Abstract

The gene encoding Staphylococcus simulans lysostaphin has been cloned into two Escherichia coli expression systems: pET23b(+) (Novagen, UK) and pBAD/Thio-TOPO (Invitrogen, USA), which allow the overexpression of a target protein as a fusion protein. The enzyme produced in the pET system contains a cluster of six histidines at the C-terminus, and the protein produced in the pBAD system contains 133 additional amino acid residues at the N-terminus, including thioredoxin, a cluster of six histidines and a recognition site for endoprotease Factor Xa. The recombinant enzymes were purified by metal-affinity chromatography on a Co 2+-Sepharose column. Approximately 20 mg of purified recombinant enzyme were obtained in the pET expression system and 39 mg in the pBAD system, from a 1-L culture. The obtained fusion protein from the pET system revealed specific activity that was approximately 10 times higher than that of the fusion protein from the pBAD system (970 U/mg versus 83 U/mg). The purified enzymes displayed maximum activity at close to 45 °C and pH 8.0 or 7.5 for the enzyme obtained from pET and pBAD system, respectively. The lysostaphin activity was strongly inhibited by Zn 2+ or Cu 2+ (2 mM) with a 70–80% decrease. The Ni 2+ (2 mM) also inhibited the enzyme with a 60 and 20% activity decrease for enzyme from the pET and pBAD system, respectively. The Co 2+ had no impact on enzymatic activity at the 2 mM concentration; however, 30 and 20% activity decreases were observed at the 10 mM concentration for the enzyme obtained from the pET and pBAD expression systems, respectively. EDTA, known as a strong inhibitor of the native lysostaphin, had no impact on the antistaphylococcal activity of either recombinant enzyme.

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