Recombinantly produced phenylalanine pminomutase (PAM) shows increased activity in E. Coli grown under light illumination

The effect of light on the activity of phenylalanine aminomutase was determined by measuring the expression and activity of the recombinantly expressed enzyme in E. coli. The variation of phenylalanine aminomutase activity over time in response to light and the effect on cell viability was also dete...

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Main Authors: Parirenyatwa, Bridgett, Muleya, Eddwina, Mutatu, Washington
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Published: JBFSR 2016
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author Parirenyatwa, Bridgett
Muleya, Eddwina
Mutatu, Washington
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Muleya, Eddwina
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description The effect of light on the activity of phenylalanine aminomutase was determined by measuring the expression and activity of the recombinantly expressed enzyme in E. coli. The variation of phenylalanine aminomutase activity over time in response to light and the effect on cell viability was also determined. The type of radiation responsible for phenylalanine aminomutase activation was determined by irradiating the cell cultures with blue light. Phenylalanine ammonia lyase has been shown to increase in activity when exposed to light in whole organisms. No similar studies have been carried out with heterologously expressed recombinant protein. Phenylalanine ammonia lyase is mechanistically similar to phenylalanine aminomutase and would be expected to behave similarly. The aim of this study was to demonstrate whether light can increase the activity and expression of phenylalanine aminomutase. The results show that phenylalanine aminomutase from cells exposed to white light had a more than fourfold increase in activity compared to cells kept in the dark. The time course assay of the activity show that the change in activity is cyclic and over a long period of incubation there seem to be no major difference between light and dark. Total white increases the growth rate of E. coll. compared to cultures kept in the dark or where the infrared light had been cut off. This study will provide an easy and inexpensive way of producing more efficient enzymes per gram of cell pellet without increasing the culture volumes.
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spelling ir-11408-13842022-06-27T13:49:06Z Recombinantly produced phenylalanine pminomutase (PAM) shows increased activity in E. Coli grown under light illumination Parirenyatwa, Bridgett Muleya, Eddwina Mutatu, Washington Phenylpropanoid pathway Heterologous expression Light activation Phenylalanine aminomutase The effect of light on the activity of phenylalanine aminomutase was determined by measuring the expression and activity of the recombinantly expressed enzyme in E. coli. The variation of phenylalanine aminomutase activity over time in response to light and the effect on cell viability was also determined. The type of radiation responsible for phenylalanine aminomutase activation was determined by irradiating the cell cultures with blue light. Phenylalanine ammonia lyase has been shown to increase in activity when exposed to light in whole organisms. No similar studies have been carried out with heterologously expressed recombinant protein. Phenylalanine ammonia lyase is mechanistically similar to phenylalanine aminomutase and would be expected to behave similarly. The aim of this study was to demonstrate whether light can increase the activity and expression of phenylalanine aminomutase. The results show that phenylalanine aminomutase from cells exposed to white light had a more than fourfold increase in activity compared to cells kept in the dark. The time course assay of the activity show that the change in activity is cyclic and over a long period of incubation there seem to be no major difference between light and dark. Total white increases the growth rate of E. coll. compared to cultures kept in the dark or where the infrared light had been cut off. This study will provide an easy and inexpensive way of producing more efficient enzymes per gram of cell pellet without increasing the culture volumes. 2016-05-18T14:01:53Z 2016-05-18T14:01:53Z 2015 Article 2277-0828 http://onlineresearchjournals.org/JBFSR/pdf/2015/may/Bridgett%20et%20al..pdf en Journal of Biological and Food Science Research;Vol. 4, no. 2 open JBFSR
spellingShingle Phenylpropanoid pathway
Heterologous expression
Light activation
Phenylalanine aminomutase
Parirenyatwa, Bridgett
Muleya, Eddwina
Mutatu, Washington
Recombinantly produced phenylalanine pminomutase (PAM) shows increased activity in E. Coli grown under light illumination
title Recombinantly produced phenylalanine pminomutase (PAM) shows increased activity in E. Coli grown under light illumination
title_full Recombinantly produced phenylalanine pminomutase (PAM) shows increased activity in E. Coli grown under light illumination
title_fullStr Recombinantly produced phenylalanine pminomutase (PAM) shows increased activity in E. Coli grown under light illumination
title_full_unstemmed Recombinantly produced phenylalanine pminomutase (PAM) shows increased activity in E. Coli grown under light illumination
title_short Recombinantly produced phenylalanine pminomutase (PAM) shows increased activity in E. Coli grown under light illumination
title_sort recombinantly produced phenylalanine pminomutase (pam) shows increased activity in e. coli grown under light illumination
topic Phenylpropanoid pathway
Heterologous expression
Light activation
Phenylalanine aminomutase
url http://onlineresearchjournals.org/JBFSR/pdf/2015/may/Bridgett%20et%20al..pdf
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