INSIGHT INTO THE MESOPHILIC BACTERIAL CHROMATE REDUCTASE: AN INSILICO STUDY TOWARDS REMEDIATION OF CHROMIUM POLLUTION THROUGH MICROBES

Abstract

Industrial use of chromium leads to the contamination of natural environment with chromium pollution and the hexavalent form is very harmful to the living system compared to the trivalent and other forms. The most sophisticated way of chromium reduction is the use of an enzyme chromate reductase exclusively produced by the bacteria. An insilico sequence and structure analysis of chromate reductase enzyme from three mesophilic bacteria Acetobacter aceti, Escherichia coli, and Pseudomonas putida has been studied. Amino acid variation study indicates a highest number of charged and uncharged residues in P. putida and A. aceti comparedto E. coli. Secondary structure analysis indicates that protein from E. coli contains additional beta-hairpin and beta bugle. Higher number of salt bridges, aromatic-aromatic interactions, cation-pi interactions in P. putida chromate reductase provides its more stability then the other two. Molecular dynamics simulation studies through RMSD and RMSF indicates less fluctuation in case of P. putida chromate reductase while lowest Rg indicates tightly packed nature and lower SASA indicates better folding of the said protein. This is the first reporting on structural and sequence analysis of chromate reductase of the three mesophilic bacteria and among them P. putidaproved to be the most sable one to be used in the industrial level for better chromate alleviation.

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DOI

10.58532/v3bfbt10p1ch2

Journal

Futuristic Trends in Biotechnology Volume 3 Book 10

Year

2024