Chemical Research in Chinese Universities ›› 2011, Vol. 27 ›› Issue (2): 273-276.

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AI-2 Key Enzyme S-Ribosylhomocysteinase from Strain Klebsiella pneumoniae CICC 10011 Producing 2,3-Butanediol

DAI Jian-ying*, ZHANG Li-fu and XIU Zhi-long*   

  1. School of Life Science and Biotechnology, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024,?P. R. China
  • Received:2010-04-13 Revised:2010-07-28 Online:2011-03-25 Published:2011-03-09
  • Contact: DAI Jian-ying and XIU Zhi-long E-mail:jydai@dlut.edu.cn; zhlxiu@dlut.edu.cn
  • Supported by:

    Supported by the National High-Tech Research and Development Program of China(No.2009AA05Z443).

Abstract: S-Ribosylhomocysteinase(LuxS) is the key enzyme in the synthetic pathway of a quorum sensing autoinducer AI-2. LuxS from a 2,3-butanediol produced strain Klebisella pneumoniae CICC 10011 was cloned and characterized. The luxS gene is composed of 540 bp with 172 amino acids encoded. The Km value for S-ribosylhomo- cysteine(SRH) was (27?1) ?mol/L, kcat was (0.112?0.004) s–1 and kcat/Km was 4.4?103 L?mol–1? s–1 at 25 ?C. LuxS was activated by divalent metal ions, the highest activity was detected with Co2+ form, followed by Mg2+, Ba2+, Mn2+, Fe2+ and Ca2+, and activation constant for Co2+ is (16?2) ?mol/L.

Key words: S-Ribosylhomocysteinase(LuxS), Kinetics, Characterization, Klebsiella pneumoniae