WO2006043406A1 - 糖転移酵素の酵素活性を向上させる方法 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a method for improving the activity of a glycosyltransferase.
- Glycosyltransferases are enzymes involved in biosynthesis of sugar chains such as glycoproteins and glycolipids in vivo.
- the reaction products such as glycoproteins and glycolipids (hereinafter referred to as complex carbohydrate chains), are used for signal transduction and complex carbohydrates between cells and between the cell and extracellular matrix during the development of glycoproteins. It has been clarified that it is an important molecule that functions as a tag.
- glycosyltransferase genes have been isolated from eukaryotic organisms such as humans, mice, rats and yeasts, and production systems using CHO cells, E. coli, etc. as host cells. A protein having glycosyltransferase activity is expressed.
- the specific activity of enzymes produced using these as hosts is generally very low compared to the specific activity of glycosyltransferases in the original tissues and cells. This is because glycosyltransferases produced using Escherichia coli or the like as a host have the same primary structure as that of the original glycosyltransferase produced in animal cells, but the structure added to the protein part, etc. As a result, the specific activity of the recombinant enzyme is considered to be lower than that of the original enzyme.
- glycosyltransferase genes have also been isolated from prokaryotic bacteria, and proteins with glycosyltransferase activity are expressed in production systems using E. coli, and their substrate properties are also expressed. And various enzymatic chemistry properties have been clarified.
- ⁇ -galatatoside-a 2,6-sialyltransferase from Photobacterium damselae JT0160 has been reported as an example of a stable glycosyltransferase derived from such a microorganism and capable of being produced in large quantities (Patent No. 1). 3062409, JP-A-10-234364).
- the productivity of the enzyme is 550 U per liter of culture solution, and the enzyme can be cited as an example that can be produced in large quantities.
- development of a novel enzyme reaction method that increases enzyme activity has been desired.
- divalent ions such as MgCl and CaCl are often added to the reaction system when measuring the enzyme activity of sialyltransferases that have also obtained mammalian power.
- Patent Document 1 JP-A-10-234364
- Non-patent document 1 Cell engineering separate volume, July 1996 page 104-107
- Non-Patent Document 2 J. Biochem 1997; 122, 358-364
- the problem to be solved by the present invention is to develop an inexpensive and simple method for glycosyltransferase that can efficiently perform a glycosyltransferase reaction as compared with conventional enzyme reaction systems.
- the present inventors have added a suitable amount of NaCl to the enzyme reaction system of a glycosyltransferase derived from a microorganism belonging to the family Vibrioaceae.
- the enzyme activity was found to increase.
- the effect of the present invention is peculiar to Na ions, and cannot be obtained with other monovalent ions such as K and divalent ions such as Mg2 + .
- the increase in activity due to Na ions of the present invention is an effect peculiar to glycosyltransferases derived from microorganisms belonging to the family Vibrioaceae. Nah ...
- the present invention relates to a method for increasing the enzyme activity of a glycosyltransferase derived from a microorganism belonging to the family Vibrioaceae by adding an appropriate amount of NaCl to the enzyme reaction system.
- Glycosyltransferases derived from microorganisms belonging to the family Vibrioceae can be expected to increase their enzymatic activity by adding NaCl by the method of the present invention, or by adding additional calories to the reaction system. Confirming the increase in enzyme activity is easy for those skilled in the art who have seen the disclosure herein.
- examples of microorganisms belonging to the Vibrionaceae family include the genus Vibrio, the genus Photobacterium, the genus Allomonas, and the genus Catenococcus. Force including, but not limited to, Enterovibrio, Salinivibrio, and the like.
- Vibrioaceae Among these microorganisms, preferred are microorganisms belonging to the genus Photobatterium or microorganisms belonging to the genus Vibrio.
- Examples of microorganisms belonging to the genus Photopacterum include Photobacterium damselae, Photobacterium phosphoreum, Photobacterium angustum, or Photobacterium.
- Vibrio the microorganisms belonging to the genus Vibrio include Vi brio fisheri or Vibrio a.
- Vibrio aerogenes, or Vibrio calviensis, or Vibrio rumoiensis, or Vibrio salmonicida, Vibrio cholerae, or Vibrio cholerae Forces include, but are not limited to, Vibrio alginolyticus, Vibrio vulnificus, or Vibrio sp.
- the Vibrioaceae microorganism in the present invention is not limited, but is preferably a marine microorganism.
- Marine microorganisms are microorganisms obtained from, for example, seawater, sea sand, marine seafood and the like.
- a preferable glycosyltransferase derived from a Vibrioaceae microorganism is a sialyltransferase.
- ⁇ -galatatoside-a 2,6-sialyltransferase disclosed in JP-A-10-234364. Further, it may be j8-galactoside- ⁇ 2,3-sialyltransferase derived from a microorganism belonging to the Vibrio family.
- glycosyltransferase refers to an enzyme extracted from a microorganism belonging to the family Vibrioaceae or its culture medium as a natural material, and a host cell other than the microorganism belonging to Vibrioaceae from which the enzyme is derived by genetic engineering.
- the enzyme was purified to the extent that it was sufficiently purified to show a single band by gel electrophoresis analysis, and the enzyme having activity in the crude product. Includes both.
- the glycosyltransferase may consist of the same polypeptide as the natural enzyme, or it may consist of a polypeptide that has been processed to include the active site of the natural enzyme.
- the conditions for performing the enzyme reaction are not particularly limited as long as the glycosyltransferase is reacted.
- the enzyme reaction solution may be a buffer solution such as, but not limited to, an acetate buffer solution, a cacodylate buffer solution, a phosphate buffer solution, and a Bistris buffer solution.
- the pH and Z of the reaction solution or the reaction temperature are the conditions under which the respective glycosyltransferases react! /, And may be shifted, and preferably the optimum pH and Z or the optimum temperature of each glycosyltransferase.
- the conditions of the sugar donor and sugar acceptor concentrations are not particularly limited as long as the glycosyltransferases react with each other, and those skilled in the art can appropriately set these concentrations.
- the timing of adding NaCl to the glycosyltransferase reaction system there is no particular limitation on the timing of adding NaCl to the glycosyltransferase reaction system.
- the enzyme reaction buffer solution, the enzyme solution may be dissolved in a solution or in a sugar donor solution, or a NaCl solution having an appropriate concentration may be prepared independently and added to the reaction system.
- NaCl solution is adjusted independently of the enzyme reaction components, NaCl can be added to the reaction system immediately before or during the reaction.
- the amount of NaCl added is 0.1 M to 2.0 M, preferably 0.1 M to 1.5 M, more preferably 0.2 M to 1.0 M, based on the total amount of the reaction system. It is.
- sugar receptors examples include, but are not limited to, monosaccharides, disaccharides, polysaccharides, glycopeptides, glycoproteins, glycolipids, and the like.
- sugar donors examples include sugar nucleotides, eg CMP-NeAc, CMP-KDN, CMP-NeuGc, etc.
- CMP-sialic acid UDP-galactose, GDP-fucose, GDP-mannose, UDP-N-acetylethyldarcosamine, UDP-N-acetylethylgalactosamine, UDP-glucose Powers that are not limited to these
- glycosyltransferase is an enzyme that catalyzes a reaction of transferring a glycosyl group to a sugar acceptor having a glycosyl group.
- glycosyltransferases include sialyltransferase that catalyzes the transfer reaction of sialic acid, glucose transferase that catalyzes the transfer reaction of glucose, galactose transferase that catalyzes the transfer reaction of galactose, N-acetyl galatatosamine Acetyl galatatosamine transferase that catalyzes the transfer reaction of N, acetyl dalcosamine transferase that catalyzes the transfer reaction of N-acetyl chloride, mannose transferase that catalyzes the transfer reaction of mannose, catalyses the transfer reaction of fucose Include, but are not limited to, fucosyltransferases.
- a sialyltransferase is an enzyme that catalyzes a reaction for transferring sialic acid from a sugar donor containing sialic acid to a sugar acceptor.
- Examples of sialyltransferase in the method of the present invention include galactoside- ⁇ 2,3-sialyltransferase, galactoside-a 2,4-sialyltransferase, galactoside-a 2,6-sialyltransferase, Examples include, but are not limited to, sialic acid-a 2,8-sialyltransferase and sialic acid-a 2,9-sialyltransferase.
- the sialyltransferase in the method of the present invention is galactoside-a 2,6-sialyltransferase and Z or galactoside-a 2,3-sialyltransferase.
- ⁇ -galactoside-a 2,6 sialyltransferase means cytidine monophosphate (CMP) -sialic acid such as sialic acid, a complex sugar sugar chain or a free sugar chain.
- CMP cytidine monophosphate
- 6-position of monosaccharide having hydroxyl group at 6-position carbon such as galactose residue constituting sugar chain, 6-position of galactose residue constituting oligosaccharide such as ratatose or N-acetyllactosamine
- It is a monosaccharide that can form complex carbohydrates such as galactose, mannose, N-acetyl dalcosamine, N-acetyl galatatosamine, etc., with a hydroxyl group on the 6-position carbon. It means a protein that has the activity of transferring to the 6th position of the monosaccharide. Any monosaccharide may be a-coordinated or j8-coordinated. Yes.
- “j8-galactoside ⁇ 2,6 sialyltransferase activity” means the activity described above for ⁇ -galatatoside ⁇ 2,6 sialyltransferase.
- ⁇ -galactoside- ⁇ 2,3 sialyltransferase refers to cytidine monophosphate (CMP) -sialic acid such as sialic acid, complex carbohydrate sugar chain or free 3rd position of monosaccharide having hydroxyl group at 3rd carbon such as galactose residue constituting sugar chain, 3rd position such as ratatose residue constituting oligosaccharide such as ratatose or acetylacetyllactosamine
- CMP cytidine monophosphate
- sialic acid complex carbohydrate sugar chain or free 3rd position of monosaccharide having hydroxyl group at 3rd carbon
- 3rd position such as ratatose residue constituting oligosaccharide such as ratatose or acetylacetyllactosamine
- Is a monosaccharide that can form a complex carbohydrate such as galactose, mannose, ⁇ ace
- a protein that has the activity of transferring to the 3rd position of a monosaccharide Any of the monosaccharides may be ⁇ -coordinated or j8-coordinated.
- j8-galactoside- ⁇ 2,3-sialyltransferase activity means the activity described above for ⁇ -galatatoside ⁇ 2,3-sialyltransferase.
- sialic acid refers to a neuroamic acid derivative belonging to the sialic acid family. Specifically, ⁇ -acetylneuraminic acid (Neu5Ac), ⁇ -glycolylneuraminic acid (Neu5Gc), 5-deamino-5-hydroxyneuraminic acid (KDN), disialic acid, and the like are not limited to these. .
- the method of the present invention is a method for increasing the enzyme activity of a glycosyltransferase derived from a microorganism belonging to the family Vibrioaceae by adding NaCl to the enzyme reaction system.
- an increase in enzyme activity means that the reaction efficiency is increased by performing the reaction in the presence of NaCl compared to the absence of NaCl.
- the enzyme activity is increased when the reaction is carried out in the presence of NaCl, so that the relative activity of the enzyme is more than 1-fold, more preferably more than 1.1-fold compared to the absence of NaCl. Larger, more preferably 1. More than 2 times.
- the upper limit of the increased enzyme activity is not particularly limited, and may preferably be 10 times or less, 5 times or less, 3 times or less, or 2 times or less.
- FIG. 1 Graph showing the effect of NaCl on the enzymatic activity of glycosyltransferase (a 2,6-sialyltransferase; native) from the bacterium belonging to the genus Photobatarum (Photobacterium damselae) It is.
- FIG. 2 is a graph showing the effect of KC1 on the enzyme activity of glycosyltransferase (ex 2,6-sialyltransferase; native) derived from a bacterium belonging to the genus Photobacterium (Photobacterium damselae).
- FIG. 3 is a graph showing the influence of NaCl on the enzyme activity of rat-derived glycosyltransferase (oc 2,6-sialyltransferase).
- FIG. 4 Effects of NaC 1 on glycosyltransferase (Recombinant a 2,6-sialyltransferase deletion 'mutant; N2C1) derived from a bacterium belonging to the genus Photobatterium (Photobacterium damselae) It is a graph which shows.
- FIG. 5 is a graph showing the effect of NaCl on the enzyme activity of glycosyltransferase (a 2,3-sialyltransferase; 467 native) derived from a bacterium belonging to the genus Photobatterium (Phobacterium phosphoreum).
- glycosyltransferase a 2,3-sialyltransferase; 467 native
- FIG. 5 is a graph showing the effect of NaCl on the enzyme activity of glycosyltransferase (a 2,3-sialyltransferase; 467 native) derived from a bacterium belonging to the genus Photobatterium (Phobacterium phosphoreum).
- FIG. 6 A graph showing the effect of NaCl on the enzyme activity of glycosyltransferase (recombinant a 2,3-sialyltransferase; 467 N0C0) derived from a bacterium belonging to the genus Photobatterium (Phobacterium phosphoreum). is there.
- FIG. 7 A graph showing the effect of NaCl on the enzyme activity of glycosyltransferase (recombinant a 2,3-sialyltransferase; 467 N2C0) derived from a bacterium belonging to the genus Photobatterium (Phobacterium phosphoreum). is there.
- FIG. 8 Graph showing the effect of NaCl on the enzyme activity of glycosyltransferase (recombinant a 2,3-sialyltransferase; 224 N1C0) derived from a bacterium belonging to the genus Photopacteria (Phobacterium sp.) It is.
- FIG. 9 is a graph showing the effect of NaCl on enzyme activity of glycosyltransferase (recombinant a 2,3-sialyltransferase; FAJ N1C0) derived from a bacterium belonging to the genus Vibrio (Vibrio sp.).
- Reference Example 1 1 Screening of microorganisms expressing ⁇ 2.3 sialyltransferase and identification of bacterial strains
- Seawater, sea sand, sea mud or seafood was used as the inoculum.
- This inoculum was applied on a plate medium composed of Marine Brossagger 2216 medium (Betaton Dickinson) to obtain microorganisms that grew at 15 ° C, 25 ° C or 30 ° C.
- the obtained microorganisms were purely cultured, and then each microorganism was cultured using a liquid medium composed of Marine Broth 2216 medium (Betaton Dickinson). After the microorganisms grew sufficiently, the cells were collected from the culture solution by centrifugation.
- the collected cells were supplemented with 20 mM cacodylate buffer (pH 6.0) containing 0.2% Triton X-100 (manufactured by Kanto Chemical Co., Ltd.) to suspend the cells.
- the cell suspension was sonicated under ice cooling to disrupt the cells.
- sialic acid transfer activity was measured, and further, the sialic acid binding mode was determined using a pyridylaminoglycan.
- fungal strains having ⁇ 2,3-sialic acid transfer activity were obtained (Ding-ISH-467, JT-ISH-224, and JT-FAJ-16).
- the JT-ISH-467 strain was obtained from the skin of Surumei force, the JT-ISH-224 strain from the visceral viscera, and the JT-FAJ-16 strain from the horse mackerel viscera.
- the sialic acid transfer activity was measured according to the method described in J. Biochem., 120, 104-110 (1996) (incorporated herein in its entirety by reference). Specifically, the sugar donor substrate CMP—NeAc (70 nmol, CMP labeled with NeuAc at 14 C—containing 25000 cpm, 356 cpm / nmol), ratatose (1.25 / z mol) as the sugar acceptor substrate, The enzyme reaction was carried out using the reaction solution (30 ⁇ 1) containing the enzyme prepared by the method described above. The enzyme reaction was performed at 25 ° C for 10 to 30 minutes. After completion of the reaction, 1.97 ml of 5 mM phosphate buffer (pH 6.8) is added to the reaction solution, and this solution is added to Dowexl X 8 (PO 3 -phosphorus).
- the determination of the sialic acid binding mode was performed using a pyridyl aminated sugar chain. Using the obtained enzyme, an enzymatic reaction was carried out using a pyridylaminated sugar chain as a sugar acceptor substrate. Pyridyl As the aminated sugar chain, analysis was performed using pyridylaminolated ratatose (Gal 1, 4Glc—PA, PA—Sugar Chain 026 manufactured by Takarabio).
- pyridylamino ⁇ a 2,3 sialyl ratatose (NeuAc a 2,3Gal j8 1,4Glc-PA, PA-Sugar Chain 029 manufactured by Takara Bio Inc.) was used as a standard.
- O / z M CMP- NeuAc is 5. 7 M and the enzyme is about 20MUZml, respectively 20mM cacodylate buffer solution (pH 6. 0) or Bis-Tris buffer (pH 6. 0) Dissolved in 25 1 and 2 5 .
- the reaction was carried out under C for 3 hours to 18 hours. After the reaction, the enzyme was inactivated by treating the reaction solution at 100 ° C for 2 minutes. Thereafter, the reaction product was analyzed by HPLC.
- Elution solution A (lOOmM acetic acid-triethylamine, pH 5.0) and elution solution B (0.5%, lOOmM acetic acid-triethylamine, pH 5.0 containing n-butanol) were used for elution of pyridylaminoglycan.
- the pyridylamino sugar chain was sequentially eluted by the linear concentration gradient method of 30-100% eluate B (0-35 min) and 100% eluent B (35-50 min).
- the analysis was performed under the following conditions (flow rate: lmlZmin, column temperature: 40 ° C, detection: fluorescence (Ex: 320 nm, Em: 400 nm)).
- the morphology of the cells is Neisseria gonorrhoeae, and the size is 0.7 to 0.8 / z m Xl .5 to 2.0 m.
- Genomic DNA extracted from the JT-ISH-467 strain by a conventional method is used as a cocoon-type and 1 by PCR.
- the entire base sequence of 6S rRNA gene was amplified and the base sequence was determined.
- the nucleotide sequence is shown in SEQ ID NO: 3.
- This base sequence showed high homology with a 100% homology with the base sequence of the 16S rRNA gene of the ATCC11040 strain, which is a reference strain of Photobacterium phosphoreum. From this result, it became clear that the JT-ISH-467 strain belongs to the genus Photobacterium.
- the identification analysis of the 16S rRNA gene based on the nucleotide sequence has a very large error with respect to the distance between closely related organisms at the species level. It is. Therefore, the species was determined using the DNA-DNA hybridization test method, which is generally used for quantitative evaluation of the affinity of strains within a genus. JT
- JT-ISH-467 strain was identified as Photobacterium phosphoreum.
- the DNA-DNA hybridization test was conducted using the “Microbial Classification. Identification Experiment Method” (Kenichiro Suzuki, Akira Hiraishi, Akira Yokota, Springer, Tokyo, Tokyo, September 2001). The whole was incorporated herein by reference) and was performed by a photopiotin labeling method using a microplate.
- the morphology of the cells is Neisseria gonorrhoeae, and the size is 0.7 to 0.8 / z m X l. 0 to 1.5 m.
- JT-ISH-224 strain belongs to Vibrioaceae as a result of morphological observation and physiological 'biochemical property test, such as growth on marine agar, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Gram staining, glucose fermentative degradability, OZ129 sensitivity It was shown that. Furthermore, the DNA base sequence of the 16S rRNA gene of JT-ISH-224 strain is the most homologous to the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the Photobacterium phosphoreum reference strain ATCC11040.
- the homology rate is 99.1%, which is highly homologous to the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the reference strain ATCC 51760 of Photobacterium 'Pholiobacterium iliopiscarium'. It became power. From these results, it became clear that the JT-ISH-224 strain is a microorganism belonging to the genus Photobacterium sp.
- the morphology of the cells is Neisseria gonorrhoeae, and the size is 0.7 to 0.8 / z m X l. 2 to 1.5 m.
- JT-FAJ-16 strain is vibrio as a result of morphological observation and physiological and biochemical property tests such as growth on marine agar, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Gram staining, glucose fermentative degradability, and OZ129 sensitivity. It was shown to belong to the family. Furthermore, the DNA base sequence of the 16S rRNA gene of JT-FAJ-16 strain is the most homologous to the sequence of the 16S rRNA gene of Vibrio rumoiensis reference strain, and its homology rate is 99.5% This became clear. From these results, it became clear that the JT-FAJ-16 strain is a microorganism belonging to the genus Vibrio sp.
- Reference Example 1-2 Extraction and purification of a 2.3 sialyltransferase from Photobacterium phosphoreum T T-ISH-467
- the main culture was performed according to the following procedure. Marine broth 2216 medium containing 20 g ZL of Bacto Peptone and 4 g ZL of Bacto Yeast Extract was placed in a 1000 ml flask with a bump, and sterilized in an autoclave (121 ° C, 15 minutes). 36 of these ( A total of 10.8L) was prepared. Each flask was inoculated with 10 ml of the aforementioned culture solution and cultured with shaking at 25 ° C. and 180 rpm for 24 hours. The culture solution was centrifuged, and the cells were collected. About 60 g was obtained by wet weight.
- the cells were suspended in 990 ml of 20 mM cacodylate buffer (pH 6.0) containing 0.2% Triton X-100 and 3M sodium chloride, and sonicated under ice cooling. The cell lysate was centrifuged at 4 ° C and 100,000 8 for 1 hour to obtain a supernatant. The obtained supernatant was placed in a dialysis membrane tube and dialyzed in 20 mM cacodylate buffer (pH 6.0) containing 0.2% Triton X-100 until the salt sodium chloride concentration reached about 20 mM at 4 ° C. . After dialysis, a precipitate formed in the solution, so the precipitate was removed by centrifugation at 100,000 X g for 1 hour at 4 ° C.
- This crude enzyme solution is called HiPrep 16/10 DEAE FF (manufactured by Amersham Biosciences) equilibrated with 20 mM cacodylate buffer ( ⁇ 6.0) containing 0.2% Triton X-100 surfactant.
- the sample was adsorbed on an anion exchange column and eluted from a 20 mM cacodylate buffer (pH 6.0) containing 0.2% Triton X-100 into the same buffer containing 1 M sodium chloride by a linear gradient method. As a result, a fraction having enzyme activity eluted at a sodium chloride concentration of about 0.25 M was recovered.
- the collected fraction was diluted with 20 mM phosphate buffer (pH 6.0), and was previously equilibrated with 20 mM phosphate buffer (pH 6.0) containing 0.2% Triton X-100. (Bio-Rad) and 20 mM phosphate buffer (pH 6.0) containing 0.2% Triton X-100 to 500 mM phosphate buffer (pH 6. containing 0.2% Triton X-100). Elution to 0) was performed by the linear concentration gradient method. As a result, a fraction having an enzyme activity eluted at a phosphate buffer concentration around 125 mM was collected.
- This fraction was adsorbed to MonoQ 5/50 GL (Amersham Biosciences) anion exchange ram, and 1M salt solution from 20mM cacodylate buffer (pH 6.0) containing 0.2% Triton X-100. The elution was carried out by the linear concentration gradient method in the same buffer containing sodium salt. As a result, a fraction having enzyme activity eluted at a sodium chloride concentration of about 300 mM was collected.
- This fraction was diluted with 20 mM cacodylate buffer (pH 7.0) containing 0.2% Triton X-100.
- the solution was diluted 10 times and adsorbed on a MonoQ 5/50 GL (Falmacia) anion exchange column.
- the 20 mM cacodylate buffer solution (pH 7.0) containing 0.2% Triton X-100 was eluted from the same buffer solution containing 1M sodium chloride by the linear concentration gradient method.
- a fraction having an enzyme activity eluted at a sodium chloride concentration of about 300 mM was collected.
- This fraction was diluted 2-fold with 20 mM Kakojyle ⁇ buffer ( ⁇ 7.0) containing 0.2% Triton X-100 and 0.2M sodium chloride, and HiLoad 16/60 Superdex 200 prep grade (Amersham) Fractionation was performed with a gel filtration column (manufactured by Bioscience). Dissolved in 20 mM cacodylate buffer (pH 7.0) containing 0.2% Triton X-100 and 0.2 M sodium chloride.
- the target enzyme showed a single band and a molecular weight of about 39,000. (In this specification, it is expressed as 467 native).
- the specific activity of this fraction increased approximately 350 times compared to the specific activity when the cells were disrupted (Table 3).
- Participant Example 1 3 Determination of sialic acid binding mode using pyridylaminated sugar chain Reference Example 1 Using the enzyme obtained in 2 as shown in Reference Example 1 1, the pyridylaminated sugar chain was used as a sugar acceptor. Enzymatic reaction was performed as a body substrate. As a result, it has been clarified that pyridylaminoylated a 2, 3 sialyllatatose is also synthesized by using this enzyme.
- Reference Example 1-4 Photobacteria * phosphorum TT—ISH— Produced by 467 strain a 2.3 Salts of the gene encoding sialyltransferase ⁇ R sequence analysis and transformation of the gene
- Genomic DNA was recovered by ethanol precipitation and dissolved in TE 400 ⁇ 1.
- a centrifuge tube (Hitachi 40mm), using a gradient preparation device, from 40% sucrose buffer (20mM Tris pH8.0, 5mM EDTA pH8.0, 1M NaCl) and 10% sucrose buffer, A 40-10% gradient was prepared, and the partially degraded DNA solution was layered thereon. 26,000 rpm, 20 using an ultracentrifuge (SCP70H, rotor: SRP28SA manufactured by Hitachi, Ltd.). C, centrifuged for 15 hours. After centrifugation, a hole was made with a 25 G needle at the bottom of the tube, and lm 1 was collected from the liquid at the bottom.
- a portion of the sample containing the recovered genomic DNA was electrophoresed in a 0.5-0.6% 6% agarose gel ZTAE buffer using Submarine Electrophoresis® for 26 hours for 20 hours. The fraction including was grasped. ⁇ ⁇ Hindlll was used as a marker. After adding 2.5 ml of TE to the fraction containing the 9-16 kb DNA fragment, the sucrose concentration was lowered, ethanol precipitation and rinsing were performed, and then dissolved in a small amount of TE
- JASH—ISH— DASH II as a vector for creating a 467 genome library (Stratagene) was used.
- the ligation reaction between the ⁇ DASH IlZBamHI vector and the genomic DNA fragment was performed at 12 ° C using a ligation kit manufactured by Stratagene. After the reaction, the reaction solution was reacted with GigaPack III Gold Packaging extract, and the ⁇ vector containing the genomic DNA was incorporated into the phage particles.
- the phage solution was stored at 4 ° C in a 500 ⁇ l SM buffer and 20 kg chloroform.
- E. coli XLl—Blue MRA (P2) (Stratagene) in LBMM (LB + 0.2% maltose + 10 mM MgSO) A 0.
- the culture solution was cultured until it reached 5, and 1 200 ml of this culture solution was added, and an appropriate amount of the phage solution was added, followed by incubation at 37 ° C for 15 minutes.
- 4 ml of NZY top agarose kept at 48 ° C was added, mixed, and plated on a NZ Y agar plate (plastic petri dish with a diameter of 9 cm). The plate was incubated overnight at 37 ° C, the number of plaques was counted, and titer was calculated.
- the library size was calculated to be about 300,000 pfu (plaque forming unit).
- the amino acid sequence of the heel terminal was determined as follows.
- the sialyltransferase was subjected to SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis on a 5-20% gradient gel (manufactured by Saga). After electrophoresis, the enzyme was adsorbed on a PVDF membrane, and the amino acid sequence analyzer determined the amino acid sequence of the 10 amino acids on the amino terminal side. As a result, the terminal amino acid sequence of the enzyme was XNSDSKHNNS (SEQ ID NO: 4).
- the internal amino acid sequence was determined as follows.
- the sialyltransferase was subjected to SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis on a 5-20% gradient gel (manufactured by Saga). After staining the gel, the band of interest was excised, added with Tris buffer ( ⁇ ⁇ 8.5) containing lysyl endobeptidase, and treated at 35 ° C for 20 hours. Thereafter, the entire amount of the solution was subjected to reverse phase HPLC (column: Symmetry C18 3.5 m) to separate fragment peptides.
- the amino acid sequence analyzer revealed that the internal amino acid sequence of the enzyme had SLDSMI LTNEIK (SEQ ID NO: 5), FYNFTGFNPE (SEQ ID NO: 6) and GHPSATYNQQII DAHNMIEIY (SEQ ID NO: 7).
- the following degenerate primers were designed and synthesized based on two internal amino acid sequences: FYNFTGFNPE (SEQ ID NO: 6) and GHPSATYNQQIIDAHNMIEIY (SEQ ID NO: 7). That is, three primers shown in Table 2 below were synthesized from the N-terminal amino acid sequence: XNSDSKHNNS (SEQ ID NO: 4).
- Y is thymine or cytosine
- W is thymine or adenine
- S is cytosine or guanine
- R is adenine or guanine
- N is adenine , Guanine, cytosine or thymine
- I represents inosine
- H represents thymine, cytosine or adenine
- Y represents thymine or thymine
- R represents adenine or guanine
- D represents adenine, guanine or thymine
- ⁇ represents adenine, guanine, cytosine or thymine
- FYNFTGFNPE SEQ ID NO: 6
- N represents adenine, guanine, cytosine or thymine, respectively.
- PCR was performed using the genomic DNA of JT-ISH-467 strain in a cocoon-shaped form.
- the primer combination consists of 3 primers derived from ⁇ terminal sequence, 9 combinations of 467inlFW (SEQ ID NO: 12), 467inlFW2 (SEQ ID NO: 14) or 467in2FW (SEQ ID NO: 16), 467inlRV (SEQ ID NO: 11) Or two combinations of 467inlRV2 (SEQ ID NO: 13) and 467in2FW (SEQ ID NO: 16), and two combinations of 467in2RV (SEQ ID NO: 15) and 467inlFW (SEQ ID NO: 12) or 467inlFW2 (SEQ ID NO: 14), for a total of 13 combinations is there.
- PCR reaction was performed as follows.
- the ligation reaction was performed according to the instructions attached to the vector kit, and DNA was introduced into E. coli TBI using the electroporation method (Sambrook et al. 1989, Molecular Cloning, a labo ratory manual, ( by reference incorporated herein in its entirety) 2 nd edition) according Pra Sumid DNA was extracted.
- the base sequence of the PCR product was also determined for both bases using an MBI primer (manufactured by Takara Bio) and ABI PRISM fluorescence sequencer (Model 310 Genetic Analyzer, manufactured by Perkin Elmer).
- the translated amino acid sequence includes the entire internal amino acid sequence: FYNFTGFNPE (SEQ ID NO: 6) and SLDSMILT NAIK (SEQ ID NO: 5) determined directly from the above purified enzyme, and the N-terminal amino acid sequence: XNSDSKHNNS (sequence) No. 4) and part of the internal amino acid sequence: GHPSATYNQQIIDAHNMIEIY (SEQ ID NO: 7).
- the cloned DNA is a part of the ex 2, 3 sialyltransferase gene derived from the photobacterium 'phosphophore JT ISH-467 strain, and the photobatterium phosphorous JT of the present invention.
- ISH It became clear that the amino acid sequence of ⁇ 2,3 sialyltransferase derived from 467 strain was a novel amino acid sequence that was about 30% of the previously reported sequence and did not show the same homology.
- the DNA fragment that is partly derived from the 2,3 sialyltransferase gene derived from the photobatterium 'phosphophore JT-ISH-467 strain cloned in (2) above is used as a pCR2.1 T OPO vector restriction enzyme EcoRI.
- EcoRI vector restriction enzyme
- the genomic DNA library derived from the photobacterium 'phosphorum JT-ISH-467 strain prepared above (1) One was screened. About 300-500 pfu of phage was plated with a host fungus XL 1 -blue MRA (P2) on a 9 cm diameter round petri dish according to the instructions of the ⁇ DASH Il / BamHI vector kit (Stratagene).
- Hybridization is 0.5M in sodium phosphate buffer pH 7.2, 7% SDS, 65% in ImM EDTA (in C, wash conditions are 40 mM sodium phosphate buffer pH 7.2, ImM EDTA, 5 65% in% SDS, C, 15 minutes twice, 40 mM sodium phosphate buffer pH 7.2, 1% SDS, ImM EDTA 65 (C, 15 minutes twice.
- OOOpfu phages yielded 24 positive clones, of which 18 clones were subjected to secondary screening that doubled plaque purification, resulting in 6 types of 'purified plaques' Was made.
- plaques were collected and plated on NZY plates with E. coli XL 1-blue MRA (P2) so that the total number was 10,000 pfu, and kept at 37 ° C.
- E. coli XL 1-blue MRA P2
- Phage plate lysate was collected with a Pasteur pipette, and ⁇ DNA was extracted and purified with QIAGEN Lambd a Mini Kit (Qiagen).
- ⁇ DNA was again digested with Hindlll and subjected to agarose gel electrophoresis to recover a 4.6 kb Hindlll fragment, which was cloned into the Hindlll site of the plasmid vector pBluescript SK (—) according to a conventional method.
- ⁇ DNA was again digested with Hindlll and subjected to agarose gel electrophoresis to recover a 4.6 kb Hindlll fragment, which was cloned into the Hindlll site of the plasmid vector pBluescript SK (—) according to a conventional method.
- 929 bp Based on SEQ ID NO: 17
- the ORF of the ⁇ 2,3-sialyltransferase gene derived from the photobatterium 'phosphophorum JT-ISH-467 strain was 1230 bases and encoded 409 amino acids.
- This amino acid sequence is shown in SEQ ID NO: 2 in the sequence listing.
- This amino acid sequence completely includes all four amino acid sequences determined from the purified enzyme. The first character of the amino acid sequence at the end was deciphered, and this part of the amino acid deduced from the powerful gene was Cys.
- the N-terminus of the mature protein is the 22nd Cys of the sequence number 2 in the sequence listing, the first 21-amino acid sequence is processed in the photobatterium 'phospho forum. Received and thought to be removed.
- GENETYX Ver. 7 (manufactured by General Tetus), Analysis of the homology between the full length of the ⁇ 2,3 sialyltransferase protein and its homologue from the phosphatolium JT-ISH-467 strain. 'Has 32% homology with the damsera ⁇ 2,6 sialic acid transferase (JC5898), 28% homology with the hypothetical protein PM0188 (AAK02272) of Pascellella' Murtosida subsp. The gene DNA sequences had 53% and 51% homology, respectively.
- a gene of the type from which the full length of the same gene and the signal peptide portion on the N-terminal side have been removed is incorporated into the expression vector, and the protein is expressed in E. coli. And the activity of the expressed protein was measured.
- a PCR product of about 1.2 kb was amplified for the 467-NOCO gene and about 1. lkb for the 467-N2C0 gene.
- the 467-NOCO gene was double digested with restriction enzymes PciI (New England Biolab) and BamHI (Takara Bio), and the 467-N2C0 gene was restricted with the restriction enzyme Ncol (Takara Bio). After double digestion with BamHI, gel purification was performed.
- P Trc99A (Pharmacia LKB) was used as an E. coli expression vector.
- This vector was double-digested with the same restriction enzymes Pcil and BamHI or the restriction enzymes Ncol and BamHI and gel purified, and then ligated using the PCR product treated with restriction enzymes and Takara Ligation Kit (manufactured by Takara Bio Inc.) E. coli TBI was transformed. Plasmid DNA was extracted and subjected to restriction enzyme analysis according to conventional methods to confirm insertion of the insert. Furthermore, the entire nucleotide sequences of the cloned 467-N0C0 gene and the cloned 467-N2C0 gene were determined, and it was confirmed that there was no nucleotide sequence variation due to the PCR reaction.
- the cloned 467-N0C0 gene contained the base sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 1, and the cloned 467-N2C0 gene contained the 73rd base force of SEQ ID NO: 1 and the sequence up to the 1230th base.
- the cells were further cultured with shaking at 30 ° C for 4 hours.
- the cells in 2 ml of the culture solution were collected by centrifugation.
- This bacterial cell was suspended in 2 OmM Bistris buffer (pH 7.0) containing 0.301% Triton X-100 of 200 1 and 0.5 M sodium chloride and sonicated under ice cooling.
- the obtained crushed liquid was used as a crude enzyme solution and was used for activity measurement.
- the reaction was repeated twice, and the reaction composition was the same as in Example 1. However, the reaction time was 15 hours.
- Table 7 Derived from JT-ISH- strain; 8_galactoside_ ⁇ 2,3-sialyltransferase gene
- reaction 2 was performed using the unreacted reaction solution.
- the crude enzyme solution deactivated by heat treatment (95 ° C, 5 minutes) is prepared, and pyridyl aminated ratatose and pyridyl aminated a 2, 3 sialyl la Tests with addition of tartose were conducted.
- Participant example ⁇ 5 Photopakuterum Tsubasa Tsubasa TSH-224 strain "" 2.3 Cloning of sialic acid transferase early transfer, sequence analysis and communication in E. coli
- the gel was subjected to alkaline blotting using 0.4M NaOH to remove the gel from Hvbond—N + nylon membrane filter (Amersham Bioscience). Transcribed into a product).
- the Southern Transcript was produced by the method described in Reference Example 1-4 using the partial fragment (929 bp; SEQ ID NO: 17) of the ⁇ 2,3-sialyltransferase gene derived from the above JT-ISH-467 strain as a probe. ⁇ I performed an hybridization. However, the noise temperature and the cleaning temperature were 55 ° C. As a result, a 16 kb band was detected by EcoR I digestion.
- SEQ ID NO: 28 in the sequence listing was obtained.
- This sequence is the entire nucleotide sequence of the open reading frame (ORF) of the ⁇ 2,3 sialyltransferase gene derived from JT ISH-224. Since a translation stop codon appears in the same reading frame upstream of the first ATG, this is considered to be the translation start codon for this gene.
- Photopacterium JT—1311-224 derived 0; 2,3 sialyltransferase ORF is the same as that of ex 2,3 sialyltransferase gene derived from Photobacterium phosphorum JT—ISH-467 It consisted of 1230 bases and encoded 409 amino acids.
- This amino acid sequence is shown in SEQ ID NO: 29 in the sequence listing.
- the gene had a Hindlll site.
- Analysis of nucleic acid and amino acid sequences using GENE TYX Ver. 7 revealed that the ⁇ 2,3 sialyltransferase gene derived from JT-ISH-224 strain is the ⁇ 2,3-sial derived from JTISH-467 strain. It had 92% homology with the acid transferase gene.
- the amino acid sequence also showed 92% homology with ⁇ 2,3 sialyltransferase from JT-ISH-467.
- amino acid sequence of the 2,3 sialyltransferase derived from JT-ISH-224 strain is 33% homologous to the photo 2,5 sialyltransferase (JC5898) of Photobacterium damsela, Pasula la multosida Hypothetical protein of subspecies muruto fern strain Pm70 ⁇ 0188 ( ⁇ 0227 2) and 29% homology, and the gene DNA sequences were 54% and 50% similar, respectively.
- the gene of the type from which the full length of the same gene and the signal peptide portion on the N-terminal side were removed was incorporated into an expression vector, and the protein was then transferred in And the activity of the expressed protein was measured.
- PCR was performed to amplify the ⁇ 2,3 sialyltransferase gene derived from the JT-ISH-224 strain for incorporation into an expression vector.
- the above DNA containing the oc 2,3 sialyltransferase gene derived from the JT-ISH-224 strain was used as the vertical DNA.
- PCR reaction conditions were set as follows. 50 1 reaction solution contains 100 ng of vertical DNA, 10 X Ex taq buffer 5 1, 2.5 mM each dNTP 4 ⁇ , primer 50 pmole, Ex taq (Takara Bio) 0.5 1 96 using control system PC-700 (A STEK). C 3 minutes once, 96. C 1 minute, 50. C 1 min, 72.
- PCR product of about 1.2 kb was amplified for the 224-NOCO gene and about 1. lkb for the 224 N1CO gene.
- These PCR products are double digested with restriction enzymes Pcil (New England Biolab) and BamHI (224—NOCO gene) or restriction enzymes Ncol and BamHI (224—N1C0 gene), Purified.
- PTrc99A was used as the expression vector for E. coli. This vector was double-digested with the same restriction enzymes Pcil and BamHI (when introducing the 224—N0C0 gene) or restriction enzymes Ncol and BamHI (when introducing the 224—N1C0 gene).
- the PCR product was ligated with the Takara Ligation Kit (manufactured by Takara Bio) and transformed into E. coli TBI. Plasmid DNA was extracted and subjected to restriction enzyme analysis according to a conventional method to confirm insertion of the insert, and the cloned 224-N0C0 gene and the entire base sequence of the cloned 224-N1C0 gene were confirmed. As a result, in the 224-N0C0 gene, the above-mentioned substitution from cytosine (C) to thymine (T) was confirmed. Similarly, in the case of the 224-N1C0 gene, the 73rd basic force included even the 1230th base in the desired base sequence with no base sequence mutation, ie, SEQ ID NO: 28 in the sequence listing.
- Table 10 JT-ISH-467 derived from JT-ISH-224 strain JT-ISH-467 —galactoside £ ⁇ 2,3-sialyltransferase gene Sialyltransferase in disrupted large intestinal fungi recombined with homologue Activity
- a 224-NOCO gene and a 224-N1CO gene were introduced into E. coli to express the enzyme, and a reaction using a pyridylaminated ratatose as a sugar receptor was performed. Acid transferase activity was examined. As a result of evaluating the reaction product of sialyltransferase expressed in Escherichia coli by HPLC, a peak of pyridylamino-a 2,3 sialyllatatose was detected in any of the clones. From this result, it was revealed that sialic acid transferase derived from JT ISH-224 strain has ⁇ 2,3 sialyltransferase activity.
- Reference Example 11 Vibrio genus JT — FAJ—16 strain, which was found to have sialyltransferase activity in 1 in the photobatterium 'phosphophore JT—ISH—467 strain ⁇ 2, 3 sialyltransferase
- a genomic Southern hybridization was performed. Genomic DNA was prepared from the cell pellet of JT-FAJ-16 strain by the method described in Reference Example 1-4, digested with restriction enzymes ⁇ coRI and Hindlll, and fractionated by 0.7% agarose gel electrophoresis. The gel was washed with Hybond—N + nylon membrane membrane by alkaline blotting with 0.4M NaO H.
- Hybridization was carried out at 37 ° C for 4 hours with 5% (wZv) blocking reagent and 0.5M NaCl in the hybridization buffer in the kit. Washing in 0.4% SDS, 0.5X SSC, 50. C for 20 minutes twice and 2X SSC at room temperature for 5 minutes once. The signal was detected according to the instructions attached to the kit.
- SEQ ID NO: 30 in the sequence listing was obtained.
- This sequence is the entire nucleotide sequence of the open reading frame (ORF) of the ⁇ 2,3 sialyltransferase gene derived from JT FAJ-16. Since a translation stop codon appears in the same reading frame upstream of the first ATG, this is considered to be the translation start codon for this gene.
- the ORF of the a2,3 sialyltransferase gene derived from JT-FAJ-16 strain consists of 1209 bases and contains 402 amino acids. I was playing. This amino acid sequence is shown in SEQ ID NO: 31 of the sequence listing. Analysis of nucleic acid and amino acid sequences using GENETYX Ver.
- the gene of the type from which the full length of the gene and the signal peptide portion on the N-terminal side were removed was incorporated into an expression vector, and the protein was then transferred in And the activity of the expressed protein was measured.
- the translation start codon ATG and the complementary sequence TAA corresponding to the translation stop codon are boxed. Furthermore, the sequence of the portion of the primer sequence that anneals with the cocoon-shaped DNA is shown in bold.
- PCR was performed to amplify the ⁇ 2,3-sialyltransferase gene from JT-FAJ-16 strain to be incorporated into the expression vector.
- the above-mentioned 3.6 kb DNA fragment containing the same gene was used as the vertical DNA.
- the PCR reaction conditions were set as follows.
- PCR products were cloned into the TA cloning vector pCR2.1TOPO (Invitrogen) according to the instructions attached to the TA cloning kit (Invitrogen).
- TBI TA cloning kit
- the plasmid was purified from the obtained colony by a conventional method, and the introduction of the PCR product into the vector was confirmed with the restriction enzyme EcoRI.
- the introduced plasmid sample was double-digested with restriction enzymes BspHI and BamHI, and then a 1.2 kb (FAJ—N0C0 gene) or 1. lkb (FAJ—N1C0 gene) fragment was gel purified.
- the desired base sequence without any base sequence variation That is, in SEQ ID NO: 30 in the sequence listing, the first basic force included up to the 1209th base.
- the desired base sequence without any base sequence variation ie, the 67th base strength of the SEQ ID NO: 30 in the sequence listing, included even the 1209th base.
- Table 14 4 JT-ISH-467 derived from JT-FAJ-16 J8-galactoside- ⁇ 2,3-sialyltransferase gene Sialic acid transfer in homologous recombinant Escherichia coli lysate Enzyme activity
- the FAJ-NOCO gene and FAJ-N1CO gene were introduced into E. coli to express the enzyme, and a reaction using a pyridylaminolated ratatose as a sugar receptor was performed. Sialyltransferase activity was examined. As a result of HPLC analysis of the reaction product of sialyltransferase expressed in Escherichia coli, a peak of pyridylaminated a 2,3 sialyllatatose was detected in the reaction using any of the clones. From this result, it was revealed that sialic acid transferase derived from JT-FAJ-16 strain has ⁇ 2,3 sialyltransferase activity.
- reaction solution 201 sugar donor substrate CMP- 14 C- NeuAc (50.066 nmol, 25000 cpm), sugar acceptor substrate ratatose (1 mmol), sialyltransferase (0.5 mU to 1.5 mU), NaCl Were added at a concentration of 0 to 2.5 M, and an enzyme reaction was carried out (30 ° C, 1 minute). After the completion of the enzyme reaction, the radioactivity of NeuAc transferred to latose was measured under each condition to calculate the enzyme activity, and the effect of NaCl on the enzyme activity in each test section was examined.
- SO -CoCl -CaCl -MnCl -FeSO will have final concentrations of 0 mM, 10 mM, and 20 mM, respectively.
- the enzyme reaction was carried out (30 ° C, 1 minute). After completion of the enzyme reaction, the radioactivity of NeuAc transferred to lactose was measured under each condition to calculate the enzyme activity, and the influence of various salts on the enzyme activity in each test section was examined. Specifically, after completion of the reaction, 1.98 ml of 5 mM phosphate buffer (pH 6.8) was added to the reaction solution, and this solution was placed on an AG1-X 2 Resin (PO 3 -form, 0.2 X 2 cm) column. Provided. This column is AG1- X 2Resin (OH—fo
- the reaction solution is applied to a Sephadex G-50 super fine (Amersham) column (0.8 x 20 cm), and the reaction product eluting to 2 to 4 ml using 0.1M NaC 1 solution as the moving bed (The high molecular fraction containing the enzyme reaction product (transferred NeuAc labeled 14 times to assiarofetuin) was collected. In this fraction, it was confirmed for each reaction that unreacted CMP- "C-NeuAc was not eluted. For each fraction, it was confirmed that NeuAc transferred to vacirofetuin. The enzyme activity was calculated by measuring the radioactivity.
- reaction solution 201 sugar donor substrate CMP- 14 C- NeuAc (50.066 nmol, 25000cpm), sugar acceptor substrate ratatose (1 mmol), glycosyltransferase derived from various strains (lmU or less), NaCl Were added at a concentration of 0.5M, and the enzyme reaction was carried out (30 ° C, 1 minute). After completion of the enzyme reaction, the radioactivity of NeuAc transferred to latato was measured under each condition to calculate the enzyme activity, and the influence of NaCl on the enzyme activity in each test section was examined.
- the enzyme activity was improved when 0.5 M NaCl was present in the reaction system.
- the degree of enzyme activity increased by about 1.2 to 1.3 times, depending on the strain (Table 16).
- Example 6? Effect of NaCl on enzyme activity of 110160-derived glycosyltransferase (recombinant 0; 2,6-sialyltransferase deletion 'mutant; N2C 1)
- a deletion 'mutant N2C1 of ⁇ -galatatoside- ⁇ 2,6-sialyltransferase gene derived from P. damselae JT0160 was prepared, recombined into an expression plasmid, and E. coli was transformed with the expression plasmid.
- the transformed Escherichia coli was cultured with L Broth (ampicillin: final concentration 0.2 mgZml, IPTG: final concentration ImM included) at 30 ° C. and 180 rpm for 12 hours, and then the cells were collected by centrifugation.
- the collected bacterial cells are suspended in 20 mM sodium cacodyrate buffer (pH 5.0), and sonicated at 4 ° C to disrupt the bacterial cells and to contain crude N2C1 gene-derived sialyltransferase protein.
- An enzyme solution was prepared.
- the sialyltransferase protein derived from the N2C1 gene is compared to the amino acid sequence predicted from the gene sequence encoding j8-galatatoside-a 2,6-sialyltransferase derived from p. Damselae JT0160. Although 107 amino acids from the N-terminal side (Met) and 176 amino acids from the C-terminal side have been deleted, it has substantially the same enzyme activity as the natural enzyme. The following experiment was performed using this N2 C1 gene-derived sialyltransferase protein.
- Example 7 Effect of NaCl on the enzyme activity of a glycosyltransferase (recombinant 2,3-sialyltransferase) from Vibrioaceae microorganisms
- Te 46 7 native and 467 N0C0 ⁇ Kotsui in the reaction solution 30 mu 1, a glycosyl donor substrate CMP- 14 C- ⁇ euAc (7.041 nmol , 25400cpm), glycosyl acceptor substrate Ratatosu (2.88 ⁇ mol), sialic acid transferase (approximately 250 U), and NaCl were added to a concentration of 0 to 2.0M, and the enzyme reaction was performed (25 ° C, 5 minutes). Transferred to ratatoses under the conditions of The enzyme activity was calculated by measuring the radioactivity of the NeuAc, and the effect of NaCl on the enzyme activity in each test group was examined.
- the radioactivity of the eluate (0-2 ml) was measured.
- the eluate of the column, 1 4 C-NeuAc was produced in reaction (N- ⁇ cetyl neuraminic acid) linked Shiarirurakuto - scan and unreacted Lactobacillus - including but scan, unreacted CMP-" C-NeAc remains retained on the column, so the 14 C radioactivity derived from sialyllactose resulting from the enzymatic reaction is all derived from the reaction product and the radioactivity of this fraction. Enzyme activity can be calculated.
- FIGS. 5 to 9 The results for 467 native, 467 N0C0, 467 N2C0, 224 N1C0, and FAJ N1C0 are shown in FIGS. 5 to 9, respectively.
- the sialyltransferases or recombinant sialyltransferases derived from Photobataterum 'phosphophorum JT—ISH—467, Photobataterum JT—ISH—224, and Vibrio JT—FAJ-16 are in addition, the presence of NaCl in the enzyme reaction system was observed to increase the enzyme activity. When NaCl was present in the enzyme reaction system at a concentration of 0.2 M to 1.5 M, the enzyme activity was improved approximately 1.5 to 2.6 times compared to the case where NaCl was not added.
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