Journal
MARINE BIOTECHNOLOGY
Volume 5, Issue 2, Pages 167-173Publisher
SPRINGER-VERLAG
DOI: 10.1007/s10126-002-0058-1
Keywords
Cu/Zn superoxide dismutase; overexpression; zebrafish; paraquat; Escherichia coli
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Copper/zinc superoxide dismutase was cloned from the zebrafish (Danio rerio). The full coding region of the zebrafish superoxide dismutase (ZSOD) complementary DNA was ligated with pET-20b(+) and successfully expressed in Escherichia coli strain AD494(DE3)pLysS. The active enzyme was purified by His tagging. The ZSOD yield was 6 mg from 0.2 L of E. coli culture, and the specific activity was 2000 U/mg as assayed using a RANSOD kit. The enzyme stability was characterized by reaction to temperature, pH, and detergent treatment. The results showed enzyme activity was still active after heat treatment at 70degreesC for 10 minutes, resistant to pH treatment from 2.3 to 12, and resistant to treatment with sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) under 4%. In addition, the recombinant ZSOD was used to protect fish from 100 ppm of paraquat-induced oxidative injury by soaking fish larva in 55 mug/ml SOD enzyme. The results were significant.
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