Measurement of thioesterification activities for dodecanoic acid (C12) and ketoprofen was done using five firefly luciferases, from Pyrocoelia miyako (PmL), Photinus pyralis (PpL), Luciola cruciata (LcL), Hotaria parvura (HpL), and Luciola mingrelica (LmL). Among these, PmL, PpL, and LcL showed the expected thioesterification activities toward both substrates. All the enzymes exhibited (R)-enantioselectivity toward ketoprofen, which had same tendency as firefly luciferase from Luciola lateralis (LUC-H). HpL and LmL, however, did not accept ketoprofen, although they had thioesterification activity toward C12. These results indicate that the substrate acceptance of luciferases for the thioesterification reaction varies dramatically relying on the origin of firefly. Hence we focused primarily on PmL and investigated the effect of pH on enzymatic activity. In addition, by determining the kinetic parameters at various pH values, we verified that the k cat parameter contributed to the preferential enantioselectivity of this enzyme.
使用五种萤火虫
荧光素酶测定了
十二酸(C12)和
酮洛芬的
硫酯化活性,这五种
荧光素酶分别来自Pyrocoelia miyako(PmL)、Photinus pyralis(PpL)、Luciola cruciata(LcL)、Hotaria parvura(HpL)和Luciola mingrelica(LmL)。其中,PmL、PpL 和 LcL 对两种底物都表现出预期的
硫酯化活性。所有酶都对
酮洛芬表现出(R)-非对映选择性,这与来自Luciola lateralis的萤火虫
荧光素酶(LUC-H)具有相同的倾向。然而,HpL 和 LmL 不接受
酮洛芬,尽管它们对 C12 具有
硫酯化活性。这些结果表明,
硫酯化反应中
荧光素酶对底物的接受程度因萤火虫来源的不同而有很大差异。因此,我们主要关注 PmL,并研究了 pH 值对酶活性的影响。此外,通过测定不同 pH 值下的动力学参数,我们验证了 k cat 参数有助于该酶的优先对映选择性。