Cloning of an isozyme of proline 3-hydroxylase and its purification from recombinant Escherichia coli

An isozyme gene of proline 3-hydroxylase was cloned from Streptomyces sp. strain TH1 (Mori H, Shibasaki T, Yano K, Ozaki A, J. Bacteriol. 1997, 179: 5677-5683). The isozyme gene (870 bp) encodes a protein of molecular weight of 33,573. Both 3-hydroxylase genes are identical at 76.2% in amino acid sequence. His-motifs conserved in 2-oxoglutarate-dependent dioxygenases are conserved in both genes. Although characteristics of both recombinant 3-hydroxylases are similar, specific activities to L-proline and proline analogs are different.