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4-Pyridoxolactonase is involved in the degradation pathway for pyridoxine, a free form of vitamin B6. The gene (mlr6805) encoding the putative 4-pyridoxolactonase of nitrogen fixing symbiotic microorganism Mesorhizobium loti MAFF303099 has been identified based on the genome database. The gene was cloned and overexpressed in a cotransformant Escherichia coli cell. The recombinant enzyme was dimeric protein and contained one mole of Zn2+ per mole of subunit. The enzyme showed about 30% identity with various N-acylhomoserine lactone lactonases and metallo-beta-lactamases. The phylogram made with ClustalW shows that 4-pyridoxolactonase makes a cluster with Agrobacterium tumefaciens acyl-homoserine lactone lactonase. The alignment of amino acid sequences suggests that 4-pyridoxolactonase has three histidine residues probably involved in binding of Zn2+.
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PMID:4-Pyridoxolactonase from a symbiotic nitrogen-fixing bacterium Mesorhizobium loti: cloning, expression, and characterization. 1622 26

Bacterial biofilms communicate by a process called Quorum Sensing. Gram negative bacterial pathogens specifically talk through the production, detection, and response to the signal or autoinducer called Acyl Homoserine Lactones. Bacterial lactonases are important AHL hydrolysing or quorum quenching enzymes. The present study deals with ten endospore forming gram positive isolates of the saltern soil. Preliminary screening for Quorum Quenching activity with the QS Inhibition indicator strain Chromobacterium violaceum ATCC 12472, showed positive activity in four isolates namely TS2, TS16, TSAWB, and TS53B. AHL lactonase (AiiA) specific primers amplified Acyl Homoserine Lactone lactonase gene in the TSAWB genome alone. Phylogenetic relationship of the identified AiiATSAWB confirmed its evolutionary relationship with bacterial AiiA like AHL lactonase of the metallo-beta-lactamase super family. Our in vitro AHL hydrolysis assay under wide percentage (0-5) of salt solutions with TSAWB isolate and also its intracellular soluble protein fraction showed halotolerant AHL hydrolysis ability of the AiiATSAWB enzyme. In silico determination of putative tertiary structure, the ESBRI derived conserved salt bridges, aminoacid residue characterization with high mole percent of acidic and hydrophobic residues reaffirmed the halotolerant ability of the enzyme. So we propound the future use of purified AiiATSAWB , as hypertonic suspension for inhalation to substitute the action of inactivated host's paraoxonase in treating Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection in cystic fibrosis patients.
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PMID:Identification and analysis of the salt tolerant property of AHL lactonase (AiiATSAWB ) of Bacillus species. 2504 96