Cloning, purification, kinetic and anion inhibition studies of a recombinant β-carbonic anhydrase from the Atlantic salmon parasite platyhelminth <em>Gyrodactylus salaris</em>

Abstract

<div lang="en" class="abs"><p class="abs_header">Abstract</p><p>A β-class carbonic anhydrase (CA, EC 4.2.1.1) was cloned from the genome of the Monogenean platyhelminth <em>Gyrodactylus salaris</em>, a parasite of Atlantic salmon. The new enzyme, GsaCAβ has a significant catalytic activity for the physiological reaction, CO₂ + H₂O ⇋ HCO₃⁻ + H⁺ with a k_cat of 1.1 × 10⁵ s⁻¹ and a k_cat/K_m of 7.58 × 10⁶ M⁻¹ × s⁻¹. This activity was inhibited by acetazolamide (K_I of 0.46 µM), a sulphonamide in clinical use, as well as by selected inorganic anions and small molecules. Most tested anions inhibited GsaCAβ at millimolar concentrations, but sulfamide (K_I of 81 µM), <em>N,N</em>-diethyldithiocarbamate (K_I of 67 µM) and sulphamic acid (K_I of 6.2 µM) showed a rather efficient inhibitory action. There are currently very few non-toxic agents effective in combating this parasite. GsaCAβ is subsequently proposed as a new drug target for which effective inhibitors can be designed.</p></div>