1,3-propanediol (1,3-PD) is an important material for chemical industry,and there has been always much interest in the production of 1,3-PD using all possible routes. The genes encoding glyc-erol dehydratase (GDHt) from Citrobacter freundii,Klebsiella pneumoniae and metagenome were cloned and expressed in E. coli. All glycerol dehy-dratases but the one from metagenome could be detected to show enzyme activities. In order to im-prove the enzymatic properties of GDHts,the genes encoding α and β-γ subunits were cloned,and the enzyme characteristics were evolved by rational de-sign based on their 3D structures which were con-structed by homology modeling. Six heteroenzymes were obtained by swapping the α subunit genes of these three different-source-derived GDHts. The pH,thermal stability and Vmax of some heteroenzymes were dramatically improved by 2―5 times compared with the wild one (GDHtKP). The GDHt cloned from metagenome,originally proved to be with no enzyme activity,was converted into active enzyme by swap-ping its subunits with other different GDHts. In addi-tion,the effect of subtle 3D structural changes on the properties of the enzyme was also observed.
丙酮酸甲酸裂解酶是肠道细菌在厌氧代谢中十分关键的酶,丙酮酸甲酸裂解酶激活因子(pyruvateform ate lyase activator,PFL-A)在功能上具有重要的作用。为进一步研究PFL-A的激活机理,以大肠杆菌K-12的基因组为模板,通过G enB ank上公布的序列设计引物,扩增出目的基因,克隆到pM D 18-T载体,经测序,所扩增出的基因与p f l-act基因具有99%的同源性。将p f l-act连接到高效表达载体pET-22b(+)中,经异丙基硫代-β-D-半乳糖苷(IPTG)诱导,结果发现,p f l-act以包涵体形式表达。改变诱导剂、诱导剂量或培养温度,对包涵体的形成均没有明显的影响。
