Expression and characterization of Escherichia coli prolidase with organophosphorus compounds

Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 126-129

  Hong, Jin Kyu ^a   Park, Min Sun ^b   Raushel, Frank M ^b   Khang, Yong Ho ^c  

^a EM Industrial Corporation   (South Korea)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Yeungnam University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Chemical warfare; Detoxification; Organophosphorous compound; Prolidase

Indexed keywords

EID: 19344366731     PISSN: 12268372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (15)

1. Cheng, T-C., S. P. Harvey, and G. L. Chen. (1996) Cloning and expression of a gene encoding a bacterial enzyme for decontamination of organophosphorus nerve agents and nucleotide sequence of the enzyme. Appl. Environ. Microb. 62: 1636-1641.
2. Mulchandani, A., I. Kaneva, and W. Chen (1999) Detoxification of organophosphate nerve agents by immo-bilized Escherichia coli with surface-expressed organophosphorus hydrolase. Biotechnol. Bioeng. 63: 216-223.
3. Gill, I. and A. Ballesteros (2000) Degradation of organophosphorous nerve agents by enzyme-polymer nanocomposites: efficient biocatalytic materials for personal protection and large-scale detoxification. Biotechnol. Bioeng. 70: 400-410.
4. Raushel, F. M. (2002) Bacterial detoxification of organophosphate nerve agents. Curr. Opin. Microbiol. 5: 288-295.
5. Mulbry, W., J. S. Karns, P. C. Kearney, J. O. Nelson, C. S. McDaniel, and J. R. Wild (1986) Identification of a plasmid-borne parathion hydrolase gene from Flavobac-terium sp. by southern hybridization with opd from Pseudomonas diminuta. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 51: 926-930.
6. Harper, I. I., C. S. McDaniel, C. E. Miller, and J. R. Wild (1988) Dissimilar plasmids isolated from Pseudomoans diminuta MG and a Flavobacterium sp. (ATCC 27551) contain identical opd genes. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 44: 246-249.
7. Bazan, J. F., L. H. Weaver, S. L. Roderick, R. Huber, and B. W. Matthews (1994) Sequence and structure comparison suggest that methionine aminopeptidase, prolidase, aminopeptidase P, and creatinase share a common fold. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 91: 2473-2477.
8. Wilce, M. C. J., C. S. Bond, N. E. Dixon, H. C. Freeman, J. M. Guss, P. E. Lilley, J. A. Wilce (1998) Structure and mechanism of a proline-specific aminopeptidase from Escherichia coli. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 95: 3472-3477.
9. Li, W.-S., K. T. Lim, M. Chen-Goodspeed, M. A. Sogorb, and F. M. Raushel (2001) Stereoselective detoxification of chiral sarin and soman analogues by phosphotriesterase. Bioorg. Med. Chem. 9: 2083-2091.
10. Hill, C. M., W-S. Li, T-C. Cheng, J. J. DeFrank, and F. M. Raushel (2001) Stereochemical specificity of organophosphorus acid anhydrolase toward p-nitrophenyl analogs of soman and sarin. Bioorg. Chem. 29: 27-35.
11. Chen-Goodspeed, M., M. A. Sogorb, F. Wu, and F. M. Raushel. (2001) Enhancement, relaxation, and reversal of the stereoselectivity for phosphotriesterase by rational evolution of active site residues. Biochemistry 40: 1332-1339.
12. Cheng, T. C., J. J. DeFrank, and V. K. Rastogi (1999) Alteromonas prolidase for organophosphorus G-agent decontamination. Chem. Biol. Interact. 119-120: 455-462.
13. Jalving, R., P. Bron, H. C. Kester, J. Visser, and P. J. Schaap (2002) Cloning of a prolidase gene from Aspergillus nidulans and characterisation of its product. Mol. Genet. Genomics 267: 218-222.
14. Morel, F., J. Frot-Coutaz, D. Aubel, R. Portalier, and D. Atlan (1999) Characterization of a prolidase from Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus CNRZ 397 with an unusual regulation of biosynthesis. Microbiology 145: 437-446.
15. Ghosh, M., A. M. Grunden, D. M. Dun, R. Weiss, and M. W. W. Adams (1998) Characterization of native and recombinant forms of an unusual cobalt-dependent proline dipeptidase (prolidase) from the hyperthermophilic archaeon Pyrococcus furiosus. J. Bacteriol. 180: 4781-4789.