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Abstract

ML1899 is conserved in all mycobacterium sp. and is a middle member of operon involved in mycolic acid modification.

In the present study attempts were made to characterize ML1899 in detail.

. Bioinformatics tools were used for prediction of active-site residues, antigenic epitopes and a three-dimensional model of protein. The gene was cloned, expressed and purified as His-tagged protein in for biophysical/biochemical characterization. Recombinant protein was used to treat THP-1 cells to study change in production of nitric oxide (NO), reactive oxygen species (ROS), cytokines and chemokines using flowcytometry/ELISA.

analysis predicted ML1899 as a member of / hydrolase family with GXSXG-motif and Ser126, His282, Asp254 as active-site residues that were confirmed by site-directed mutagensis. ML1899 exhibited esterase activity. It hydrolysed pNP-butyrate as optimum substrate at pH 8.0 and 50 °C with 5.56 µM min catalytic efficiency. The enzyme exhibited stability up to 60 °C temperature and between pH 6.0 to 9.0. , and specific activity of ML1899 were calculated to be 400 µM, 40 µmoles min ml and 27 U mg , respectively. ML1899 also exhibited phospholipase activity. The protein affected the survival of macrophages when treated at higher concentration. ML1899 enhanced ROS/NO production and up-regulated pro-inflammatory cytokines and chemokine including TNF-α, IFN-γ, IL-6 and IL-8 in macrophages. ML1899 was also observed to elicit humoral response in 69 % of leprosy patients.

These results suggested that ML1899, an esterase could up-regulate the immune responses in favour of macrophages at a low concentration but kills the THP-1 macrophages cells at a higher concentration.

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