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Molecular characterization and heterologous expression of quinate dehydrogenase gene from Gluconobacter oxydans
A S Vangnai1, W Promden, W De-Eknamkul
1Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, 10330, Thailand. alisa.v@chula.ac.th
Abstract:
The quinate dehydrogenase (QDH) from Gluconobacter oxydans IFO3244 exhibits high affinity for quinate, suggesting its application in shikimate production. Nucleotide sequence analysis of the qdh gene revealed a full-length of 2475-bp encoding an 824-amino acid protein. The qdh gene has the unusual TTG translation initiation codon. Conserved regions and a signature sequence for the quinoprotein family were observed. Phylogenetic analysis demonstrated relatedness of QDH from G. oxydans to other quinate/shikimate dehydrogenases with the highest similarity (56%) with that of Acinetobacter calcoaceticus ADP1 and lower similarity (36%) with a membrane-bound glucose dehydrogenase of Escherichia coli. The function of the gene coding for QDH was confirmed by heterologous gene expression in pyrroloquinoline quinone-synthesizing Pseudomonas putida HK5.

