PMID- 27516945 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE DCOM- 20160812 LR - 20231111 IS - 2193-1801 (Print) IS - 2193-1801 (Electronic) IS - 2193-1801 (Linking) VI - 5 IP - 1 DP - 2016 TI - Efficient 9alpha-hydroxy-4-androstene-3,17-dione production by engineered Bacillus subtilis co-expressing Mycobacterium neoaurum 3-ketosteroid 9alpha-hydroxylase and B. subtilis glucose 1-dehydrogenase with NADH regeneration. PG - 1207 LID - 10.1186/s40064-016-2871-4 [doi] LID - 1207 AB - 3-Ketosteroid 9alpha-hydroxylase (KSH, consisting of KshA and KshB), a key enzyme in steroid metabolism, can catalyze the transformation of 4-androstene-3,17-dione (AD) to 9alpha-hydroxy-4-androstene-3,17-dione (9OHAD) with NADH as coenzyme. In this work, KSH from Mycobacterium neoaurum JC-12 was successfully cloned and overexpressed in Bacillus subtilis 168. The expression and purification of KSH was analyzed by SDS-PAGE and KSH activity assay. Preliminary characterization of KSH was performed using purified KshA and KshB. The results showed that KSH was very unstable, and its activity was inhibited by most metal ions, especially Zn(2+). The whole-cells of recombinant B. subtilis, co-expression of KSH and glucose 1-dehydrogenase (GDH), were used as biocatalyst to convert AD to 9OHAD. The biocatalyst, in which the intracellular NADH was regenerated, efficiently catalyzed the bioconversion of AD to 9OHAD with a conversion rate of 90.4 % and productivity of 0.45 g (L h)(-1), respectively. This work proposed a strategy for efficiently producing 9OHAD by using B. subtilis as a promising whole-cell biocatalyst host and co-expressing KSH and GDH to construct a NADH regeneration system. FAU - Zhang, Xian AU - Zhang X AD - The Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology of Ministry of Education, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, 214122 Jiangsu People's Republic of China. FAU - Rao, Zhiming AU - Rao Z AD - The Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology of Ministry of Education, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, 214122 Jiangsu People's Republic of China. FAU - Zhang, Lele AU - Zhang L AD - Jiangnan University (Rugao) Food Biotechnology Research Institute, Jiangsu Industrial Technology Research Institute, Rugao, 226500 Jiangsu People's Republic of China. FAU - Xu, Meijuan AU - Xu M AD - The Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology of Ministry of Education, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, 214122 Jiangsu People's Republic of China. FAU - Yang, Taowei AU - Yang T AD - The Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology of Ministry of Education, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, 214122 Jiangsu People's Republic of China. LA - eng GR - N01AA21004/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/United States GR - R25 AA021304/AA/NIAAA NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article DEP - 20160729 PL - Switzerland TA - Springerplus JT - SpringerPlus JID - 101597967 PMC - PMC4967059 OTO - NOTNLM OT - 3-Ketosteroid 9alpha-hydroxylase OT - 9alpha-Hydroxy-4-androstene-3,17-dione OT - Bacillus subtilis OT - Mycobacterium neoaurum EDAT- 2016/08/16 06:00 MHDA- 2016/08/16 06:01 PMCR- 2016/07/29 CRDT- 2016/08/13 06:00 PHST- 2016/05/13 00:00 [received] PHST- 2016/07/19 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2016/08/13 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2016/08/16 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2016/08/16 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2016/07/29 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 2871 [pii] AID - 10.1186/s40064-016-2871-4 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Springerplus. 2016 Jul 29;5(1):1207. doi: 10.1186/s40064-016-2871-4. eCollection 2016.