu-Der Wen, Jen-Leih Wu

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Article in Marine biotechnology (New York, N.Y.). The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Chuian-Fu KenInstitute of Biotechnology, National Changhua University of Education, Changhua, Taiwan.
Chi-Tsai Lin
Yu-Der Wen
Jen-Leih Wu
National Changhua University of Education · TWInstitute of Cellular and Organismic Biology, Academia Sinica · TWNational Taiwan Ocean University · TW

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Zebrafish Cu/Zn-superoxide dismutase (ZSOD1) has one free cysteine (Cys-7) in a first beta-strand with lower thermostability. We predicted the stability would be increased with single-point mutation at 70 degrees C via the I-Mutant 2.0 server, and generated a mutant SOD with replacement of the free Cys to Ala (ZSODC7A) by site-directed mutagenesis. The mutant was expressed and purified from the Escherichia coli strain AD494(DE3)pLysS and the yield was 2 mg from 0.4 L of culture. The ZSODC7A was heated at 90 degrees C. In a time-dependent assay, the time interval for 50% inactivation was 32 min, and its thermal inactivation rate constant K (d) was 2 x 10(-2) min(-1). The mutant was still activated in broad pH range (2.3-12), and had only a moderate effect under sodium dodecyl sulfate treatment. The calculated specific activity of the mutant was 3980 U/mg, twice that of wild-type ZSOD1. In addition, we soaked fish larva with equal enzyme units of either ZSOD1 or ZSODC7A for 2 h, and then stressed them with 100 ppm of paraquat to induce oxidative injury. The survival rate was significant.

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Mutagenesis, Site-DirectedZebrafishAmino Acid SequenceAnimalsCysteineEnzyme StabilityGene Expression Regulation, EnzymologicHot TemperatureLarvaParaquatSuperoxide DismutaseCysteineParaquatSuperoxide Dismutase

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PMID17549562
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