Xin Yan, Wei Hu, Yun-Guo Zhu, Qing-Qing Liu, Shuai Wang, Hong-Yan Liu, Dan Zhu, Zhi-Hua Lv, Lin-Hua Li, Yi-Rui Yin
Uricase (or Urate oxidase), a key enzyme involved in purine metabolism, is commonly used in treating conditions such as gout, hyperuricemia, and tumor lysis syndrome. In this study, a uricase-producing strain (named CSAJ-16) was isolated from the soil sample of Cangshan Mountain, Yunnan Province, China. This strain was identified as Arthrobacter sp. CSAJ-16. Based on the gene sequence alignment, the uricase gene (named aruox ) of Arthrobacter sp. CSAJ-16 was amplified and heterologously expressed. The recombinant uricase (ArUOX) was about 32 kDa...
September 1, 2023: Polish Journal of Microbiology