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Cheng F, Sun KX, Gong XX, Peng W, Zhang HY, Liang XH, Xue YP, Zheng YG. Development of growth selection system and pocket engineering of d-amino acid oxidase to enhance selective deamination activity toward d-phosphinothricin. Biotechnol Bioeng 2024. [PMID: 38822747 DOI: 10.1002/bit.28763] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2023] [Revised: 03/31/2024] [Accepted: 05/22/2024] [Indexed: 06/03/2024]
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D-amino acid oxidase (DAAO)-catalyzed selective oxidative deamination is a very promising process for synthesizing l-amino acids including l-phosphinothricin ( l-PPT, a high-efficiency and broad-spectrum herbicide). However, the wild-type DAAO's low activity toward unnatural substrates like d-phosphinothricin ( d-PPT) hampers its application. Herein, a DAAO from Caenorhabditis elegans (CeDAAO) was screened and engineered to improve the catalytic potential on d-PPT. First, we designed a novel growth selection system, taking into account the intricate relationship between the growth of Escherichia coli (E. coli) and the catalytic mechanism of DAAO. The developed system was used for high-throughput screening of gene libraries, resulting in the discovery of a variant (M6) with significantly increased catalytic activity against d-PPT. The variant displays different catalytic properties on substrates with varying hydrophobicity and hydrophilicity. Analysis using Alphafold2 modeling and molecular dynamic simulations showed that the reason for the enhanced activity was the substrate-binding pocket with enlarged size and suitable charge distribution. Further QM/MM calculations revealed that the crucial factor for enhancing activity lies in reducing the initial energy barrier of the reductive half reaction. Finally, a comprehensive binding-model index to predict the enhanced activity of DAAO toward d-PPT, and an enzymatic deracemization approach was developed, enabling the efficient synthesis of l-PPT with remarkable efficiency.
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- Feng Cheng
- Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Synthesis of Zhejiang Province, College of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, China
- Engineering Research Center of Bioconversion and Biopurification of the Ministry of Education, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, China
- The National and Local Joint Engineering Research Center for Biomanufacturing of Chiral Chemicals, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Synthesis of Zhejiang Province, College of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, China
- Engineering Research Center of Bioconversion and Biopurification of the Ministry of Education, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, China
- The National and Local Joint Engineering Research Center for Biomanufacturing of Chiral Chemicals, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Synthesis of Zhejiang Province, College of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, China
- Engineering Research Center of Bioconversion and Biopurification of the Ministry of Education, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, China
- The National and Local Joint Engineering Research Center for Biomanufacturing of Chiral Chemicals, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Synthesis of Zhejiang Province, College of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, China
- Engineering Research Center of Bioconversion and Biopurification of the Ministry of Education, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, China
- The National and Local Joint Engineering Research Center for Biomanufacturing of Chiral Chemicals, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Synthesis of Zhejiang Province, College of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, China
- Engineering Research Center of Bioconversion and Biopurification of the Ministry of Education, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, China
- The National and Local Joint Engineering Research Center for Biomanufacturing of Chiral Chemicals, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Synthesis of Zhejiang Province, College of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, China
- Engineering Research Center of Bioconversion and Biopurification of the Ministry of Education, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, China
- The National and Local Joint Engineering Research Center for Biomanufacturing of Chiral Chemicals, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Synthesis of Zhejiang Province, College of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, China
- Engineering Research Center of Bioconversion and Biopurification of the Ministry of Education, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, China
- The National and Local Joint Engineering Research Center for Biomanufacturing of Chiral Chemicals, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Synthesis of Zhejiang Province, College of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, China
- Engineering Research Center of Bioconversion and Biopurification of the Ministry of Education, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, China
- The National and Local Joint Engineering Research Center for Biomanufacturing of Chiral Chemicals, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, China
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Zhou SP, Xue YP, Zheng YG. Maximizing the potential of nitrilase: Unveiling their diversity, catalytic proficiency, and versatile applications. Biotechnol Adv 2024; 72:108352. [PMID: 38574900 DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2024.108352] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2023] [Revised: 03/10/2024] [Accepted: 03/30/2024] [Indexed: 04/06/2024]
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Nitrilases represent a distinct class of enzymes that play a pivotal role in catalyzing the hydrolysis of nitrile compounds, leading to the formation of corresponding carboxylic acids. These enzymatic entities have garnered significant attention across a spectrum of industries, encompassing pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals, and fine chemicals. Moreover, their significance has been accentuated by mounting environmental pressures, propelling them into the forefront of biodegradation and bioremediation endeavors. Nevertheless, the natural nitrilases exhibit intrinsic limitations such as low thermal stability, narrow substrate selectivity, and inadaptability to varying environmental conditions. In the past decade, substantial efforts have been made in elucidating the structural underpinnings and catalytic mechanisms of nitrilase, providing basis for engineering of nitrilases. Significant breakthroughs have been made in the regulation of nitrilases with ideal catalytic properties and application of the enzymes for industrial productions. This review endeavors to provide a comprehensive discourse and summary of recent research advancements related to nitrilases, with a particular emphasis on the elucidation of the structural attributes, catalytic mechanisms, catalytic characteristics, and strategies for improving catalytic performance of nitrilases. Moreover, the exploration extends to the domain of process engineering and the multifarious applications of nitrilases. Furthermore, the future development trend of nitrilases is prospected, providing important guidance for research and application in the related fields.
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- Shi-Peng Zhou
- Engineering Research Center of Bioconversion and Biopurification of Ministry of Education, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, China; Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Synthesis of Zhejiang Province, College of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, China
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- Engineering Research Center of Bioconversion and Biopurification of Ministry of Education, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, China; Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Synthesis of Zhejiang Province, College of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, China.
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- Engineering Research Center of Bioconversion and Biopurification of Ministry of Education, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, China; Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Synthesis of Zhejiang Province, College of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, China
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Jansen S, Mayer C. A Robust Growth-Based Selection Platform to Evolve an Enzyme via Dependency on Noncanonical Tyrosine Analogues. JACS AU 2024; 4:1583-1590. [PMID: 38665651 PMCID: PMC11040555 DOI: 10.1021/jacsau.4c00070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2024] [Revised: 02/21/2024] [Accepted: 02/22/2024] [Indexed: 04/28/2024]
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Growth-based selections evaluate the fitness of individual organisms at a population level. In enzyme engineering, such growth selections allow for the rapid and straightforward identification of highly efficient biocatalysts from extensive libraries. However, selection-based improvement of (synthetically useful) biocatalysts is challenging, as they require highly dependable strategies that artificially link their activities to host survival. Here, we showcase a robust and scalable growth-based selection platform centered around the complementation of noncanonical amino acid-dependent bacteria. Specifically, we demonstrate how serial passaging of populations featuring millions of carbamoylase variants autonomously selects biocatalysts with up to 90,000-fold higher initial rates. Notably, selection of replicate populations enriched diverse biocatalysts, which feature distinct amino acid motifs that drastically boost carbamoylase activity. As beneficial substitutions also originated from unintended copying errors during library preparation or cell division, we anticipate that our growth-based selection platform will be applicable to the continuous, autonomous evolution of diverse biocatalysts in the future.
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- Suzanne
C. Jansen
- Stratingh Institute for Chemistry, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, 9747
AG Groningen, The
Netherlands
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- Stratingh Institute for Chemistry, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, 9747
AG Groningen, The
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Yu H, Zhang X, Acevedo-Rocha CG, Li A, Reetz MT. Protein engineering using mutability landscapes: Controlling site-selectivity of P450-catalyzed steroid hydroxylation. Methods Enzymol 2023; 693:191-229. [PMID: 37977731 DOI: 10.1016/bs.mie.2023.09.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2023]
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Directed evolution and rational design have been used widely in engineering enzymes for their application in synthetic organic chemistry and biotechnology. With stereoselectivity playing a crucial role in catalysis for the synthesis of valuable chemical and pharmaceutical compounds, rational design has not achieved such wide success in this specific area compared to directed evolution. Nevertheless, one bottleneck of directed evolution is the laborious screening efforts and the observed trade-offs in catalytic profiles. This has motivated researchers to develop more efficient protein engineering methods. As a prime approach, mutability landscaping avoids such trade-offs by providing more information of sequence-function relationships. Here, we describe an application of this efficient protein engineering method to improve the regio-/stereoselectivity and activity of P450BM3 for steroid hydroxylation, while keeping the mutagenesis libraries small so that they will require only minimal screening.
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- Huili Yu
- State Key Laboratory of Biocatalysis and Enzyme Engineering, Hubei Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, School of life science, Hubei University, Wuhan, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocatalysis and Enzyme Engineering, Hubei Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, School of life science, Hubei University, Wuhan, P.R. China
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- The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocatalysis and Enzyme Engineering, Hubei Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, School of life science, Hubei University, Wuhan, P.R. China.
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung Kaiser-Wilhelm-Platz 1, Muelheim, Germany; Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 32 West 7th Avenue, Tianjin, P. R. China.
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A growth selection system for the directed evolution of amine-forming or converting enzymes. Nat Commun 2022; 13:7458. [PMID: 36460668 PMCID: PMC9718777 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-35228-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2022] [Accepted: 11/23/2022] [Indexed: 12/05/2022] Open
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Fast screening of enzyme variants is crucial for tailoring biocatalysts for the asymmetric synthesis of non-natural chiral chemicals, such as amines. However, most existing screening methods either are limited by the throughput or require specialized equipment. Herein, we report a simple, high-throughput, low-equipment dependent, and generally applicable growth selection system for engineering amine-forming or converting enzymes and apply it to improve biocatalysts belonging to three different enzyme classes. This results in (i) an amine transaminase variant with 110-fold increased specific activity for the asymmetric synthesis of the chiral amine intermediate of Linagliptin; (ii) a 270-fold improved monoamine oxidase to prepare the chiral amine intermediate of Cinacalcet by deracemization; and (iii) an ammonia lyase variant with a 26-fold increased activity in the asymmetric synthesis of a non-natural amino acid. Our growth selection system is adaptable to different enzyme classes, varying levels of enzyme activities, and thus a flexible tool for various stages of an engineering campaign.
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Reetz M. Witnessing the Birth of Directed Evolution of Stereoselective Enzymes as Catalysts in Organic Chemistry. Adv Synth Catal 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/adsc.202200466] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Bleisch R, Freitag L, Ihadjadene Y, Sprenger U, Steingröwer J, Walther T, Krujatz F. Strain Development in Microalgal Biotechnology-Random Mutagenesis Techniques. LIFE (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2022; 12:life12070961. [PMID: 35888051 PMCID: PMC9315690 DOI: 10.3390/life12070961] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2022] [Revised: 06/15/2022] [Accepted: 06/22/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Microalgal biomass and metabolites can be used as a renewable source of nutrition, pharmaceuticals and energy to maintain or improve the quality of human life. Microalgae’s high volumetric productivity and low impact on the environment make them a promising raw material in terms of both ecology and economics. To optimize biotechnological processes with microalgae, improving the productivity and robustness of the cell factories is a major step towards economically viable bioprocesses. This review provides an overview of random mutagenesis techniques that are applied to microalgal cell factories, with a particular focus on physical and chemical mutagens, mutagenesis conditions and mutant characteristics.
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- Richard Bleisch
- Institute of Natural Materials Technology, Technische Universität Dresden, 01069 Dresden, Germany; (R.B.); (L.F.); (Y.I.); (U.S.); (J.S.); (T.W.)
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- Institute of Natural Materials Technology, Technische Universität Dresden, 01069 Dresden, Germany; (R.B.); (L.F.); (Y.I.); (U.S.); (J.S.); (T.W.)
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- Institute of Natural Materials Technology, Technische Universität Dresden, 01069 Dresden, Germany; (R.B.); (L.F.); (Y.I.); (U.S.); (J.S.); (T.W.)
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- Institute of Natural Materials Technology, Technische Universität Dresden, 01069 Dresden, Germany; (R.B.); (L.F.); (Y.I.); (U.S.); (J.S.); (T.W.)
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- Institute of Natural Materials Technology, Technische Universität Dresden, 01069 Dresden, Germany; (R.B.); (L.F.); (Y.I.); (U.S.); (J.S.); (T.W.)
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- Institute of Natural Materials Technology, Technische Universität Dresden, 01069 Dresden, Germany; (R.B.); (L.F.); (Y.I.); (U.S.); (J.S.); (T.W.)
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- Institute of Natural Materials Technology, Technische Universität Dresden, 01069 Dresden, Germany; (R.B.); (L.F.); (Y.I.); (U.S.); (J.S.); (T.W.)
- Biotopa gGmbH—Center for Applied Aquaculture & Bioeconomy, 01454 Radeberg, Germany
- Faculty of Natural and Environmental Sciences, University of Applied Sciences Zittau/Görlitz, 02763 Zittau, Germany
- Correspondence:
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Cadet XF, Gelly JC, van Noord A, Cadet F, Acevedo-Rocha CG. Learning Strategies in Protein Directed Evolution. Methods Mol Biol 2022; 2461:225-275. [PMID: 35727454 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-2152-3_15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
Abstract
Synthetic biology is a fast-evolving research field that combines biology and engineering principles to develop new biological systems for medical, pharmacological, and industrial applications. Synthetic biologists use iterative "design, build, test, and learn" cycles to efficiently engineer genetic systems that are reliable, reproducible, and predictable. Protein engineering by directed evolution can benefit from such a systematic engineering approach for various reasons. Learning can be carried out before starting, throughout or after finalizing a directed evolution project. Computational tools, bioinformatics, and scanning mutagenesis methods can be excellent starting points, while molecular dynamics simulations and other strategies can guide engineering efforts. Similarly, studying protein intermediates along evolutionary pathways offers fascinating insights into the molecular mechanisms shaped by evolution. The learning step of the cycle is not only crucial for proteins or enzymes that are not suitable for high-throughput screening or selection systems, but it is also valuable for any platform that can generate a large amount of data that can be aided by machine learning algorithms. The main challenge in protein engineering is to predict the effect of a single mutation on one functional parameter-to say nothing of several mutations on multiple parameters. This is largely due to nonadditive mutational interactions, known as epistatic effects-beneficial mutations present in a genetic background may not be beneficial in another genetic background. In this work, we provide an overview of experimental and computational strategies that can guide the user to learn protein function at different stages in a directed evolution project. We also discuss how epistatic effects can influence the success of directed evolution projects. Since machine learning is gaining momentum in protein engineering and the field is becoming more interdisciplinary thanks to collaboration between mathematicians, computational scientists, engineers, molecular biologists, and chemists, we provide a general workflow that familiarizes nonexperts with the basic concepts, dataset requirements, learning approaches, model capabilities and performance metrics of this intriguing area. Finally, we also provide some practical recommendations on how machine learning can harness epistatic effects for engineering proteins in an "outside-the-box" way.
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- Xavier F Cadet
- PEACCEL, Artificial Intelligence Department, Paris, France
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- Laboratoire d'Excellence GR-Ex, Paris, France
- BIGR, DSIMB, UMR_S1134, INSERM, University of Paris & University of Reunion, Paris, France
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- Laboratoire d'Excellence GR-Ex, Paris, France
- BIGR, DSIMB, UMR_S1134, INSERM, University of Paris & University of Reunion, Paris, France
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SpeedyGenesXL: an Automated, High-Throughput Platform for the Preparation of Bespoke Ultralarge Variant Libraries for Directed Evolution. Methods Mol Biol 2022; 2461:67-83. [PMID: 35727444 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-2152-3_5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Directed evolution of proteins is a highly effective strategy for tailoring biocatalysts to a particular application, and is capable of engineering improvements such as kcat, thermostability and organic solvent tolerance. It is recognized that large and systematic libraries are required to navigate a protein's vast and rugged sequence landscape effectively, yet their preparation is nontrivial and commercial libraries are extremely costly. To address this, we have developed SpeedyGenesXL, an automated, high-throughput platform for the production of wild-type genes, Boolean OR, combinatorial, or combinatorial-OR-type libraries based on the SpeedyGenes methodology. Together this offers a flexible platform for library synthesis, capable of generating many different bespoke, diverse libraries simultaneously.
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Watanabe S, Ito M, Kigawa T. DiRect: Site-directed mutagenesis method for protein engineering by rational design. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2021; 551:107-113. [PMID: 33725571 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2021.03.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2021] [Accepted: 03/04/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Site-directed mutagenesis (SDM), an indispensable method in molecular biology and protein engineering, is rather time-consuming and laborious. Protein engineering, especially that of enzymes, nowadays increasingly relies on rational design approaches in which both SDM and protein expression are the bottlenecks because they are generally based on the recombinant DNA technology. Here, we developed a new PCR-based mutagenesis method, DiRect, that achieves high performance in product quality (≥99% substitution) without recombinant DNA technology. We applied DiRect in combination with a cell-free protein expression system to an industrially relevant enzyme, nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate-dependent 3-quinuclidinone reductase from Rhodotorula rubra. In a single round of screening, 90 newly designed mutant proteins were produced within two days, and an unreported mutant (Q135I) exhibiting much higher thermostability than the wild-type enzyme was successfully identified within one extra day. Thus, DiRect is a simple, efficient, and potentially scalable SDM method.
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- Satoru Watanabe
- Laboratory for Cellular Structural Biology, RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research (BDR), 1-7-22 Suehiro-cho, Tsurumi, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 230-0045, Japan; Laboratory for Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics, RIKEN Quantitative Biology Center (QBiC), 1-7-22 Suehiro-cho, Tsurumi, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 230-0045, Japan
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- Laboratory for Cellular Structural Biology, RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research (BDR), 1-7-22 Suehiro-cho, Tsurumi, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 230-0045, Japan; Laboratory for Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics, RIKEN Quantitative Biology Center (QBiC), 1-7-22 Suehiro-cho, Tsurumi, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 230-0045, Japan
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- Laboratory for Cellular Structural Biology, RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research (BDR), 1-7-22 Suehiro-cho, Tsurumi, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 230-0045, Japan; Laboratory for Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics, RIKEN Quantitative Biology Center (QBiC), 1-7-22 Suehiro-cho, Tsurumi, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 230-0045, Japan.
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Acevedo-Rocha CG, Hollmann F, Sanchis J, Sun Z. A Pioneering Career in Catalysis: Manfred T. Reetz. ACS Catal 2020. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.0c04108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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- Department of Biotechnology, Delft University of Technology, van der Maasweg 9, 2629 HZ Deft, Netherlands
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- Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Monash University, 399 Royal Parade, Parkville 3052, Victoria, Australia
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- Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 32 West Seventh Avenue, Tianjin, 300308 China
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Calzadiaz-Ramirez L, Calvó-Tusell C, Stoffel GMM, Lindner SN, Osuna S, Erb TJ, Garcia-Borràs M, Bar-Even A, Acevedo-Rocha CG. In Vivo Selection for Formate Dehydrogenases with High Efficiency and Specificity toward NADP . ACS Catal 2020; 10:7512-7525. [PMID: 32733773 PMCID: PMC7384739 DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.0c01487] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2020] [Revised: 06/06/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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The efficient regeneration of cofactors is vital for the establishment of biocatalytic processes. Formate is an ideal electron donor for cofactor regeneration due to its general availability, low reduction potential, and benign byproduct (CO2). However, formate dehydrogenases (FDHs) are usually specific to NAD+, such that NADPH regeneration with formate is challenging. Previous studies reported naturally occurring FDHs or engineered FDHs that accept NADP+, but these enzymes show low kinetic efficiencies and specificities. Here, we harness the power of natural selection to engineer FDH variants to simultaneously optimize three properties: kinetic efficiency with NADP+, specificity toward NADP+, and affinity toward formate. By simultaneously mutating multiple residues of FDH from Pseudomonas sp. 101, which exhibits practically no activity toward NADP+, we generate a library of >106 variants. We introduce this library into an E. coli strain that cannot produce NADPH. By selecting for growth with formate as the sole NADPH source, we isolate several enzyme variants that support efficient NADPH regeneration. We find that the kinetically superior enzyme variant, harboring five mutations, has 5-fold higher efficiency and 14-fold higher specificity in comparison to the best enzyme previously engineered, while retaining high affinity toward formate. By using molecular dynamics simulations, we reveal the contribution of each mutation to the superior kinetics of this variant. We further determine how nonadditive epistatic effects improve multiple parameters simultaneously. Our work demonstrates the capacity of in vivo selection to identify highly proficient enzyme variants carrying multiple mutations which would be almost impossible to find using conventional screening methods.
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- Institut de Quı́mica Computacional i Catàlisi and Departament de Quı́mica, Universitat de Girona, Carrer Maria Aurèlia Capmany 69, Girona 17003, Catalonia, Spain
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- Max Planck Institute of Terrestrial Microbiology, Karl-von-Frisch-Straße 10, D-35043 Marburg, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Am Mühlenberg 1, D-14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany
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- Institut de Quı́mica Computacional i Catàlisi and Departament de Quı́mica, Universitat de Girona, Carrer Maria Aurèlia Capmany 69, Girona 17003, Catalonia, Spain
- ICREA, Pg. Lluís Companys 23, 08010 Barcelona, Spain
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- Max Planck Institute of Terrestrial Microbiology, Karl-von-Frisch-Straße 10, D-35043 Marburg, Germany
- LOEWE Research Center for Synthetic Microbiology (SYNMIKRO), Karl-von-Frisch-Straße 16, D-35043 Marburg, Germany
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- Institut de Quı́mica Computacional i Catàlisi and Departament de Quı́mica, Universitat de Girona, Carrer Maria Aurèlia Capmany 69, Girona 17003, Catalonia, Spain
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- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Am Mühlenberg 1, D-14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany
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Qu G, Li A, Acevedo‐Rocha CG, Sun Z, Reetz MT. Die zentrale Rolle der Methodenentwicklung in der gerichteten Evolution selektiver Enzyme. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201901491] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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- Ge Qu
- Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology Chinese Academy of Sciences 32 West 7th Avenue, Tianjin Airport Economic Area Tianjin 300308 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocatalysis and Enzyme Engineering Hubei Collaborative Innovation Center for Green Transformation of Bio-resources Hubei Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology College of Life Sciences Hubei University 368 Youyi Road Wuchang Wuhan 430062 China
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- Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology Chinese Academy of Sciences 32 West 7th Avenue, Tianjin Airport Economic Area Tianjin 300308 China
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- Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology Chinese Academy of Sciences 32 West 7th Avenue, Tianjin Airport Economic Area Tianjin 300308 China
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung Kaiser-Wilhelm-Platz 1 45470 Mülheim Deutschland
- Department of Chemistry, Hans-Meerwein-Straße 4 Philipps-Universität 35032 Marburg Deutschland
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Qu G, Li A, Acevedo‐Rocha CG, Sun Z, Reetz MT. The Crucial Role of Methodology Development in Directed Evolution of Selective Enzymes. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020; 59:13204-13231. [PMID: 31267627 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201901491] [Citation(s) in RCA: 238] [Impact Index Per Article: 59.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2019] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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- Ge Qu
- Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology Chinese Academy of Sciences 32 West 7th Avenue, Tianjin Airport Economic Area Tianjin 300308 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocatalysis and Enzyme Engineering Hubei Collaborative Innovation Center for Green Transformation of Bio-resources Hubei Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology College of Life Sciences Hubei University 368 Youyi Road Wuchang Wuhan 430062 China
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- Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology Chinese Academy of Sciences 32 West 7th Avenue, Tianjin Airport Economic Area Tianjin 300308 China
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- Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology Chinese Academy of Sciences 32 West 7th Avenue, Tianjin Airport Economic Area Tianjin 300308 China
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung Kaiser-Wilhelm-Platz 1 45470 Mülheim Germany
- Department of Chemistry, Hans-Meerwein-Strasse 4 Philipps-University 35032 Marburg Germany
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Unbiased libraries in protein directed evolution. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-PROTEINS AND PROTEOMICS 2020; 1868:140321. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2019.140321] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2019] [Revised: 10/03/2019] [Accepted: 10/31/2019] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Duan J, Li B, Qin Y, Dong Y, Ren J, Li G. Recent progress in directed evolution of stereoselective monoamine oxidases. BIORESOUR BIOPROCESS 2019. [DOI: 10.1186/s40643-019-0272-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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AbstractMonoamine oxidases (MAOs) use molecular dioxygen as oxidant to catalyze the oxidation of amines to imines. This type of enzyme can be employed for the synthesis of primary, secondary, and tertiary amines by an appropriate deracemization protocol. Consequently, MAOs are an attractive class of enzymes in biocatalysis. However, they also have limitations in enzyme-catalyzed processes due to the often-observed narrow substrate scope, low activity, or poor/wrong stereoselectivity. Therefore, directed evolution was introduced to eliminate these obstacles, which is the subject of this review. The main focus is on recent efforts concerning the directed evolution of four MAOs: monoamine oxidase (MAO-N), cyclohexylamine oxidase (CHAO),D-amino acid oxidase (pkDAO), and 6-hydroxy-D-nicotine oxidase (6-HDNO).
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Li A, Qu G, Sun Z, Reetz MT. Statistical Analysis of the Benefits of Focused Saturation Mutagenesis in Directed Evolution Based on Reduced Amino Acid Alphabets. ACS Catal 2019. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.9b02548] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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- Aitao Li
- State Key Laboratory of Biocatalysis and Enzyme Engineering, Hubei Collaborative Innovation Center for Green Transformation of Bio-resources, Hubei Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Hubei University, 368 Youyi Road, Wuchang Wuhan 430062, China
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- Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 32 West Seventh Avenue, Tianjin Airport Economic Area, Tianjin 300308, China
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- Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 32 West Seventh Avenue, Tianjin Airport Economic Area, Tianjin 300308, China
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- Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 32 West Seventh Avenue, Tianjin Airport Economic Area, Tianjin 300308, China
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Kaiser-Wilhelm-Platz 1, 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
- Chemistry Department, Philipps-University, Hans-Meerwein-Strasse 4, 35032 Marburg, Germany
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Li G, Dong Y, Reetz MT. Can Machine Learning Revolutionize Directed Evolution of Selective Enzymes? Adv Synth Catal 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/adsc.201900149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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- Guangyue Li
- State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests/Key Laboratory of Control of Biological Hazard Factors (Plant Origin) for Agri-product Quality and Safety, Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Plant ProtectionChinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences Beijing 100081 People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests/Key Laboratory of Control of Biological Hazard Factors (Plant Origin) for Agri-product Quality and Safety, Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Plant ProtectionChinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences Beijing 100081 People's Republic of China
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung Kaiser-Wilhelm-Platz 1 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr Germany
- Fachbereich Chemie der Philipps-Universität Hans-Meerwein-Strasse 35032 Marburg Germany
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Sun Z, Liu Q, Qu G, Feng Y, Reetz MT. Utility of B-Factors in Protein Science: Interpreting Rigidity, Flexibility, and Internal Motion and Engineering Thermostability. Chem Rev 2019; 119:1626-1665. [PMID: 30698416 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.8b00290] [Citation(s) in RCA: 280] [Impact Index Per Article: 56.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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- Zhoutong Sun
- Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 32 West Seventh Avenue, Tianjin Airport Economic Area, Tianjin 300308, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 32 West Seventh Avenue, Tianjin Airport Economic Area, Tianjin 300308, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 32 West Seventh Avenue, Tianjin Airport Economic Area, Tianjin 300308, China
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Kaiser-Wilhelm-Platz 1, 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
- Chemistry Department, Philipps-University, Hans-Meerwein-Strasse 4, 35032 Marburg, Germany
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Urbelienė N, Kutanovas S, Meškienė R, Gasparavičiūtė R, Tauraitė D, Koplūnaitė M, Meškys R. Application of the uridine auxotrophic host and synthetic nucleosides for a rapid selection of hydrolases from metagenomic libraries. Microb Biotechnol 2019; 12:148-160. [PMID: 30302933 PMCID: PMC6302743 DOI: 10.1111/1751-7915.13316] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2018] [Revised: 08/23/2018] [Accepted: 08/28/2018] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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A high-throughput method (≥ 106 of clones can be analysed on a single agar plate) for the selection of ester-hydrolysing enzymes was developed based on the uridine auxotrophy of Escherichia coli strain DH10B ΔpyrFEC and the acylated derivatives 2',3',5'-O-tri-acetyluridine and 2',3',5'-O-tri-hexanoyluridine as the sole source of uridine. The proposed approach permits the selection of hydrolases belonging to different families and active towards different substrates. Moreover, the ester group of the substrate used for the selection, at least partly, determined the specificity of the selected enzymes.
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- Nina Urbelienė
- Department of Molecular Microbiology and BiotechnologyInstitute of BiochemistryLife Sciences CenterVilnius UniversitySauletekio 7VilniusLT‐10257Lithuania
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology and BiotechnologyInstitute of BiochemistryLife Sciences CenterVilnius UniversitySauletekio 7VilniusLT‐10257Lithuania
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology and BiotechnologyInstitute of BiochemistryLife Sciences CenterVilnius UniversitySauletekio 7VilniusLT‐10257Lithuania
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology and BiotechnologyInstitute of BiochemistryLife Sciences CenterVilnius UniversitySauletekio 7VilniusLT‐10257Lithuania
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology and BiotechnologyInstitute of BiochemistryLife Sciences CenterVilnius UniversitySauletekio 7VilniusLT‐10257Lithuania
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology and BiotechnologyInstitute of BiochemistryLife Sciences CenterVilnius UniversitySauletekio 7VilniusLT‐10257Lithuania
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology and BiotechnologyInstitute of BiochemistryLife Sciences CenterVilnius UniversitySauletekio 7VilniusLT‐10257Lithuania
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Protein termini relocation plus random mutation: A new strategy for finding key sites in esterase evolution. MOLECULAR CATALYSIS 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mcat.2018.08.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Sharma K, Hongo A, Nishigaki K, Takamura Y, Biyani M. 'Head-to-Head' mRNA display for the translation of multi-copied proteins with a free C-terminus. Anal Biochem 2018; 557:77-83. [PMID: 30031739 DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2018.07.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2018] [Revised: 07/14/2018] [Accepted: 07/17/2018] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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With the development of various methods for affinity-based selection of proteins such as phage display, ribosomal display, and mRNA display, the progress in this field has been gradually shifting to function-based selection, such as through single-molecule observation, genetic selection, and compartmentalization technologies. In this vein, we present an opposite link mode of mRNA display termed as a 'Head-to-Head' (H2H) link. The key technique in H2H, formation of a covalent bond between O6-benzylguanine (BG) and O6-alkylguanine-DNA alkyltransferase (AGT), was demonstrated to be workable in H2H ligation, where mRNA is linked to a nascent AGT via a BG-DNA linker, resulting in a "(C-terminus) protein-BG-DNA linker-mRNA (5'-terminus)" conjugate. Thus, a head (N-terminus) to head (5'-terminus) linkage is formed. Among the advantages of H2H, the generation of multi-copied proteins is the most promising and was proven to be possible owing to the restored stop codon, which had been intentionally removed in the conventional mRNA display. Another advantage is obviously having a free C-terminus of the protein, which can be used for modifications such as C-terminal methylation, α-amidation, and others, which occur in nature. A superior merit of H2H is that it makes it possible to use a single construct commonly in mRNA display (affinity-based) and compartmentalization technologies (function-based) without requiring complicated construct changes.
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- Kirti Sharma
- Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, 1-1 Asahidai, Nomi city, Ishikawa 923-1292, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science and Technology, Saitama University, 255 Shimo-Okubo, Sakura-ku, Saitama city, Saitama 338-8570, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science and Technology, Saitama University, 255 Shimo-Okubo, Sakura-ku, Saitama city, Saitama 338-8570, Japan; Center for Single Nanoscale Innovative Devices, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, 1-1 Asahidai, Nomi city, Ishikawa 923-1292, Japan; BioSeeds Corporation, JAIST venture business laboratory, 1-1 Asahidai, Nomi city, Ishikawa 923-1292, Japan
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- Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, 1-1 Asahidai, Nomi city, Ishikawa 923-1292, Japan; Center for Single Nanoscale Innovative Devices, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, 1-1 Asahidai, Nomi city, Ishikawa 923-1292, Japan
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- Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, 1-1 Asahidai, Nomi city, Ishikawa 923-1292, Japan; Center for Single Nanoscale Innovative Devices, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, 1-1 Asahidai, Nomi city, Ishikawa 923-1292, Japan; BioSeeds Corporation, JAIST venture business laboratory, 1-1 Asahidai, Nomi city, Ishikawa 923-1292, Japan.
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Li A, Sun Z, Reetz MT. Solid-Phase Gene Synthesis for Mutant Library Construction: The Future of Directed Evolution? Chembiochem 2018; 19:2023-2032. [PMID: 30044530 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201800339] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2018] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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- Aitao Li
- Hubei Collaborative Innovation Center for Green Transformation of, Bio-resources; Hubei Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology; College of Life Sciences; Hubei University; 368 Youyi Road Wuchang Wuhan 430062 China
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- Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology; Chinese Academy of Sciences; 32 West 7th Avenue Tianjin Airport Economic Area Tianjin 300308 China
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung; Kaiser-Wilhelm-Platz 1 45470 Mülheim Germany
- Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology; Chinese Academy of Sciences; 32 West 7th Avenue Tianjin Airport Economic Area Tianjin 300308 China
- Department of Chemistry; Philipps University; Hans-Meerwein-Strasse 4 35032 Marburg Germany
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Directed evolution (DE) is a powerful tool for optimizing an enzyme's properties toward a particular objective, such as broader substrate scope, greater thermostability, or increased kcat. A successful DE project requires the generation of genetic diversity and subsequent screening or selection to identify variants with improved fitness. In contrast to random methods (error-prone PCR or DNA shuffling), site-directed mutagenesis enables the rational design of variant libraries and provides control over the nature and frequency of the encoded mutations. Knowledge of protein structure, dynamics, enzyme mechanisms, and natural evolution demonstrates that multiple (combinatorial) mutations are required to discover the most improved variants. To this end, we describe an experimentally straightforward and low-cost method for the preparation of combinatorial variant libraries. Our approach employs a two-step PCR protocol, first producing mutagenic megaprimers, which can then be combined in a "mix-and-match" fashion to generate diverse sets of combinatorial variant libraries both quickly and accurately.
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Efficient molecular evolution to generate enantioselective enzymes using a dual-channel microfluidic droplet screening platform. Nat Commun 2018. [PMID: 29531246 PMCID: PMC5847605 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-03492-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Directed evolution has long been a key strategy to generate enzymes with desired properties like high selectivity, but experimental barriers and analytical costs of screening enormous mutant libraries have limited such efforts. Here, we describe an ultrahigh-throughput dual-channel microfluidic droplet screening system that can be used to screen up to ~107 enzyme variants per day. As an example case, we use the system to engineer the enantioselectivity of an esterase to preferentially produce desired enantiomers of profens, an important class of anti-inflammatory drugs. Using two types of screening working modes over the course of five rounds of directed evolution, we identify (from among 5 million mutants) a variant with 700-fold improved enantioselectivity for the desired (S)-profens. We thus demonstrate that this screening platform can be used to rapidly generate enzymes with desired enzymatic properties like enantiospecificity, chemospecificity, and regiospecificity. Optimizing an enzyme usually requires testing thousands of variants, thus consuming large amounts of material and time. Here, the authors present a method that allows for measuring two different activities of the same enzyme simultaneously instead of doing two consecutive rounds of screening.
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Acevedo-Rocha CG, Gamble CG, Lonsdale R, Li A, Nett N, Hoebenreich S, Lingnau JB, Wirtz C, Fares C, Hinrichs H, Deege A, Mulholland AJ, Nov Y, Leys D, McLean KJ, Munro AW, Reetz MT. P450-Catalyzed Regio- and Diastereoselective Steroid Hydroxylation: Efficient Directed Evolution Enabled by Mutability Landscaping. ACS Catal 2018. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.8b00389] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Carlos G. Acevedo-Rocha
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Kaiser-Wilhelm-Platz 1, 45470 Muelheim, Germany
- Department of Chemistry, Philipps-University, Hans-Meerwein-Strasse 4, 35032 Marburg, Germany
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- Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, School of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Manchester M1 7DN, U.K
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Kaiser-Wilhelm-Platz 1, 45470 Muelheim, Germany
- Department of Chemistry, Philipps-University, Hans-Meerwein-Strasse 4, 35032 Marburg, Germany
- Centre for Computational Chemistry, School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Cantock’s Close, Bristol BS8 1TS, U.K
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Kaiser-Wilhelm-Platz 1, 45470 Muelheim, Germany
- Department of Chemistry, Philipps-University, Hans-Meerwein-Strasse 4, 35032 Marburg, Germany
- Hubei Collaborative Innovation Center for Green Transformation of Bio-resources, Hubei Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Hubei University 368 Youyi Road, Wuchang Wuhan 430062, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Philipps-University, Hans-Meerwein-Strasse 4, 35032 Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Philipps-University, Hans-Meerwein-Strasse 4, 35032 Marburg, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Kaiser-Wilhelm-Platz 1, 45470 Muelheim, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Kaiser-Wilhelm-Platz 1, 45470 Muelheim, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Kaiser-Wilhelm-Platz 1, 45470 Muelheim, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Kaiser-Wilhelm-Platz 1, 45470 Muelheim, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Kaiser-Wilhelm-Platz 1, 45470 Muelheim, Germany
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- Centre for Computational Chemistry, School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Cantock’s Close, Bristol BS8 1TS, U.K
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- Department of Statistics, University of Haifa, Haifa 31905, Israel
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- Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, School of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Manchester M1 7DN, U.K
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- Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, School of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Manchester M1 7DN, U.K
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- Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, School of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Manchester M1 7DN, U.K
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Kaiser-Wilhelm-Platz 1, 45470 Muelheim, Germany
- Department of Chemistry, Philipps-University, Hans-Meerwein-Strasse 4, 35032 Marburg, Germany
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Mügge C, Kourist R. Practical Considerations Regarding the Choice of the Best High-Throughput Assay. Methods Mol Biol 2018; 1685:189-208. [PMID: 29086310 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-7366-8_11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
Abstract
All protein engineering studies include the stage of identifying and characterizing variants within a mutant library by employing a suitable assay or selection method. A large variety of different assay approaches for different enzymes have been developed in the last few decades, and the throughput performance of these assays vary considerably. Thus, the concept of a protein engineering study must be adapted to the available assay methods. This introductory review chapter describes different assay concepts on selected examples, including selection and screening approaches, detection of pH and cosubstrate changes, coupled enzyme assays, methods using surrogate substrates and selective derivatization. The given examples should guide and inspire the reader when choosing and developing own high-throughput screening approaches.
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- Carolin Mügge
- Junior Research Group for Microbial Biotechnology, Ruhr-University Bochum, 44780, Bochum, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Biotechnology, TU Graz, Petersgasse 14, A8010, Graz, Austria.
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The last decade has seen a dramatic increase in the utilization of enzymes as green and sustainable (bio)catalysts in pharmaceutical and industrial applications. This trend has to a significant degree been fueled by advances in scientists' and engineers' ability to customize native enzymes by protein engineering. A review of the literature quickly reveals the tremendous success of this approach; protein engineering has generated enzyme variants with improved catalytic activity, broadened or altered substrate specificity, as well as raised or reversed stereoselectivity. Enzymes have been tailored to retain activity at elevated temperatures and to function in the presence of organic solvents, salts and pH values far from physiological conditions. However, readers unfamiliar with the field will soon encounter the confusingly large number of experimental techniques that have been employed to accomplish these engineering feats. Herein, we use history to guide a brief overview of the major strategies for protein engineering-past, present, and future.
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- Stefan Lutz
- Department of Chemistry, Emory University, 1515 Dickey Drive, Atlanta, GA, 30322, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, Emory University, 1515 Dickey Drive, Atlanta, GA, 30322, USA
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Directed evolution has emerged as one of the most effective protein engineering methods in basic research as well as in applications in synthetic organic chemistry and biotechnology. The successful engineering of protein activity, allostery, binding affinity, expression, folding, fluorescence, solubility, substrate scope, selectivity (enantio-, stereo-, and regioselectivity), and/or stability (temperature, organic solvents, pH) is just limited by the throughput of the genetic selection, display, or screening system that is available for a given protein. Sometimes it is possible to analyze millions of protein variants from combinatorial libraries per day. In other cases, however, only a few hundred variants can be screened in a single day, and thus the creation of smaller yet smarter libraries is needed. Different strategies have been developed to create these libraries. One approach is to perform mutational scanning or to construct "mutability landscapes" in order to understand sequence-function relationships that can guide the actual directed evolution process. Herein we provide a protocol for economically constructing scanning mutagenesis libraries using a cytochrome P450 enzyme in a high-throughput manner. The goal is to engineer activity, regioselectivity, and stereoselectivity in the oxidative hydroxylation of a steroid, a challenging reaction in synthetic organic chemistry. Libraries based on mutability landscapes can be used to engineer any fitness trait of interest. The protocol is also useful for constructing gene libraries for deep mutational scanning experiments.
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- Carlos G Acevedo-Rocha
- Department of Biocatalysis, Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Kaiser-Wilhelm-Platz 1, 45470, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany.
- Department of Chemistry, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Marburg, 35032, Germany.
- Biosyntia ApS, 2100, Copenhagen, Denmark.
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- Department of Biochemistry, Oxford University, Oxford, OX1 3QU, UK
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- Department of Biocatalysis, Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Kaiser-Wilhelm-Platz 1, 45470, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
- Department of Chemistry, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Marburg, 35032, Germany
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Li A, Acevedo-Rocha CG, Sun Z, Cox T, Xu JL, Reetz MT. Beating Bias in the Directed Evolution of Proteins: Combining High-Fidelity on-Chip Solid-Phase Gene Synthesis with Efficient Gene Assembly for Combinatorial Library Construction. Chembiochem 2017; 19:221-228. [DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201700540] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2017] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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- Aitao Li
- Department of Synthetic Organic Chemistry; Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung; Kaiser-Wilhelm-Platz 1 45470 Muelheim Germany
- Department of Chemistry; Philipps-Universität Marburg; 35032 Marburg Germany
- Hubei Collaborative Innovation Center for, Green Transformation of Bio-Resources; Hubei Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology; College of Life Sciences; Hubei University; 368 Youyi Road Wuchang Wuhan 430062 P.R. China
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- Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology; Chinese Academy of Sciences; 32 West 7th Avenue Tianjin Airport Economic Area Tianjin 300308 P.R. China
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- Twist Bioscience; 455 Mission Bay Boulevard South San Francisco CA 94158 USA
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- Twist Bioscience; 455 Mission Bay Boulevard South San Francisco CA 94158 USA
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- Department of Synthetic Organic Chemistry; Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung; Kaiser-Wilhelm-Platz 1 45470 Muelheim Germany
- Department of Chemistry; Philipps-Universität Marburg; 35032 Marburg Germany
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Sun Z, Wu L, Bocola M, Chan HCS, Lonsdale R, Kong XD, Yuan S, Zhou J, Reetz MT. Structural and Computational Insight into the Catalytic Mechanism of Limonene Epoxide Hydrolase Mutants in Stereoselective Transformations. J Am Chem Soc 2017; 140:310-318. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b10278] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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- Zhoutong Sun
- Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 32 West 7th Avenue, Tianjin Airport Economic Area, Tianjin 300308, China
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- State
Key Laboratory of Bio-organic and Natural Products Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Kaiser-Wilhelm-Platz 1, 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
- Fachbereich Chemie der Philipps Universität, Hans-Meerwein-Strasse, 35032 Marburg, Germany
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- Laboratory
of Physical Chemistry of Polymers and Membranes, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH B3 495 (Bâtiment CH) Station
6, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Kaiser-Wilhelm-Platz 1, 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
- Fachbereich Chemie der Philipps Universität, Hans-Meerwein-Strasse, 35032 Marburg, Germany
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- State
Key Laboratory of Bio-organic and Natural Products Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Laboratory
of Physical Chemistry of Polymers and Membranes, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH B3 495 (Bâtiment CH) Station
6, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- State
Key Laboratory of Bio-organic and Natural Products Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 32 West 7th Avenue, Tianjin Airport Economic Area, Tianjin 300308, China
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Kaiser-Wilhelm-Platz 1, 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
- Fachbereich Chemie der Philipps Universität, Hans-Meerwein-Strasse, 35032 Marburg, Germany
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Agostini F, Völler J, Koksch B, Acevedo‐Rocha CG, Kubyshkin V, Budisa N. Biocatalysis with Unnatural Amino Acids: Enzymology Meets Xenobiology. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2017; 56:9680-9703. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201610129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 131] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2016] [Revised: 12/13/2016] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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- Federica Agostini
- Institut für ChemieTechnische Universität Berlin Müller-Breslau-Strasse 10 10623 Berlin Germany
- Institute of Chemistry and Biochemistry—Organic ChemistryFreie Universität Berlin Takustrasse 3 14195 Berlin Germany
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- Institut für ChemieTechnische Universität Berlin Müller-Breslau-Strasse 10 10623 Berlin Germany
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- Institute of Chemistry and Biochemistry—Organic ChemistryFreie Universität Berlin Takustrasse 3 14195 Berlin Germany
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- Institut für ChemieTechnische Universität Berlin Müller-Breslau-Strasse 10 10623 Berlin Germany
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- Institut für ChemieTechnische Universität Berlin Müller-Breslau-Strasse 10 10623 Berlin Germany
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Biokatalyse mit nicht‐natürlichen Aminosäuren: Enzymologie trifft Xenobiologie. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201610129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Biocatalysts for the pharmaceutical industry created by structure-guided directed evolution of stereoselective enzymes. Bioorg Med Chem 2017; 26:1241-1251. [PMID: 28693917 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2017.05.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2016] [Revised: 04/11/2017] [Accepted: 05/09/2017] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Enzymes have been used for a long time as catalysts in the asymmetric synthesis of chiral intermediates needed in the production of therapeutic drugs. However, this alternative to man-made catalysts has suffered traditionally from distinct limitations, namely the often observed wrong or insufficient enantio- and/or regioselectivity, low activity, narrow substrate range, and insufficient thermostability. With the advent of directed evolution, these problems can be generally solved. The challenge is to develop and apply the most efficient mutagenesis methods which lead to highest-quality mutant libraries requiring minimal screening. Structure-guided saturation mutagenesis and its iterative form have emerged as the method of choice for evolving stereo- and regioselective mutant enzymes needed in the asymmetric synthesis of chiral intermediates. The number of (industrial) applications in the preparation of chiral pharmaceuticals is rapidly increasing. This review features and analyzes typical case studies.
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Liskova V, Stepankova V, Bednar D, Brezovsky J, Prokop Z, Chaloupkova R, Damborsky J. Different Structural Origins of the Enantioselectivity of Haloalkane Dehalogenases toward Linear β-Haloalkanes: Open-Solvated versus Occluded-Desolvated Active Sites. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201611193] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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- Veronika Liskova
- Loschmidt Laboratories; Department of Experimental Biology and RECETOX; Faculty of Science; Masaryk University; Kamenice 5 625 00 Brno Czech Republic
- International Clinical Research Center; St. Anne's University Hospital; Pekarska 53 656 91 Brno Czech Republic
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- Loschmidt Laboratories; Department of Experimental Biology and RECETOX; Faculty of Science; Masaryk University; Kamenice 5 625 00 Brno Czech Republic
- International Clinical Research Center; St. Anne's University Hospital; Pekarska 53 656 91 Brno Czech Republic
- Enantis s.r.o.; Kamenice 34 625 00 Brno Czech Republic
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- Loschmidt Laboratories; Department of Experimental Biology and RECETOX; Faculty of Science; Masaryk University; Kamenice 5 625 00 Brno Czech Republic
- International Clinical Research Center; St. Anne's University Hospital; Pekarska 53 656 91 Brno Czech Republic
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- Loschmidt Laboratories; Department of Experimental Biology and RECETOX; Faculty of Science; Masaryk University; Kamenice 5 625 00 Brno Czech Republic
- International Clinical Research Center; St. Anne's University Hospital; Pekarska 53 656 91 Brno Czech Republic
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- Loschmidt Laboratories; Department of Experimental Biology and RECETOX; Faculty of Science; Masaryk University; Kamenice 5 625 00 Brno Czech Republic
- International Clinical Research Center; St. Anne's University Hospital; Pekarska 53 656 91 Brno Czech Republic
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- Loschmidt Laboratories; Department of Experimental Biology and RECETOX; Faculty of Science; Masaryk University; Kamenice 5 625 00 Brno Czech Republic
- International Clinical Research Center; St. Anne's University Hospital; Pekarska 53 656 91 Brno Czech Republic
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- Loschmidt Laboratories; Department of Experimental Biology and RECETOX; Faculty of Science; Masaryk University; Kamenice 5 625 00 Brno Czech Republic
- International Clinical Research Center; St. Anne's University Hospital; Pekarska 53 656 91 Brno Czech Republic
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Liskova V, Stepankova V, Bednar D, Brezovsky J, Prokop Z, Chaloupkova R, Damborsky J. Different Structural Origins of the Enantioselectivity of Haloalkane Dehalogenases toward Linear β-Haloalkanes: Open-Solvated versus Occluded-Desolvated Active Sites. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2017; 56:4719-4723. [PMID: 28334478 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201611193] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2016] [Revised: 01/17/2017] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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The enzymatic enantiodiscrimination of linear β-haloalkanes is difficult because the simple structures of the substrates prevent directional interactions. Herein we describe two distinct molecular mechanisms for the enantiodiscrimination of the β-haloalkane 2-bromopentane by haloalkane dehalogenases. Highly enantioselective DbjA has an open, solvent-accessible active site, whereas the engineered enzyme DhaA31 has an occluded and less solvated cavity but shows similar enantioselectivity. The enantioselectivity of DhaA31 arises from steric hindrance imposed by two specific substitutions rather than hydration as in DbjA.
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- Veronika Liskova
- Loschmidt Laboratories, Department of Experimental Biology and RECETOX, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5, 625 00, Brno, Czech Republic
- International Clinical Research Center, St. Anne's University Hospital, Pekarska 53, 656 91, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Loschmidt Laboratories, Department of Experimental Biology and RECETOX, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5, 625 00, Brno, Czech Republic
- International Clinical Research Center, St. Anne's University Hospital, Pekarska 53, 656 91, Brno, Czech Republic
- Enantis s.r.o., Kamenice 34, 625 00, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Loschmidt Laboratories, Department of Experimental Biology and RECETOX, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5, 625 00, Brno, Czech Republic
- International Clinical Research Center, St. Anne's University Hospital, Pekarska 53, 656 91, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Loschmidt Laboratories, Department of Experimental Biology and RECETOX, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5, 625 00, Brno, Czech Republic
- International Clinical Research Center, St. Anne's University Hospital, Pekarska 53, 656 91, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Loschmidt Laboratories, Department of Experimental Biology and RECETOX, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5, 625 00, Brno, Czech Republic
- International Clinical Research Center, St. Anne's University Hospital, Pekarska 53, 656 91, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Loschmidt Laboratories, Department of Experimental Biology and RECETOX, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5, 625 00, Brno, Czech Republic
- International Clinical Research Center, St. Anne's University Hospital, Pekarska 53, 656 91, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Loschmidt Laboratories, Department of Experimental Biology and RECETOX, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5, 625 00, Brno, Czech Republic
- International Clinical Research Center, St. Anne's University Hospital, Pekarska 53, 656 91, Brno, Czech Republic
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Wang JB, Li G, Reetz MT. Enzymatic site-selectivity enabled by structure-guided directed evolution. Chem Commun (Camb) 2017; 53:3916-3928. [DOI: 10.1039/c7cc00368d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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This review covers recent advances in the directed evolution of enzymes for controlling site-selectivity of hydroxylation, amination and chlorination.
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- Jian-bo Wang
- Department of Chemistry
- Philipps-University Marburg
- Marburg
- Germany
- Max-Plank-Institut für Kohlenforschung
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- Department of Chemistry
- Philipps-University Marburg
- Marburg
- Germany
- Max-Plank-Institut für Kohlenforschung
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- Department of Chemistry
- Philipps-University Marburg
- Marburg
- Germany
- Max-Plank-Institut für Kohlenforschung
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Sun Z, Wikmark Y, Bäckvall JE, Reetz MT. New Concepts for Increasing the Efficiency in Directed Evolution of Stereoselective Enzymes. Chemistry 2016; 22:5046-54. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201504406] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2015] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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- Zhoutong Sun
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung; Kaiser-Wilhelm-Platz 1 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr Germany
- Fachbereich Chemie; Philipps-Universität Marburg; Hans-Meerwein-Strasse 4 35032 Marburg Germany
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- Department of Organic Chemistry; Arrhenius Laboratory; Stockholm University; 106 91 Stockholm Sweden
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- Department of Organic Chemistry; Arrhenius Laboratory; Stockholm University; 106 91 Stockholm Sweden
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung; Kaiser-Wilhelm-Platz 1 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr Germany
- Fachbereich Chemie; Philipps-Universität Marburg; Hans-Meerwein-Strasse 4 35032 Marburg Germany
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Krone KM, Warias R, Ritter C, Li A, Acevedo-Rocha CG, Reetz MT, Belder D. Analysis of Enantioselective Biotransformations Using a Few Hundred Cells on an Integrated Microfluidic Chip. J Am Chem Soc 2016; 138:2102-5. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5b12443] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Karin M. Krone
- Institute
of Analytical Chemistry, University of Leipzig, Linnéstrasse 3, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
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- Institute
of Analytical Chemistry, University of Leipzig, Linnéstrasse 3, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
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- Faculty
of Chemistry, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Hans-Meerwein-Strasse, 35032 Marburg, Germany
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- Faculty
of Chemistry, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Hans-Meerwein-Strasse, 35032 Marburg, Germany
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Kaiser-Wilhelm-Platz 1, 45470 Mülheim/Ruhr, Germany
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- Faculty
of Chemistry, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Hans-Meerwein-Strasse, 35032 Marburg, Germany
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Kaiser-Wilhelm-Platz 1, 45470 Mülheim/Ruhr, Germany
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- Faculty
of Chemistry, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Hans-Meerwein-Strasse, 35032 Marburg, Germany
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Kaiser-Wilhelm-Platz 1, 45470 Mülheim/Ruhr, Germany
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- Institute
of Analytical Chemistry, University of Leipzig, Linnéstrasse 3, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
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Sun Z, Lonsdale R, Wu L, Li G, Li A, Wang J, Zhou J, Reetz MT. Structure-Guided Triple-Code Saturation Mutagenesis: Efficient Tuning of the Stereoselectivity of an Epoxide Hydrolase. ACS Catal 2016. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.5b02751] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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- Zhoutong Sun
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Kaiser-Wilhelm-Platz 1, 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
- Fachbereich Chemie der Philipps-Universität, Hans-Meerwein-Strasse, 35032 Marburg, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Kaiser-Wilhelm-Platz 1, 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
- Fachbereich Chemie der Philipps-Universität, Hans-Meerwein-Strasse, 35032 Marburg, Germany
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- State Key Laboratory of Bio-organic and Natural Products Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Kaiser-Wilhelm-Platz 1, 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
- Fachbereich Chemie der Philipps-Universität, Hans-Meerwein-Strasse, 35032 Marburg, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Kaiser-Wilhelm-Platz 1, 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
- Fachbereich Chemie der Philipps-Universität, Hans-Meerwein-Strasse, 35032 Marburg, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Kaiser-Wilhelm-Platz 1, 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
- Fachbereich Chemie der Philipps-Universität, Hans-Meerwein-Strasse, 35032 Marburg, Germany
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- State Key Laboratory of Bio-organic and Natural Products Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Kaiser-Wilhelm-Platz 1, 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
- Fachbereich Chemie der Philipps-Universität, Hans-Meerwein-Strasse, 35032 Marburg, Germany
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Acevedo-Rocha CG, Reetz MT, Nov Y. Economical analysis of saturation mutagenesis experiments. Sci Rep 2015; 5:10654. [PMID: 26190439 PMCID: PMC4507136 DOI: 10.1038/srep10654] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2015] [Accepted: 04/20/2015] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Saturation mutagenesis is a powerful technique for engineering proteins, metabolic pathways and genomes. In spite of its numerous applications, creating high-quality saturation mutagenesis libraries remains a challenge, as various experimental parameters influence in a complex manner the resulting diversity. We explore from the economical perspective various aspects of saturation mutagenesis library preparation: We introduce a cheaper and faster control for assessing library quality based on liquid media; analyze the role of primer purity and supplier in libraries with and without redundancy; compare library quality, yield, randomization efficiency, and annealing bias using traditional and emergent randomization schemes based on mixtures of mutagenic primers; and establish a methodology for choosing the most cost-effective randomization scheme given the screening costs and other experimental parameters. We show that by carefully considering these parameters, laboratory expenses can be significantly reduced.
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- Carlos G Acevedo-Rocha
- 1] Department of Organic Synthesis, Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Mulheim, 45470, Germany [2] Department of Chemistry, Philipps-Universität Marburg, 35032, Germany [3] Prokaryotic Small RNA Biology Group, Max-Planck-Institut für terrestrische Mikrobiologie, Marburg, 35043, Germany [4] Landes-Offensive zur Entwicklung Wissenschafltich-ökonomischer Exzellenz (LOEWE) Centre for Synthetic Microbiology (SYNMIKRO), Philipps-Universität Marburg, 35032, Germany
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- 1] Department of Organic Synthesis, Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Mulheim, 45470, Germany [2] Department of Chemistry, Philipps-Universität Marburg, 35032, Germany
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- Department of Statistics, University of Haifa, Haifa, 31905, Israel
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Fibinger MPC, Davids T, Böttcher D, Bornscheuer UT. A selection assay for haloalkane dehalogenase activity based on toxic substrates. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2015; 99:8955-62. [DOI: 10.1007/s00253-015-6686-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2015] [Revised: 05/06/2015] [Accepted: 05/08/2015] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Smith MR, Khera E, Wen F. Engineering Novel and Improved Biocatalysts by Cell Surface Display. Ind Eng Chem Res 2015; 54:4021-4032. [PMID: 29056821 PMCID: PMC5647830 DOI: 10.1021/ie504071f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Biocatalysts, especially enzymes, have the ability to catalyze reactions with high product selectivity, utilize a broad range of substrates, and maintain activity at low temperature and pressure. Therefore, they represent a renewable, environmentally friendly alternative to conventional catalysts. Most current industrial-scale chemical production processes using biocatalysts employ soluble enzymes or whole cells expressing intracellular enzymes. Cell surface display systems differ by presenting heterologous enzymes extracellularly, overcoming some of the limitations associated with enzyme purification and substrate transport. Additionally, coupled with directed evolution, cell surface display is a powerful platform for engineering enzymes with enhanced properties. In this review, we will introduce the molecular and cellular principles of cell surface display and discuss how it has been applied to engineer enzymes with improved properties as well as to develop surface-engineered microbes as whole-cell biocatalysts.
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- Mason R. Smith
- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
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Denard CA, Ren H, Zhao H. Improving and repurposing biocatalysts via directed evolution. Curr Opin Chem Biol 2015; 25:55-64. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2014.12.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 204] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2014] [Revised: 12/14/2014] [Accepted: 12/18/2014] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Sánchez-Carrón G, Fleming T, Holt-Tiffin KE, Campopiano DJ. Continuous Colorimetric Assay That Enables High-Throughput Screening of N-Acetylamino Acid Racemases. Anal Chem 2015; 87:3923-8. [DOI: 10.1021/ac5047328] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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- Guiomar Sánchez-Carrón
- The EastChem School of Chemistry, Joseph
Black Building, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH9 3FJ, U.K
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- Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd., Chirotech Technology
Centre, Milton Road, 410 Cambridge
Science Park, Cambridge CB4 0PE, U.K
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- Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd., Chirotech Technology
Centre, Milton Road, 410 Cambridge
Science Park, Cambridge CB4 0PE, U.K
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- The EastChem School of Chemistry, Joseph
Black Building, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH9 3FJ, U.K
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