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Vol 47(2013) N 3 p. 435-439; O.E. Melkina, I.I. Goryanin, I.V. Manukhov, G.B. Zavilgelsky* Trigger Factor-Dependent Refolding of Bacterial Luciferases in Escherichia coli: Kinetics, Efficiency, and Effect of Bichaperone System State Research Center GosNIIGenetika, Moscow, 117545 Russia*zavilgel@genetika.ru Received - 2013-01-25; Accepted - 2013-01-28 The main parameters of the trigger-factor-dependent refolding process of thermally inactivated bacterial luciferases were determined. It has been demonstrated that TF-dependent refolding is less efficient and more time consuming than DnaKJE-dependent refolding. An increase in the cellular concentration of TF was found to result in a dramatic decrease in the maximum level of refolding of thermally inactivated bacterial luciferases. Additionally, the efficiency of TF-dependent refolding was shown to decrease with an increase in the thermal stability of the substrate, that is, the level of TF-dependent refolding is significantly higher for thermolabile luciferases than for thermostable luciferases. For example, the maximum TF-dependent refolding level was determined as 30-40% for thermolabile luciferases from Aliivibrio fischeri and Photobacterium leiognathi, 10% in the case of luciferase from Vibrio harveyi, which is characterized by an average thermal stability, and finally 0.5% in the case of highly stable at high temperatures luciferase from Photorhabdus luminescens. An effect of the DnaKJE-ClpB bichaperone system on the efficiency of TF-dependent refolding was investigated. The ClpB component of the bichaperone system was shown to negatively affect the process efficiency, that is, TF-dependent refolding of bacterial luciferases was found to be far more efficient in E. coli clpB::kan cell strains than in E. coli clpB+ strains. chaperon, trigger factor, luciferase, refolding |