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Designed by: Chuan Liu   Group: iGEM23_HUBU-SKY-China   (2023-10-07)


8F

We constructed a Formate dehydrogenase Dehydrogenase labeled with CL8 (BBa_K4927006). It will form an artificial multi enzyme complex with a protein scaffold designed by us to improve the reaction efficiency of the entire system.

Introduction

Formate dehydrogenase can be divided into 2 categories[1]: the first type of enzyme protein contains metal ions, such as the active center of tungsten, iron, sulfur, molybdenum, selenium, such as FDH in the protein structure, molecular weight and stability there are great differences; The second category is NAD+ dependent FDH (EC 1.17.1.9) and NADP+ dependent FDH, this type of enzyme does not contain metal ions, can oxidize formate for CO2, while NAD(P)+ reduced to NAD(P)H, is the most important class of FDH. At present, FDH has been found in a variety of organisms, such as bacteria[2], fungi [3-4]and so on.

Usage and Biology

We selected formate dehydrogenase (FDH) derived from Fusarium plant and obtained the target gene fragment from NCBI, which was synthesized by Wuhan Jinkairui Company. Then, through the plasmid construction system[5] mediated by T5 nuclease, CL8 was fused with the 5 'end of FDH gene to construct the pET28a-CL8-FDH expression plasmid.

Figure1: pET28a-CL8-FDH plasmid map

FDH will use formaldehyde and NAD+ as substrates to generate NADH and carbon dioxide through catalytic oxidation. NADH will produce hydrogen gas in the final step of the reaction we designed, with the action of hydrogenase.

Figure2:8F Genetic circuit

Characterization

We transferred the constructed pET28a-CL8-FDH (8F) expression plasmid into the receptive state BL21, and after 8h expansion culture, 0.5mM IPTG was used to induce 16h. Formate dehydrogenase (8F) was obtained by crushing the bacteria at low temperature and high pressure, purification by nickel column.

Figure3:8F SDS-PAGE Test result. Lane 1 is the mixed liquid after breaking bacteria, lane 2 is the marker, lane 3 supernatant-1 after breaking bacteria , lane 4 is the supernatant-2 after breaking bacteria, lane 5 the precipitation after breaking bacteria, lane 6 is flow-through liquid, lane 7 is 10mM imidazole eluent, lane 8 is 30mM imidazole eluent, lane 9 is 50mM imidazole eluent, and lane 10 is 80mM imidazole eluent,lane 11 is 100mM imidazole eluent,lane 12 is 1500mM imidazole eluent,lane 13 is 300mM imidazole eluent,lane 14 is 600mM imidazole eluent. The red arrow marks the target protein band

We investigated the activity of 87 at different PH values by UV spectrophotometer at room temperature, and recorded the change of light absorption value at 340nm. We found that 8F showed the highest activity at PH=5.59.

Figure 4:Activity test results of 8F under different pH conditions

In addition, we also investigated the effect of the protein scaffold we designed on the activity of 8F, and the results showed that the protein scaffold inhibited the activity of 8F under different concentrations of formic acid

Figure 5:Test results of the effect of protein scaffold on 8F activity

References

[1] Tishkov VI, Popov VO. Catalytic mechanism and application of formate dehydrogenase. Biochemistry (Mosc), 2004, 69(11): 1252-1267.

[2] Galkin A, Kulakova L, Tishkov V, et al. Cloning of formate dehydrogenase gene from a methanol-utilizing bacterium Mycobacterium vaccae N10. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol, 1995, 44(3/4): 479-483.

[3] Chow CM, RajBhandary UL. Developmental regulation of the gene for formate dehydrogenase in Neurospora crassa. J Bacteriol, 1993, 175(12): 3703-3709.

[4] Allen SJ, Holbrook JJ. Isolation, sequence and overexpression of the gene encoding NAD-dependent formate dehydrogenase from the methylotrophic yeast Candida methylica. Gene, 1995, 162(1): 99-104.

[5]Yongzhen Xia, Kai Li, Jingjing Li, Tianqi Wang, Lichuan Gu, Luying Xun, T5 exonuclease-dependent assembly offers a low-cost method for efficient cloning and site-directed mutagenesis, Nucleic Acids Research, Volume 47, Issue 3, 20 February 2019, Page e15.


Sequence and Features


Assembly Compatibility:
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    COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[10]
  • 12
    COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[12]
  • 21
    COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[21]
  • 23
    COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[23]
  • 25
    COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[25]
  • 1000
    COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[1000]


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