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Meinert H, Oehlschläger F, Cziegler C, Rockstroh J, Marzuoli I, Bisagni S, Lalk M, Bayer T, Iding H, Bornscheuer UT. Efficient Enzymatic Synthesis of Carbamates in Water Using Promiscuous Esterases/Acyltransferases. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2024; 63:e202405152. [PMID: 38739413 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202405152] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2024] [Revised: 05/07/2024] [Accepted: 05/10/2024] [Indexed: 05/14/2024]
Abstract
Biocatalysis provides an attractive approach to facilitate synthetic reactions in aqueous media. Motivated by the discovery of promiscuous aminolysis activity of esterases, we exploited the esterase from Pyrobaculum calidifontis VA1 (PestE) for the synthesis of carbamates from different aliphatic, aromatic, and arylaliphatic amines and a set of carbonates such as dimethyl-, dibenzyl-, or diallyl carbonate. Thus, aniline and benzylamine derivatives, aliphatic and even secondary amines could be efficiently converted into the corresponding benzyloxycarbonyl (Cbz)- or allyloxycarbonyl (Alloc)-protected products in bulk water, with (isolated) yields of up to 99 %.
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- Hannes Meinert
- Dept. of Biotechnology & Enzyme Catalysis, Institute of Biochemistry, University of Greifswald, Felix-Hausdorff-Str. 4, 17487, Greifswald, Germany
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- Dept. of Biotechnology & Enzyme Catalysis, Institute of Biochemistry, University of Greifswald, Felix-Hausdorff-Str. 4, 17487, Greifswald, Germany
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- Dept. of Biotechnology & Enzyme Catalysis, Institute of Biochemistry, University of Greifswald, Felix-Hausdorff-Str. 4, 17487, Greifswald, Germany
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- Dept. of Cellular Biochemistry and Metabolomics, Institute of Biochemistry, University of Greifswald, Felix-Hausdorff-Str. 4, 17487, Greifswald, Germany
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- Process Chemistry & Catalysis, F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd., Grenzacher Str. 124, 4070, Basel, Switzerland
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- Process Chemistry & Catalysis, F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd., Grenzacher Str. 124, 4070, Basel, Switzerland
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- Dept. of Cellular Biochemistry and Metabolomics, Institute of Biochemistry, University of Greifswald, Felix-Hausdorff-Str. 4, 17487, Greifswald, Germany
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- Dept. of Biotechnology & Enzyme Catalysis, Institute of Biochemistry, University of Greifswald, Felix-Hausdorff-Str. 4, 17487, Greifswald, Germany
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- Process Chemistry & Catalysis, F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd., Grenzacher Str. 124, 4070, Basel, Switzerland
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- Dept. of Biotechnology & Enzyme Catalysis, Institute of Biochemistry, University of Greifswald, Felix-Hausdorff-Str. 4, 17487, Greifswald, Germany
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Roda S, Terholsen H, Meyer JRH, Cañellas-Solé A, Guallar V, Bornscheuer U, Kazemi M. AsiteDesign: a Semirational Algorithm for an Automated Enzyme Design. J Phys Chem B 2023; 127:2661-2670. [PMID: 36944360 PMCID: PMC10068746 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.2c07091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/23/2023]
Abstract
With advances in protein structure predictions, the number of available high-quality structures has increased dramatically. In light of these advances, structure-based enzyme engineering is expected to become increasingly important for optimizing biocatalysts for industrial processes. Here, we present AsiteDesign, a Monte Carlo-based protocol for structure-based engineering of active sites. AsiteDesign provides a framework for introducing new catalytic residues in a given binding pocket to either create a new catalytic activity or alter the existing one. AsiteDesign is implemented using pyRosetta and incorporates enhanced sampling techniques to efficiently explore the search space. The protocol was tested by designing an alternative catalytic triad in the active site of Pseudomonas fluorescens esterase (PFE). The designed variant was experimentally verified to be active, demonstrating that AsiteDesign can find alternative catalytic triads. Additionally, the AsiteDesign protocol was employed to enhance the hydrolysis of a bulky chiral substrate (1-phenyl-2-pentyl acetate) by PFE. The experimental verification of the designed variants demonstrated that F158L/F198A and F125A/F158L mutations increased the hydrolysis of 1-phenyl-2-pentyl acetate from 8.9 to 66.7 and 23.4%, respectively, and reversed the enantioselectivity of the enzyme from (R) to (S)-enantiopreference, with 32 and 55% enantiomeric excess (ee), respectively.
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- Sergi Roda
- Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC), Plaça d'Eusebi Güell, 1-3, Barcelona 08034, Spain
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- Department of Biotechnology & Enzyme Catalysis, Institute of Biochemistry, University of Greifswald, Felix-Hausdorff-Str. 4, D-17487 Greifswald, Germany
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- Department of Biotechnology & Enzyme Catalysis, Institute of Biochemistry, University of Greifswald, Felix-Hausdorff-Str. 4, D-17487 Greifswald, Germany
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- Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC), Plaça d'Eusebi Güell, 1-3, Barcelona 08034, Spain
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- Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC), Plaça d'Eusebi Güell, 1-3, Barcelona 08034, Spain
- Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ICREA), Passeig de Lluís Companys, 23, Barcelona 08010, Spain
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- Department of Biotechnology & Enzyme Catalysis, Institute of Biochemistry, University of Greifswald, Felix-Hausdorff-Str. 4, D-17487 Greifswald, Germany
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- Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC), Plaça d'Eusebi Güell, 1-3, Barcelona 08034, Spain
- Biomatter Designs, Žirmu̅n̨ g. 139A, Vilnius 09120, Lithuania
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Drienovská I, Gajdoš M, Kindler A, Takhtehchian M, Darnhofer B, Birner-Gruenberger R, Dörr M, Bornscheuer UT, Kourist R. Folding Assessment of Incorporation of Noncanonical Amino Acids Facilitates Expansion of Functional-Group Diversity for Enzyme Engineering. Chemistry 2020; 26:12338-12342. [PMID: 32347609 PMCID: PMC7590180 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202002077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2020] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
Abstract
Protein design is limited by the diversity of functional groups provided by the canonical protein „building blocks“. Incorporating noncanonical amino acids (ncAAs) into enzymes enables a dramatic expansion of their catalytic features. For this, quick identification of fully translated and correctly folded variants is decisive. Herein, we report the engineering of the enantioselectivity of an esterase utilizing several ncAAs. Key for the identification of active and soluble protein variants was the use of the split‐GFP method, which is crucial as it allows simple determination of the expression levels of enzyme variants with ncAA incorporations by fluorescence. Several identified variants led to improved enantioselectivity or even inverted enantiopreference in the kinetic resolution of ethyl 3‐phenylbutyrate.
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- Ivana Drienovská
- Institute of Molecular Biotechnology, Graz University of Technology, Petersgasse 14, 8010, Graz, Austria
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- Institute of Molecular Biotechnology, Graz University of Technology, Petersgasse 14, 8010, Graz, Austria
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- Institute of Molecular Biotechnology, Graz University of Technology, Petersgasse 14, 8010, Graz, Austria
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- Institute of Molecular Biotechnology, Graz University of Technology, Petersgasse 14, 8010, Graz, Austria
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- Diagnostic and Research Institute of Patholoy, Diagnostic and Research Center of Molecular Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Neue Stiftingtalstraße 6, 8010, Graz, Austria.,Omics Center Graz, BioTechMed-Graz, Stiftingtalstraße 24, 8010, Graz, Austria
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- Diagnostic and Research Institute of Patholoy, Diagnostic and Research Center of Molecular Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Neue Stiftingtalstraße 6, 8010, Graz, Austria.,Institute of Chemical Technologies and Analytics, Vienna University of Technology, Getreidemarkt 9/164, 1060, Wien, Austria.,Omics Center Graz, BioTechMed-Graz, Stiftingtalstraße 24, 8010, Graz, Austria
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- Biotechnology & Enzyme Catalysis, Institute of Biochemistry, Greifswald University, Felix-Hausdorff-Str. 4, 17487, Greifswald, Germany
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- Biotechnology & Enzyme Catalysis, Institute of Biochemistry, Greifswald University, Felix-Hausdorff-Str. 4, 17487, Greifswald, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Biotechnology, Graz University of Technology, Petersgasse 14, 8010, Graz, Austria
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Mate DM, Rivera NR, Sanchez‐Freire E, Ayala JA, Berenguer J, Hidalgo A. Thermostability enhancement of the
Pseudomonas fluorescens
esterase I by in vivo folding selection in
Thermus thermophilus. Biotechnol Bioeng 2019; 117:30-38. [DOI: 10.1002/bit.27170] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2019] [Revised: 09/06/2019] [Accepted: 09/08/2019] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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- Diana M. Mate
- Department of Molecular Biology, Center of Molecular Biology “Severo Ochoa” (UAM‐CSIC)Autonomous University of Madrid Madrid Spain
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Center of Molecular Biology “Severo Ochoa” (UAM‐CSIC)Autonomous University of Madrid Madrid Spain
- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of MedicineUniversity of El Salvador San Salvador El Salvador
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Center of Molecular Biology “Severo Ochoa” (UAM‐CSIC)Autonomous University of Madrid Madrid Spain
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- Consejo Superior de Investigaciones CientíficasCenter of Molecular Biology “Severo Ochoa” (UAM‐CSIC) Madrid Spain
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Center of Molecular Biology “Severo Ochoa” (UAM‐CSIC)Autonomous University of Madrid Madrid Spain
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Center of Molecular Biology “Severo Ochoa” (UAM‐CSIC)Autonomous University of Madrid Madrid Spain
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Acyltransferases are enzymes that are capable of catalyzing the transesterification of non-activated esters in an aqueous environment and therefore represent interesting catalysts for applications in various fields. However, only a few acyltransferases have been identified so far, which can be explained by the lack of a simple, broadly applicable high-throughput assay for the identification of these enzymes from large libraries. Here, we present the development of such an assay that is based on the enzymatic formation of oligocarbonates from dimethyl carbonate and 1,6-hexanediol. In contrast to the monomers used as substrates, the oligomers are not soluble in the aqueous environment and form a precipitate which is used to detect enzyme activity by the naked eye, by absorbance or by fluorescence measurements. With activity detected and thus confirmed for the enzymes Est8 and MsAcT, the assay enabled the first identification of acyltransferases that act on carbonates. It will thus allow for the discovery of further efficient acyltransferases or of more efficient variants via enzyme engineering.
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- Marcel Bauch
- Department of Chemistry; University of Potsdam; Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 24-25 14476 Potsdam Germany
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- Department of Biotechnology & Enzyme Catalysis; University of Greifswald; Felix-Hausdorff-Str. 4 17487 Greifswald Germany
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- Department of Biotechnology & Enzyme Catalysis; University of Greifswald; Felix-Hausdorff-Str. 4 17487 Greifswald Germany
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- Department of Chemistry; University of Potsdam; Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 24-25 14476 Potsdam Germany
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Nobili A, Tao Y, Pavlidis IV, van den Bergh T, Joosten HJ, Tan T, Bornscheuer UT. Simultaneous use of in silico design and a correlated mutation network as a tool to efficiently guide enzyme engineering. Chembiochem 2015; 16:805-10. [PMID: 25711719 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201402665] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2014] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
Abstract
In order to improve the efficiency of directed evolution experiments, in silico multiple-substrate clustering was combined with an analysis of the variability of natural enzymes within a protein superfamily. This was applied to a Pseudomonas fluorescens esterase (PFE I) targeting the enantioselective hydrolysis of 3-phenylbutyric acid esters. Data reported in the literature for nine substrates were used for the clustering meta-analysis of the docking conformations in wild-type PFE I, and this highlighted a tryptophan residue (W28) as an interesting target. Exploration of the most frequently, naturally occurring amino acids at this position suggested that the reduced flexibility observed in the case of the W28F variant leads to enhancement of the enantioselectivity. This mutant was subsequently combined with mutations identified in a library based on analysis of a correlated mutation network. By interrogation of <80 variants a mutant with 15-fold improved enantioselectivity was found.
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- Alberto Nobili
- Institute of Biochemistry, Dept. of Biotechnology and Enzyme Catalysis, Greifswald University, Felix-Hausdorff Strasse 4, 17487 Greifswald (Germany)
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Romano D, Bonomi F, de Mattos MC, de Sousa Fonseca T, de Oliveira MDCF, Molinari F. Esterases as stereoselective biocatalysts. Biotechnol Adv 2015; 33:547-65. [PMID: 25677731 DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2015.01.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2014] [Revised: 01/19/2015] [Accepted: 01/20/2015] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Non-lypolitic esterases are carboxylester hydrolases with preference for the hydrolysis of water-soluble esters bearing short-chain acyl residues. The potential of esterases as enantioselective biocatalysts has enlarged in the last few years due to the progresses achieved in different areas, such as screening methodologies, overproduction of recombinant esterases, structural information useful for understanding the rational behind enantioselectivity, and efficient methods in protein engineering. Contributions of these complementary know-hows to the development of new robust enantioselective esterases are critically discussed in this review.
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- Diego Romano
- Department of Food, Environmental and Nutritional Sciences (DEFENS), University of Milan, Via Mangiagalli 25, 20133 Milan, Italy
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- Department of Food, Environmental and Nutritional Sciences (DEFENS), University of Milan, Via Mangiagalli 25, 20133 Milan, Italy
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- Department of Organic and Inorganic Chemistry, Federal University of Ceará, Campus do Pici, Postal Box 6044, 60455-970 Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil
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- Department of Organic and Inorganic Chemistry, Federal University of Ceará, Campus do Pici, Postal Box 6044, 60455-970 Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil
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- Department of Food, Environmental and Nutritional Sciences (DEFENS), University of Milan, Via Mangiagalli 25, 20133 Milan, Italy
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Liu JY, Bian HP, Tang Y, Bai YP, Xu JH. Double substituted variant of Bacillus amyloliquefaciens esterase with enhanced enantioselectivity and high activity towards 1-(3′,4′-methylenedioxyphenyl)ethyl acetate. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2014; 99:1701-8. [DOI: 10.1007/s00253-014-5992-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2014] [Revised: 07/10/2014] [Accepted: 07/26/2014] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Nobili A, Gall MG, Pavlidis IV, Thompson ML, Schmidt M, Bornscheuer UT. Use of ‘small but smart’ libraries to enhance the enantioselectivity of an esterase fromBacillus stearothermophilustowards tetrahydrofuran-3-yl acetate. FEBS J 2013; 280:3084-93. [DOI: 10.1111/febs.12137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2012] [Revised: 01/08/2013] [Accepted: 01/15/2013] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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- Alberto Nobili
- Department of Biotechnology and Enzyme Catalysis; Institute of Biochemistry; Greifswald University; Germany
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- Department of Biotechnology and Enzyme Catalysis; Institute of Biochemistry; Greifswald University; Germany
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- Department of Biotechnology and Enzyme Catalysis; Institute of Biochemistry; Greifswald University; Germany
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- Department of Biotechnology and Enzyme Catalysis; Institute of Biochemistry; Greifswald University; Germany
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- Department of Biotechnology and Enzyme Catalysis; Institute of Biochemistry; Greifswald University; Germany
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- Department of Biotechnology and Enzyme Catalysis; Institute of Biochemistry; Greifswald University; Germany
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Bassegoda A, Cesarini S, Diaz P. Lipase improvement: goals and strategies. Comput Struct Biotechnol J 2012; 2:e201209005. [PMID: 24688646 PMCID: PMC3962121 DOI: 10.5936/csbj.201209005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2012] [Revised: 09/20/2012] [Accepted: 09/23/2012] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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- Arnau Bassegoda
- Department of Microbiology, University of Barcelona. Av. Diagonal 643, 08028-Barcelona. Spain
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Barcelona. Av. Diagonal 643, 08028-Barcelona. Spain
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Barcelona. Av. Diagonal 643, 08028-Barcelona. Spain
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Sandström AG, Wikmark Y, Engström K, Nyhlén J, Bäckvall JE. Combinatorial reshaping of the Candida antarctica lipase A substrate pocket for enantioselectivity using an extremely condensed library. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2012; 109:78-83. [PMID: 22178758 PMCID: PMC3252943 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1111537108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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A highly combinatorial structure-based protein engineering method for obtaining enantioselectivity is reported that results in a thorough modification of the substrate binding pocket of Candida antarctica lipase A (CALA). Nine amino acid residues surrounding the entire pocket were simultaneously mutated, contributing to a reshaping of the substrate pocket to give increased enantioselectivity and activity for a sterically demanding substrate. This approach seems to be powerful for developing enantioselectivity when a complete reshaping of the active site is required. Screening toward ibuprofen ester 1, a substrate for which previously used methods had failed, gave variants with a significantly increased enantioselectivity and activity. Wild-type CALA has a moderate activity with an E value of only 3.4 toward this substrate. The best variant had an E value of 100 and it also displayed a high activity. The variation at each mutated position was highly reduced, comprising only the wild type and an alternative residue, preferably a smaller one with similar properties. These minimal binary variations allow for an extremely condensed protein library. With this highly combinatorial method synergistic effects are accounted for and the protein fitness landscape is explored efficiently.
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- Anders G. Sandström
- Department of Organic Chemistry, Arrhenius Laboratory, Stockholm University, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Arrhenius Laboratory, Stockholm University, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Arrhenius Laboratory, Stockholm University, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Arrhenius Laboratory, Stockholm University, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Arrhenius Laboratory, Stockholm University, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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Ema T, Nakano Y, Yoshida D, Kamata S, Sakai T. Redesign of enzyme for improving catalytic activity and enantioselectivity toward poor substrates: manipulation of the transition state. Org Biomol Chem 2012; 10:6299-308. [DOI: 10.1039/c2ob25614b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Rehdorf J, Behrens GA, Nguyen GS, Kourist R, Bornscheuer UT. Pseudomonas putida esterase contains a GGG(A)X-motif confering activity for the kinetic resolution of tertiary alcohols. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2011; 93:1119-26. [DOI: 10.1007/s00253-011-3464-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2011] [Revised: 06/27/2011] [Accepted: 06/27/2011] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Discovery of an Escherichia coli esterase with high activity and enantioselectivity toward 1,2-O-isopropylideneglycerol esters. Appl Environ Microbiol 2011; 77:6094-9. [PMID: 21764964 DOI: 10.1128/aem.05122-11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
Abstract
Escherichia coli has been widely used as an expression host for the identification of desired biocatalysts through screening or selection assays. We have previously used E. coli in growth selection and screening assays for identification of Bacillus subtilis lipase variants (located in the periplasm) with improved activity and enantioselectivity toward 1,2-O-isopropylideneglycerol (IPG) esters. In the course of these studies, we discovered that E. coli itself exhibits significant cytoplasmic esterase activity toward IPG esters. In order to identify the enzyme (or enzymes) responsible for this esterase activity, we analyzed eight E. coli knockout strains, in which single esterase genes were deleted, for their ability to hydrolyze IPG butyrate. This approach led to the identification of esterase YbfF as the major E. coli enzyme responsible for the hydrolytic activity toward IPG esters. The gene coding for YbfF was cloned and overexpressed in E. coli, and the corresponding protein was purified and characterized for its biocatalytic performance. YbfF displays a high level of activity toward IPG butyrate and IPG caprylate and prefers the R-enantiomer of these substrates, producing the S-enantiomer of the IPG product with high enantiomeric excess (72 to 94% ee). The enantioselectivity of YbfF for IPG caprylate (E = 40) could be significantly enhanced when using dimethylformamide (DMF) or dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) as cosolvents in kinetic resolution experiments. The enzyme also shows high enantioselectivity toward 1-phenylethyl acetate (E ≥ 200), giving the chiral product (R)-1-phenylethanol with >99% ee. The high activity and enantioselectivity of YbfF make it an attractive enzyme for organic synthesis.
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Jochens H, Hesseler M, Stiba K, Padhi SK, Kazlauskas RJ, Bornscheuer UT. Protein Engineering of α/β-Hydrolase Fold Enzymes. Chembiochem 2011; 12:1508-17. [DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201000771] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2010] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Jochens H, Aerts D, Bornscheuer UT. Thermostabilization of an esterase by alignment-guided focussed directed evolution. Protein Eng Des Sel 2010; 23:903-9. [DOI: 10.1093/protein/gzq071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 102] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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De Groeve MR, Remmery L, Van Hoorebeke A, Stout J, Desmet T, Savvides SN, Soetaert W. Construction of cellobiose phosphorylase variants with broadened acceptor specificity towards anomerically substituted glucosides. Biotechnol Bioeng 2010; 107:413-20. [DOI: 10.1002/bit.22818] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Protein engineering of microbial enzymes. Curr Opin Microbiol 2010; 13:274-82. [PMID: 20171138 DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2010.01.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2010] [Revised: 01/14/2010] [Accepted: 01/15/2010] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
Abstract
Protein engineering has emerged as an important tool to overcome the limitations of natural enzymes as biocatalysts. Recent advances have mainly focused on applying directed evolution to enzymes, especially important for organic synthesis, such as monooxygenases, ketoreductases, lipases or aldolases in order to improve their activity, enantioselectivity, and stability. The combination of directed evolution and rational protein design using computational tools is becoming increasingly important in order to explore enzyme sequence-space and to create improved or novel enzymes. These developments should allow to further expand the application of microbial enzymes in industry.
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