Coding
SAMT

Part:BBa_J45001

Designed by: Kate Broadbent   Group: iGEM06_MIT   (2006-06-07)
Revision as of 21:24, 7 June 2006 by Kate Broadbent (Talk | contribs) (Usage and Biology)

SAM:salicylic acid carboxyl methyltransferase; converts salicylic acid to methyl salicylate (winter

From snapdragon (A. Majus)

Usage and Biology

  1. (GenBank Accession No. AF515284)
  2. It is a homodimer with subunit molecular mass of about 45 kDA
  3. On the pET-28a expression vector there is a convenient NdeI site at the initiating ATG codon as well as a BamHI site downstream of the stop codon. Natalia Dudareva is sending the pET-28a vector
  4. concentration: The culture medium of the E. coli cells expressing this SAMT contained methyl salicylate (2.1 μg/ml) when the growing medium was supplemented with 5 μg/ml salicylic acid. Also, they contained methyl benzoate (0.86 μg/ml) when the growing medium was supplemented with 5 μg/ml benzoic acid
  5. pH optimum from 7.0 to 7.5, but the expressed recombinant SAMT enzyme still has 80%-90& maximum activity in pH from 5.0 to 8.0. The enzyme was active in both Tris- and phosphate-citrate-based buffers, although phosphate was 20% lower. Incubation for 30 mins at 42 C had no effect on activity, showing that this SAMT has the broadest temperature stability of this family of enzymes. Also, SAMT activity was not affected by the presence of 5mM Mg2+, K+, NH4+, or Ca2+ in assay reaction.
  6. It does not require any metal ions as cofactors
  7. Fe2+ and Cu2+ have a strong inhibitory effect
  8. Because we are receiving the gene for this enzyme on a pET-28a plamid, the gene is transcribed by T7 polymerase rather than by E. coli polymerase. T7 polymerase is much faster than E. coli so we can expect to get very high expression levels.

Sequence and Features


Assembly Compatibility:
  • 10
    COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[10]
  • 12
    INCOMPATIBLE WITH RFC[12]
    Illegal NheI site found at 577
  • 21
    INCOMPATIBLE WITH RFC[21]
    Illegal XhoI site found at 901
  • 23
    COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[23]
  • 25
    INCOMPATIBLE WITH RFC[25]
    Illegal NgoMIV site found at 421
    Illegal NgoMIV site found at 425
  • 1000
    INCOMPATIBLE WITH RFC[1000]
    Illegal SapI site found at 471
    Illegal SapI.rc site found at 75

Functional Parameters

ec_numnone
keggnone
proteinSAMT
swissproQ8H6N2
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Parameters
ec_numnone
keggnone
proteinSAMT
swissproQ8H6N2