ArticleProtein and peptide letters2024
Characterization of a Novel Thermostable 7α-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase.
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background7α-Hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (7α-HSDH) plays a pivotal role in vivo in the biotransformation of secondary bile acids and has great potential in industrial biosynthesis due to its broad substrate specificity. In this study, we expressed and characterized a novel thermostable 7α-HSDH (named Sa 7α-HSDH).
methodsThe DNA sequence was derived from the black bear gut microbiome metagenomic sequencing data, and the coding sequence of Sa 7α-HSDH was chemically synthesized. The heterologous expression of the enzyme was carried out using the pGEX-6p-1 vector. Subsequently, the activity of the purified enzyme was studied by measuring the absorbance change at 340 nm. Finally, the three-dimensional structure was predicted with AlphaFold2.
resultsCoenzyme screening results confirmed it to be NAD(H) dependent. Substrate specificity test revealed that Sa 7α-HSDH could catalyze taurochenodeoxycholic acid (TCDCA) with catalytic efficiency (k
conclusionWe characterized the thermostable 7α-HSDH, which provides a promising biocatalyst for bioconversion of steroids at high reaction temperatures.
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