Molecular cloning of rhodanese gene from soil metagenome of cold desert of North-West Himalayas: sequence and structural features of the rhodanese enzyme

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  • Archana Bhat
  • Syed Riyaz-Ul-Hassan
  • Nidhi Srivastava
  • Sarojini Johri
چکیده

Rhodanese is a multifunctional, sulfur transferase that catalyzes the detoxification of cyanide by sulphuration in a double displacement (ping pong) mechanistic reaction. In the present study, small-insert metagenomic library from soil sample collected from Ladakh (3,000-3,600 m.a.s.l) in northwestern Himalayas, India was constructed. Function-driven screening of ~8,500 colonies led to the isolation of one esterase-positive clone (clone-est) harboring 2.43 kb insert. Sequence analysis of the insert identified two ORF's, phosM encoding phosphoesterase and rodM encoding rhodanese. The 800 bp rodM gene encoded a polypeptide of 227 amino acids (RodM). The RodM showed maximum homology with the rhodanese-like protein from Cyanobacterium synechococcus species with a score identity of only 51 %. Putative 3D structure of RodM developed by homology modeling resembles to homodimeric protein of SUD sulfur transferase of Wolinella succinogenes with properly structured active-site cysteine (Cys) residue. Rhodanese has been reported from few culturable microorganisms.

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دوره 5  شماره 

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تاریخ انتشار 2015