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A novel 7α-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase: Magnesium ion significantly enhances its activity and thermostability.

Key Laboratory of Biorheological Science and Technology, Ministry of Education, College of Bioengineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400030, PR China. Key Laboratory of Biorheological Science and Technology, Ministry of Education, College of Bioengineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400030, PR China; Modern Life Science Experiment Teaching Center, College of Bioengineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400030, PR China. Electronic address: zhuliancai@cqu.edu.cn. Chongqing Key Laboratory of Medicinal Resources in the Three Gorges Reservoir Region, School of Biological & Chemical Engineering, Chongqing University of Education, Chongqing 400067, PR China. Key Laboratory of Biorheological Science and Technology, Ministry of Education, College of Bioengineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400030, PR China; Chongqing Key Laboratory of Inorganic Special Functional Materials, Collaborative Innovation Center for Green Development in Wuling Mountain Areas, Yangtze Normal University, Chongqing 408100, PR China. Key Laboratory of Biorheological Science and Technology, Ministry of Education, College of Bioengineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400030, PR China. Electronic address: wangbc@cqu.edu.cn.

International journal of biological macromolecules. 2021;:111-118
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Abstract

7α-Hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (7α-HSDH) plays an important role in the efficient biotransformation of taurochenodeoxycholic acid (TCDCA) to tauroursodeoxycholic acid (TUDCA). In this paper, a novel NADP(H)-dependent 7α-HSDH (named J-1-1) was discovered, heterologously expressed in Escherichia coli and biochemically characterized. J-1-1 exhibited high enzymatic activities. The specific activities of J-1-1 toward TCDCA, glycochenodeoxycholic acid (GCDCA) and ethyl benzoylacetate (EBA) were 188.3 ± 0.2, 217.6 ± 0.4, and 20.0 ± 0.2 U·mg-1, respectively, in 50 mM Glycine-NaOH, pH 10.5. Simultaneously, J-1-1 showed high thermostability; 73% of its activity maintained after heat treatment at 40 °C for 100 h. Particularly noteworthy is that magnesium ion could stabilize the structure of J-1-1, resulting in the enhancement of its enzymatic activity and thermostability. The enzymatic activity of J-1-1 increased 40-fold in the presence of 50 mM Mg2+, and T0.5 increased by approximately 6 °C. Furthermore, after heat treatment at 40 °C for 20 min, the control group only retained 52% of the residual enzyme activity, while the residual enzyme activity of the experimental group was still 77% of the J-1-1 enzyme activity with Mg2+ and without heat treatment. These properties of 7α-HSDH would be expected to contribute to more extensive applications in the biotransformation of related substrates.