Journal
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES
Volume 130, Issue -, Pages 19-23Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2019.02.099
Keywords
Halohydrin dehalogenase; Combinatorial smart library; Enzyme thermostability; Surface charge amino acids
Funding
- Chengdu University New Faculty Start-up Fund in China [2081916014]
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Halohydrin dehalogenase from Agrobacterium radiobacter AD1 (HheC) is a key enzyme in preparing beta-substituted alcohols and optically pure epoxides. However, the weak thermostability of HheC greatly limits its industrial application and needs to be improved. In this study, a combinatorial smart library was constructed and screened for enhancing the thermostability of HheC Mutation sites Lys203 and Lys204 located at the protein surface were selected and simultaneously randomized with charged amino acids (Arg, Asp, Glu, Lys), resulting in a combinatorial smart library. After screening a total of only 48 clones, three positive variants CSL1 (Lys203Arg), CSL2 (Lys204Arg) and CSL3 (Lys203Arg/Lys204Arg) were obtained. Compared to the wild type HheC, variant CSL2 exhibited an increase in thermal stability with a nearly 6.9-fold improvement of half-life (tau(1/2, 55 degrees C)) at 55 degrees C without compromising, catalytic activity. In addition, the double mutant CSL3 displayed approximately 3.4-fold higher tau(1/2, 55 degrees C) value and 1.8-fold higher k(cat) value toward 1,3-dicholoro-2-propanol (1,3-DCP) than that of the wild-type HheC Homology modeling analysis highlights that the newly gained hydrogen bonds and optimizing charge-charge interactions at the protein surface might contribute to the overall conformational stabilization, leading to improving the thermostability of HheC. (C) 2019 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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