Chinese Journal of Pharmaceuticals, Volume. 56, Issue 7, 877(2025)
Design, Preparation and Enzymatic Properties of Urate Oxidase with High Mucin Binding Activity
Oral urate oxidase promotes intestinal uric acid excretion for gout treatment. To enhance the adhesion and uric acid degradation efficiency of recombinant pig-baboon chimeric urate oxidase (PBC) in the intestine, this study fused the mucin-binding protein (MUB) fragments with PBC to construct fusion proteins N1 to N7. By comparing the effects of different MUB fragments on the mucin-binding activity of PBC, and further investigating the high-density fermentation, separation, purification, and enzymatic properties of N5, it was found that the mucin-binding activity of fusion proteins N1 to N7 was significantly improved. Among them, the fusion protein N5, which linked the MUB fragment RⅣ at the N-terminus, showed a nearly 41-fold increase in mucin-binding activity. Using high-density fermentation, ammonium sulfate precipitation, polyethyleneimine clarification, and anion exchange chromatography, the purity of N5 reached 98.7%, with a fermentation yield of 4.47 g/L. Additionally, the specific activity of N5(0.52 IU/mg) increased by 30% compared to PBC, with enhanced substrate affinity (Km=14.29 μmol/L), and it remained stable under room temperature, alkaline conditions, and in the presence of common metal ions. This study provides a reference for the subsequent development of oral urate oxidase as a candidate drug.
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LI Zhigang, WANG Yapeng, LU Jianguang, HUA Haoju, FENG Jun. Design, Preparation and Enzymatic Properties of Urate Oxidase with High Mucin Binding Activity[J]. Chinese Journal of Pharmaceuticals, 2025, 56(7): 877
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Received: Apr. 25, 2025
Accepted: Aug. 26, 2025
Published Online: Aug. 26, 2025
The Author Email: FENG Jun (fengj31@aliyun.com)