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ArticleThe protein journal2008

Modulation of the activity of newly synthesized human phenylalanine hydroxylase mutant proteins by low-molecular-weight compounds.

Cátia Nascimento, João Leandro, Isabel Tavares de Almeida, Paula Leandro

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Article in The protein journal, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Cátia NascimentoMetabolism and Genetics Group, iMed.UL, Faculdade Farmácia da Universidade de Lisboa, Av. Prof. Gama Pinto, 1649-003 Lisbon, Portugal.
João Leandro
Isabel Tavares de Almeida
Paula Leandro
University of Lisbon · PT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Phenylketonuria, the most frequent disorder of amino acid metabolism, is caused by a deficient activity of human phenylalanine hydroxylase (hPAH). Rescue of the enzyme activity of several recombinant hPAH mutant forms (I65T, R261Q, R270K and V388M) by low molecular weight compounds namely glycerol, trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO) and sodium 4-phenylbutyrate (4-PB) was investigated using a prokaryotic expression model. The studied compounds were added to the culture medium, in a concentration dependent manner, simultaneously to induction of protein expression. Among the tested molecules glycerol and TMAO were able to increase the enzyme activity of the studied mutant proteins. Furthermore, a decrease in aggregates and a recovery of the active tetrameric and dimeric forms were detected. Since the addition of the studied compounds to the medium did not change the expression level of E. Coli molecular chaperones we postulate that glycerol and TMAO rescue results from a direct stabilizing effect of the newly synthesized mutant hPAH enzymes.

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AnimalsEscherichia coliEscherichia coli ProteinsGene Expression Regulation, EnzymologicGlycerolHumansMethylaminesMutant ProteinsPhenylalanine HydroxylasePhenylbutyratesPhenylketonuriasRecombinant Fusion ProteinsTemperature4-phenylbutyric acidEscherichia coli ProteinsGlycerolMethylaminesMutant ProteinsPhenylalanine HydroxylasePhenylbutyratesRecombinant Fusion Proteinstrimethyloxamine

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