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Godoy CA, Klett J, Di Geronimo B, Hermoso JA, Guisán JM, Carrasco-López C. Disulfide Engineered Lipase to Enhance the Catalytic Activity: A Structure-Based Approach on BTL2. Int J Mol Sci 2019; 20:ijms20215245. [PMID: 31652673 PMCID: PMC6862113 DOI: 10.3390/ijms20215245] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2019] [Revised: 09/16/2019] [Accepted: 09/23/2019] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Enhancement, control, and tuning of hydrolytic activity and specificity of lipases are major goals for the industry. Thermoalkaliphilic lipases from the I.5 family, with their native advantages such as high thermostability and tolerance to alkaline pHs, are a target for biotechnological applications. Although several strategies have been applied to increase lipases activity, the enhancement through protein engineering without compromising other capabilities is still elusive. Lipases from the I.5 family suffer a unique and delicate double lid restructuration to transition from a closed and inactive state to their open and enzymatically active conformation. In order to increase the activity of the wild type Geobacillus thermocatenulatus lipase 2 (BTL2) we rationally designed, based on its tridimensional structure, a mutant (ccBTL2) capable of forming a disulfide bond to lock the open state. ccBTL2 was generated replacing A191 and F206 to cysteine residues while both wild type C64 and C295 were mutated to serine. A covalently immobilized ccBTL2 showed a 3.5-fold increment in esterase activity with 0.1% Triton X-100 (2336 IU mg−1) and up to 6.0-fold higher with 0.01% CTAB (778 IU mg−1), both in the presence of oxidizing sulfhydryl agents, when compared to BTL2. The remarkable and industrially desired features of BTL2 such as optimal alkaliphilic pH and high thermal stability were not affected. The designed disulfide bond also conferred reversibility to the enhancement, as the increment on activity observed for ccBTL2 was controlled by redox pretreatments. MD simulations suggested that the most stable conformation for ccBTL2 (with the disulfide bond formed) was, as we predicted, similar to the open and active conformation of this lipase.
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- César A Godoy
- Departamento de Química (LIBB), Grupo de Investigación en Ingeniería de los Procesos Agroalimentarios y Biotecnológicos (GIPAB), Universidad del Valle, C.P. 76001 Cali, Colombia.
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- Experimental Therapeutics Programme, Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO), C/Melchor Fernández Almagro 3, E-28029 Madrid, Spain.
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- Experimental Therapeutics Programme, Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO), C/Melchor Fernández Almagro 3, E-28029 Madrid, Spain.
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- Department of Crystallography and Structural Biology, Institute of Physical Chemistry "Rocasolano" (IQFR-CSIC), E_28006 Madrid, Spain.
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- Departamento de Biocatálisis. Instituto de Catálisis. CSIC. Campus UAM. Cantoblanco. C.P. 28049 Madrid, Spain.
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Hoyt Laboratory, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA.
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Godoy CA, de las Rivas B, Bezbradica D, Bolivar JM, López-Gallego F, Fernandez-Lorente G, Guisan JM. Reactivation of a thermostable lipase by solid phase unfolding/refolding. Enzyme Microb Technol 2011; 49:388-94. [DOI: 10.1016/j.enzmictec.2011.06.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2011] [Revised: 06/17/2011] [Accepted: 06/23/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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David C, Foley S, Enescu M. Protein S–S bridge reduction: a Raman and computational study of lysozyme interaction with TCEP. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2009; 11:2532-42. [DOI: 10.1039/b815492a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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David C, Foley S, Mavon C, Enescu M. Reductive unfolding of serum albumins uncovered by Raman spectroscopy. Biopolymers 2008; 89:623-34. [PMID: 18322931 DOI: 10.1002/bip.20972] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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The reductive unfolding of bovine serum albumin (BSA) and human serum albumin (HSA) induced by dithiothreitol (DTT) is investigated using Raman spectroscopy. The resolution of the S-S Raman band into both protein and oxidized DTT contributions provides a reliable basis for directly monitoring the S-S bridge exchange reaction. The related changes in the protein secondary structure are identified by analyzing the protein amide I Raman band. For the reduction of one S-S bridge of BSA, a mean Gibbs free energy of -7 kJ mol(-1) is derived by studying the reaction equilibrium. The corresponding value for the HSA S-S bridge reduction is -2 kJ mol(-1). The reaction kinetics observed via the S-S or amide I Raman bands are identical giving a reaction rate constant of (1.02 +/- 0.11) M(-1) s(-1) for BSA. The contribution of the conformational Gibbs free energy to the overall Gibbs free energy of reaction is further estimated by combining experimental data with ab initio calculations.
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- Catalina David
- University of Franche-Comte, Laboratoire de Physico-Chimie et Rayonnement-Alain Chambaudet, UMR EA E4, 16 route de Gray, 25030 Besancon, France
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Nesmelova IV, Sham Y, Gao J, Mayo KH. CXC and CC chemokines form mixed heterodimers: association free energies from molecular dynamics simulations and experimental correlations. J Biol Chem 2008; 283:24155-66. [PMID: 18550532 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m803308200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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CXC and CC chemokines are involved in numerous biological processes, and their function in situ may be significantly influenced by heterodimer formation, as was recently reported, for example, for CXC chemokines CXCL4/PF4 and CXCL8/IL8 that interact to form heterodimers that modulate chemotactic and cell proliferation activities. Here we used molecular dynamics simulations to determine relative association free energies (overall average and per residue) for homo- and heterodimer pairs of CXC (CXCL4/PF4, CXCL8/IL8, CXCL1/Gro-alpha, and CXCL7/NAP-2) and CC (CCL5/RANTES, CCL2/MCP-1, and CCL8/MCP-2) chemokines. Even though structural homology among monomer folds of all CXC and CC chemokines permits heterodimer assembly, our calculated association free energies depend upon the particular pair of chemokines in terms of the net electrostatic and nonelectrostatic forces involved, as well as (for CC/CXC mixed chemokines) the selection of dimer type (CC or CXC). These relative free energies indicate that association of some pairs of chemokines is more favorable than others. Our approach is validated by correlation of calculated and experimentally determined free energies. Results are discussed in terms of CXC and CC chemokine function and have significant biological implications.
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- Irina V Nesmelova
- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics, University of Minnesota, 321 Church Street, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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Izumikawa N, Nishikori S, Vestergaard M, Hamada T, Hagihara Y, Yumoto N, Shiraki K, Takagi M. Effect of phospholipids on conformational structure of bovine pancreatic trypsin inhibitor (BPTI) and its thermolabile mutants. Biopolymers 2008; 89:873-80. [PMID: 18521887 DOI: 10.1002/bip.21029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The effects of negatively charged phosphatidylserine-prepared membranes (PS) and neutral phosphatidylcholine-prepared membranes (PC) on the structure of wild-type and mutant bovine pancreatic trypsin inhibitor (BPTI) at neutral pH were investigated. The presence of PC did not have any effect on the protein structure while PS induced a non-native structure in three mutant BPTI proteins. However, the negatively charged membrane did not have any effect on wild-type BPTI. The findings revealed that (i) elimination of some disulphide bonds results in dramatic change in protein structure, and, (ii) that this biochemical interaction is surface-driven and electrostatic interactions may play a very strong role in influencing the fore-stated changes in protein structure. Of further interest were the results obtained from investigating the possible role of PS fluidity and concentration in altering mutant. When the value of Gibbs free-energy change of unfolding (DeltaG(U)) was positive, various non-native structures were formed in a concentration-dependent manner. However, when the value of DeltaG(U) was negative, only two types of non-native structures were formed: one with high beta structure content at low PS fluidity state, and the other with a high alpha-helical content at high PS fluidity state. Our study reveals how particular combinations of phospholipid:protein interactions can induce a protein conformation transition from a native to a non-native one at neutral pH, especially when the native structure is predestabilized by amino acid substitutions. This revelation may open up opportunities to explore alternative ways in which phospholipids may play a role in protein mis-folding and the related pathologies.
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- Naoshige Izumikawa
- School of Materials Science, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, 1-1 Asahidai, Tatsunokuchi, Ishikawa 923-1292, Japan
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The key issue for disulfide bond engineering is to select the most appropriate location in the protein. By surveying the structure of experimentally engineered disulfide bonds, we found about half of them that have geometry incompatible with any native disulfide bond geometry. To improve the current prediction methods that tend to apply either ideal geometrical or energetical criteria to single three-dimensional structures, we have combined a novel computational protocol with the usage of multiple protein structures to take into account protein backbone flexibility. The multiple structures can be selected from either independently determined crystal structures for identical proteins, models of nuclear magnetic resonance experiments, or crystal structures of homology-related proteins. We have validated our approach by comparing the predictions with known disulfide bonds. The accuracy of prediction for native disulfide bonds reaches 99.6%. In a more stringent test on the reported engineered disulfide bonds, we have obtained a success rate of 93%. Our protocol also determines the oxido-reduction state of a predicted disulfide bond and the corresponding mutational cost. From the energy ranking, the user can easily choose top predicted sites for mutagenesis experiments. Our method provides information about local stability of the engineered disulfide bond surroundings.
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Kather I, Bippes CA, Schmid FX. A Stable Disulfide-free Gene-3-protein of Phage fd Generated by In vitro Evolution. J Mol Biol 2005; 354:666-78. [PMID: 16259997 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2005.09.086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2005] [Revised: 09/27/2005] [Accepted: 09/27/2005] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Disulfide bonds provide major contributions to the conformational stability of proteins, and their cleavage often leads to unfolding. The gene-3-protein of the filamentous phage fd contains two disulfides in its N1 domain and one in its N2 domain, and these three disulfide bonds are essential for the stability of this protein. Here, we employed in vitro evolution to generate a disulfide-free variant of the N1-N2 protein with a high conformational stability. The gene-3-protein is essential for the phage infectivity, and we exploited this requirement for a proteolytic selection of stabilized protein variants from phage libraries. First, optimal replacements for individual disulfide bonds were identified in libraries, in which the corresponding cysteine codons were randomized. Then stabilizing amino acid replacements at non-cysteine positions were selected from libraries that were created by error-prone PCR. This stepwise procedure led to variants of N1-N2 that are devoid of all three disulfide bonds but stable and functional. The best variant without disulfide bonds showed a much higher conformational stability than the disulfide-containing wild-type form of the gene-3-protein. Despite the loss of all three disulfide bonds, the midpoints of the thermal transitions were increased from 48.5 degrees C to 67.0 degrees C for the N2 domain and from 60.0 degrees C to 78.7 degrees C for the N1 domain. The major loss in conformational stability caused by the removal of the disulfides was thus over-compensated by strongly improved non-covalent interactions. The stabilized variants were less infectious than the wild-type protein, probably because the domain mobility was reduced. Only a small fraction of the sequence space could be accessed by using libraries created by error-prone PCR, but still many strongly stabilized variants could be identified. This is encouraging and indicates that proteins can be stabilized by mutations in many different ways.
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- Insa Kather
- Laboratorium für Biochemie und Bayreuther Zentrum für Molekulare Biowissenschaften, Universität Bayreuth, D-95440 Bayreuth, Germany
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Karlsson M, Ekeroth J, Elwing H, Carlsson U. Reduction of Irreversible Protein Adsorption on Solid Surfaces by ProteinEngineering for IncreasedStability. J Biol Chem 2005; 280:25558-64. [PMID: 15857836 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m503665200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The influence of protein stability on the adsorption and desorption behavior to surfaces with fundamentally different properties (negatively charged, positively charged, hydrophilic, and hydrophobic) was examined by surface plasmon resonance measurements. Three engineered variants of human carbonic anhydrase II were used that have unchanged surface properties but large differences in stability. The orientation and conformational state of the adsorbed protein could be elucidated by taking all of the following properties of the protein variants into account: stability, unfolding, adsorption, and desorption behavior. Regardless of the nature of the surface, there were correlation between (i) the protein stability and kinetics of adsorption, with an increased amplitude of the first kinetic phase of adsorption with increasing stability; (ii) the protein stability and the extent of maximally adsorbed protein to the actual surface, with an increased amount of adsorbed protein with increasing stability; (iii) the protein stability and the amount of protein desorbed upon washing with buffer, with an increased elutability of the adsorbed protein with increased stability. All of the above correlations could be explained by the rate of denaturation and the conformational state of the adsorbed protein. In conclusion, protein engineering for increased stability can be used as a strategy to decrease irreversible adsorption on surfaces at a liquid-solid interface.
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- Martin Karlsson
- IFM-Department of Chemistry, Linköping University, SE-581 83 Linköping, Sweden
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