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ArticleBMC microbiology2023

Aspergillus Niger thermostable Cytosine deaminase-dextran conjugates with enhanced structure stability, proteolytic resistance, and Antiproliferative activity.

Ashraf S A El-Sayed, Amgad M Rady, Hossam Taha Mohamed, Nabila Zein, Marwa A Yassin, Nabil Z Mohamed, Abdallah Hassan, Mahmoud M Amer, Reyad El-Sharakawy, Aya Ali El-Sharkawy and 2 more

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Article in BMC microbiology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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12 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Ashraf S A El-SayedEnzymology and Fungal Biotechnology Lab, Botany and Microbiology Department, Faculty of Science, Zagazig University, Zagazig, 44519, Egypt. ash.elsayed@gmail.com.
Amgad M RadyEnzymology and Fungal Biotechnology Lab, Botany and Microbiology Department, Faculty of Science, Zagazig University, Zagazig, 44519, Egypt.
Hossam Taha MohamedFaculty of Biotechnology, October University for Modern Sciences and Arts, Giza, 12451, Egypt.
Nabila ZeinBiochemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Zagazig University, Zagazig, 44519, Egypt.
Marwa A YassinEnzymology and Fungal Biotechnology Lab, Botany and Microbiology Department, Faculty of Science, Zagazig University, Zagazig, 44519, Egypt.
Nabil Z MohamedEnzymology and Fungal Biotechnology Lab, Botany and Microbiology Department, Faculty of Science, Zagazig University, Zagazig, 44519, Egypt.
Abdallah HassanBiochemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Zagazig University, Zagazig, 44519, Egypt.
Mahmoud M AmerBotany and Microbiology Department, Faculty of Science, Benha University, Benha, 13518, Egypt.
Reyad El-SharakawyBotany and Microbiology Department, Faculty of Science, Benha University, Benha, 13518, Egypt.
Aya Ali El-SharkawyDepartment of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Giza, 12613, Egypt.
Nesma El-SayedBotany and Microbiology Department, Faculty of Science, Benha University, Benha, 13518, Egypt.
Mostafa G AliEnzymology and Fungal Biotechnology Lab, Botany and Microbiology Department, Faculty of Science, Zagazig University, Zagazig, 44519, Egypt.
Zagazig University · EGBenha University · EGCairo University · EGOctober University of Modern Sciences and Arts · EG

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cytosine deaminase (CDA) is a prodrug mediating enzyme converting 5-flurocytosine into 5-flurouracil with profound broad-range anticancer activity towards various cell lines. Availability, molecular stability, and catalytic efficiency are the main limiting factors halting the clinical applications of this enzyme on prodrug and gene therapies, thus, screening for CDA with unique biochemical and catalytic properties was the objective. Thermotolerant/ thermophilic fungi could be a distinctive repertoire for enzymes with affordable stability and catalytic efficiency. Among the recovered thermotolerant isolates, Aspergillus niger with optimal growth at 45 °C had the highest CDA productivity. The enzyme was purified, with purification 15.4 folds, molecular mass 48 kDa and 98 kDa, under denaturing and native PAGE, respectively. The purified CDA was covalently conjugated with dextran with the highest immobilization yield of 75%. The free and CDA-dextran conjugates have the same optimum pH 7.4, reaction temperature 37 °C, and pI 4.5, and similar response to the inhibitors and amino acids suicide analogues, ensuring the lack of effect of dextran conjugation on the CDA conformational structure. CDA-Dextran conjugates had more resistance to proteolysis in response to proteinase K and trypsin by 2.9 and 1.5 folds, respectively. CDA-Dextran conjugates displayed a dramatic structural and thermal stability than the free enzyme, authenticating the acquired structural and catalytic stability upon dextran conjugation. The thermal stability of CDA was increased by about 1.5 folds, upon dextran conjugation, as revealed from the half-life time (T

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Cytosine DeaminaseProdrugsAspergillus nigerCell Line, TumorDextransEnzyme StabilityHumansHydrogen-Ion ConcentrationKineticsPeptide HydrolasesProteolysisCytosine DeaminaseDextransPeptide HydrolasesProdrugs5-FluorocytosineAspergillus NigerCytosine deaminaseDextran conjugation

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