Abstract

Mutant uridine phosphorylase genes from Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 (S. oneidensis) were constructed by site-directed mutagenesis and strains-producers of the corresponding recombinant (F5I and F5G) proteins were obtained on the basis of Escherichia coli cells. The mutant proteins were purified and their physicochemical and enzymatic properties were studied. It was shown that the N-terminal fragment of uridine phosphorylase plays an important role in the thermal stabilization of the enzyme as a whole. The role of the aminoacid (a.a.) residue phenylalanine (F5) in the formation of thermotolerance of uridine phosphorylases from gamma-proteobacteria was revealed.

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