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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
8
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-7-6
pubmed:abstractText
We have demonstrated that an active enzyme can be expressed on the surface of a bacteriophage. The gene encoding alkaline phosphatase from Escherichia coli was cloned upstream of gene 3, which encodes a minor coat protein of the filamentous bacteriophage, fd. A fusion protein of the correct size was detected from viral particles by Western blotting. Ultrafiltration confirmed that the enzyme fusion behaves as part of a larger structure as would be expected of an enzyme fused to a viral particle. Both wild-type alkaline phosphatase (Arg166) and an active site mutant (Ala166) expressed in this way retain catalytic activity and have qualitatively similar kinetic properties to free enzyme. Values were obtained for Km of 72.7 and 1070 microM respectively whilst relative kcat for the mutant was 36% of that for wild-type. Phage particles expressing alkaline phosphatase were bound to an immobilized inhibitor (arsenate-Sepharose) and eluted with product (20 mM inorganic phosphate). In this way, the functional enzyme is co-purified with the DNA encoding it. This may permit a novel approach to enzyme engineering based on affinity chromatography of mutant enzymes expressed on the phage surface.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0269-2139
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
4
pubmed:geneSymbol
phoA
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
955-61
pubmed:dateRevised
2000-12-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1991
pubmed:articleTitle
Phage-enzymes: expression and affinity chromatography of functional alkaline phosphatase on the surface of bacteriophage.
pubmed:affiliation
Cambridge Antibody Technology, Daly Research Laboratories, Babraham, Cambridgeshire, UK.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article