NATURAL PRODUCT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ›› 2021, Vol. 33 ›› Issue (增刊1): 1-7.

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Study on the construction of VD3 hydroxylase catalytic system in vitro

ZHANG Yang,YANG Ru-jie,LUO Jin-qi,LU Qun,LI Sui-yan*   

  1. School of Life science and Engineering,Southwest Jiaotong University,Chengdu 610036,China

  • Online:2021-08-28 Published:2021-09-08

Abstract:

VD3 hydroxylase (Vdh) is a key enzyme for the synthesis of active vitamin D3.Two electron transfer chain proteins:ferredoxin (Fdx) and ferredoxin reductase (Fdr) are reqiured in the hydroxylation reaction of Vdh.Therefore,constructing an efficient catalytic system of VD3 hydroxylase is the key for the industrial biosynthesis of active vitamin D3.In this study,Pseudonocardia autotrophica CGMCC-5098 genomic DNA and Spinach genomic DNA were used as templates to amplify the fragments of the Vdh gene and Fdx-Fdr fusion gene by PCR.The recombinant plasmid pET28a-Vdh and pET28a-Fdx-Fdr was constructed,and then transformed into E. coli BL21 (DE3) to obtain recombinant bacteria containing Vdh gene and Fdx-Fdr fusion gene,respectively. Subsequently, the recombinant bacteria were induced by IPTG and freeze-dried,and then coupled with glucose dehydrogenase (GDH)-glucose coenzyme regeneration system to form a complete Vdh catalytic system.The optimal reaction conditions for this catalytic system are:Vdh (0.05 g),Fdx-Fdr (0.05 g),GDH (0.05 g),glucose (0.1 g),DNAP (50 μL,50 mM),VD(100 μmol/L).Under the optimal reaction conditions,the system can efficiently catalyze the biosysthesis of VD3 and its paricalcitol intermediates.After 12 h of reaction,the conversion rate of VD3 is 40.10%,which is much higher than the 16.7% efficiency of P. autotrophica.The results of this study lay a foundation for the further efficient preparation of calcitriol drugs in the future.

Key words: in vitro catalysis, electron transfer chain, fusion protein, calcidol

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