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Zan Q, Long M, Zheng N, Zhang Z, Zhou H, Xu X, Osire T, Xia X. Improving ethanol tolerance of ethyl carbamate hydrolase by diphasic high pressure molecular dynamic simulations. AMB Express 2023; 13:32. [PMID: 36920541 PMCID: PMC10017909 DOI: 10.1186/s13568-023-01538-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2023] [Accepted: 03/04/2023] [Indexed: 03/16/2023] Open
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Ethyl carbamate (EC) is mainly found in fermented foods and fermented alcoholic beverages, which could cause carcinogenic potential to humans. Reducing EC is one of the key research priorities to address security of fermented foods. Enzymatic degradation of EC with EC hydrolase in food is the most reliable and efficient method. However, poor tolerance to ethanol severely hinders application of EC hydrolase. In this study, the mutants of EC hydrolase were screened by diphasic high pressure molecular dynamic simulations (dHP-MD). The best variant with remarkable improvement in specific activity and was H68A/K70R/S325N, whose specific activity was approximately 3.42-fold higher than WT, and relative enzyme activity under 20% (v/v) was 5.02-fold higher than WT. Moreover, the triple mutant increased its stability by acquiring more hydration shell and forming extra hydrogen bonds. Furthermore, the ability of degrading EC of the immobilized triple mutant was both detected in mock wine and under certain reaction conditions. The stability of immobilized triple mutant and WT were both improved, and immobilized triple mutant degraded nearly twice as much EC as that of immobilized WT. Overall, dHP-MD was proved to effectively improve enzyme activity and ethanol tolerance for extent application at industrial scale.
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- Qijia Zan
- Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, 214122, Jiangsu, China
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- Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, 214122, Jiangsu, China
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- Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, 214122, Jiangsu, China
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- Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, 214122, Jiangsu, China
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- Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, 214122, Jiangsu, China
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- Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, 214122, Jiangsu, China
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- Faculty of Biology, Shenzhen MSU-BIT University, Shenzhen, 518172, Guangdong, China
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- Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, 214122, Jiangsu, China.
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Different Effects of Salt Bridges near the Active Site of Cold-Adapted Proteus mirabilis Lipase on Thermal and Organic Solvent Stabilities. Catalysts 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/catal12070761] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Organic solvent-tolerant (OST) enzymes have been discovered in psychrophiles. Cold-adapted OST enzymes exhibit increased conformational flexibility in polar organic solvents resulting from their intrinsically flexible structures. Proteus mirabilis lipase (PML), a cold-adapted OST lipase, was used to assess the contribution of salt bridges near the active site involving two arginine residues (R237 and R241) on the helix η1 and an aspartate residue (D248) on the connecting loop to the thermal and organic solvent stabilities of PML. Alanine substitutions for the ion pairs (R237A, R241A, D248A, and R237A/D248A) increased the conformational flexibility of PML mutants compared to that of the wild-type PML in an aqueous buffer. The PML mutants became more susceptible to denaturation after increasing the dimethyl sulfoxide or methanol concentration than after a temperature increase. Methanol was more detrimental to the structural stability of PML compared to dimethyl sulfoxide. These results suggest that direct interactions of dimethyl sulfoxide and methanol with the residues near the active site can have a destructive effect on the structure of PML compared with the global effect of heat on the protein structure. This study provides insight into the conformational changes within an OST enzyme with different effects on its thermal and organic solvent stabilities.
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Tian M, Wang Z, Fu J, Lv P, Liang C, Li Z, Yang L, Liu T, Li M, Luo W. N-glycosylation as an effective strategy to enhance characteristics of Rhizomucor miehei lipase for biodiesel production. Enzyme Microb Technol 2022; 160:110072. [DOI: 10.1016/j.enzmictec.2022.110072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2022] [Revised: 05/27/2022] [Accepted: 05/30/2022] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Cui H, Vedder M, Zhang L, Jaeger K, Schwaneberg U, Davari MD. Polar Substitutions on the Surface of a Lipase Substantially Improve Tolerance in Organic Solvents. CHEMSUSCHEM 2022; 15:e202102551. [PMID: 35007408 PMCID: PMC9305861 DOI: 10.1002/cssc.202102551] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2021] [Revised: 01/10/2022] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Biocatalysis in organic solvents (OSs) enables more efficient routes to the synthesis of various valuable chemicals. However, OSs often reduce enzymatic activity, which limits the use of enzymes in OSs. Herein, we report a comprehensive understanding of interactions between surface polar substitutions and DMSO by integrating molecular dynamics (MD) simulations of 45 variants from Bacillus subtilis lipase A (BSLA) and substitution landscape into a "BSLA-SSM" library. By systematically analyzing 39 structural-, solvation-, and interaction energy-based observables, we discovered that hydration shell maintenance, DMSO reduction, and decreased local flexibility simultaneously govern the stability of polar variants in OS. Moreover, the fingerprints of 1631 polar-related variants in three OSs demonstrated that substituting aromatic to polar amino acid(s) hold great potential to highly improve OSs resistance. Hence, surface polar engineering is a powerful strategy to generate OS-tolerant lipases and other enzymes, thereby adapting the catalyst to the desired reaction and process with OSs.
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- Haiyang Cui
- Institute of BiotechnologyRWTH Aachen UniversityWorringerweg 3Aachen52074Germany
- DWI-Leibniz Institute for Interactive MaterialsForckenbeckstraße 50Aachen52074Germany
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology1206 West Gregory DriveUrbana, IL61801USA
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- Institute of BiotechnologyRWTH Aachen UniversityWorringerweg 3Aachen52074Germany
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- Tianjin Institute of Industrial BiotechnologyChinese Academy of SciencesWest 7th Avenue 32, Tianjin Airport Economic AreaTianjin300308P. R. China
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- Institute of Molecular Enzyme TechnologyHeinrich Heine University DüsseldorfWilhelm Johnen StrasseJülich52426Germany
- Institute of Bio-and Geosciences IBG 1: BiotechnologyForschungszentrum Jülich GmbHWilhelm Johnen StrasseJülich52426Germany
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- Institute of BiotechnologyRWTH Aachen UniversityWorringerweg 3Aachen52074Germany
- DWI-Leibniz Institute for Interactive MaterialsForckenbeckstraße 50Aachen52074Germany
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- Department of Bioorganic ChemistryLeibniz Institute of Plant BiochemistryWeinberg 306120HalleGermany
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Ingenbosch KN, Vieyto-Nuñez JC, Ruiz-Blanco YB, Mayer C, Hoffmann-Jacobsen K, Sanchez-Garcia E. Effect of Organic Solvents on the Structure and Activity of a Minimal Lipase. J Org Chem 2021; 87:1669-1678. [PMID: 34706196 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.1c01136] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Lipases are ubiquitously used in chemo-enzymatic synthesis and industrial applications. Nevertheless, the modulation of the activity of lipases by organic solvents still is not fully understood at the molecular level. We systematically investigated the activity and structure of lipase A from Bacillus subtilis in binary water-organic solvent mixtures of dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO), acetonitrile (ACN), and isopropyl alcohol (IPA) using activity assays, fluorescence spectroscopy, molecular dynamics (MD) simulations, and FRET/MD analysis. The enzymatic activity strongly depended on the type and amount of organic solvent in the reaction media. Whereas IPA and ACN reduced the activity of the enzyme, small concentrations of DMSO led to lipase activation via an uncompetitive mechanism. DMSO molecules did not directly interfere with the binding of the substrate in the active site, contrary to what is known for other solvents and enzymes. We propose that the His156-Asp133 interaction, the binding of organic molecules to the active site, and the water accessibility of the substrate are key factors modulating the catalytic activity. Furthermore, we rationalized the role of solvent descriptors on the regulation of enzymatic activity in mixtures with low concentrations of the organic molecule, with prospective implications for the optimization of biocatalytic processes via solvent tuning.
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- Kim N Ingenbosch
- Department of Chemistry and Institute for Coatings and Surface Chemistry, Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences, Adlerstrasse 32, 47798 Krefeld, Germany.,Institute for Physical Chemistry, University Duisburg-Essen, Universitätsstrasse 5, 45141 Essen, Germany
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- Computational Biochemistry, University of Duisburg-Essen, Universitätsstrasse 2, 45141 Essen, Germany
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- Computational Biochemistry, University of Duisburg-Essen, Universitätsstrasse 2, 45141 Essen, Germany
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- Institute for Physical Chemistry, University Duisburg-Essen, Universitätsstrasse 5, 45141 Essen, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry and Institute for Coatings and Surface Chemistry, Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences, Adlerstrasse 32, 47798 Krefeld, Germany
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- Computational Biochemistry, University of Duisburg-Essen, Universitätsstrasse 2, 45141 Essen, Germany
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Min K, Kim HT, Park SJ, Lee S, Jung YJ, Lee JS, Yoo YJ, Joo JC. Improving the organic solvent resistance of lipase a from Bacillus subtilis in water-ethanol solvent through rational surface engineering. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2021; 337:125394. [PMID: 34134054 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2021.125394] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2021] [Revised: 06/04/2021] [Accepted: 06/06/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Given that lipase is an enzyme applicable in various industrial fields and water-miscible organic solvents are important reaction media for developing industrial-scale biocatalysis, a structure-based strategy was explored to stabilize lipase A from Bacillus subtilis in a water-ethanol cosolvent. Site-directed mutagenesis of ethanol-interacting sites resulted in 4 mutants, i.e., Ser16Gly, Ala38Gly, Ala38Thr, and Leu108Asn, which were stable in 50% ethanol and had up to 1.8-fold higher stability than the wild-type. In addition, Leu108Asn was more thermostable at 45 °C than the wild type. The results discussed in this study not only provide insights into strategies for enzyme engineering to improve organic solvent resistance but also suggest perspectives on pioneering routes for constructing enzyme-based biorefineries to produce value-added fuels and chemicals.
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- Kyoungseon Min
- Gwangju Bio/Energy R&D Center, Korea Institute of Energy Research (KIER), Gwangju 61003, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Food Science and Technology, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 34134, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Graduate Program in System Health Science & Engineering, Ewha Womans University, Seoul 03760, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biotechnology, The Catholic University of Korea, Bucheon-si, Gyeonggi-do 14662, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biotechnology, The Catholic University of Korea, Bucheon-si, Gyeonggi-do 14662, Republic of Korea
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- Gwangju Bio/Energy R&D Center, Korea Institute of Energy Research (KIER), Gwangju 61003, Republic of Korea
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- School of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biotechnology, The Catholic University of Korea, Bucheon-si, Gyeonggi-do 14662, Republic of Korea.
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Thermostable lipases and their dynamics of improved enzymatic properties. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2021; 105:7069-7094. [PMID: 34487207 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-021-11520-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2021] [Revised: 07/29/2021] [Accepted: 07/31/2021] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Thermal stability is one of the most desirable characteristics in the search for novel lipases. The search for thermophilic microorganisms for synthesising functional enzyme biocatalysts with the ability to withstand high temperature, and capacity to maintain their native state in extreme conditions opens up new opportunities for their biotechnological applications. Thermophilic organisms are one of the most favoured organisms, whose distinctive characteristics are extremely related to their cellular constituent particularly biologically active proteins. Modifications on the enzyme structure are critical in optimizing the stability of enzyme to thermophilic conditions. Thermostable lipases are one of the most favourable enzymes used in food industries, pharmaceutical field, and actively been studied as potential biocatalyst in biodiesel production and other biotechnology application. Particularly, there is a trade-off between the use of enzymes in high concentration of organic solvents and product generation. Enhancement of the enzyme stability needs to be achieved for them to maintain their enzymatic activity regardless the environment. Various approaches on protein modification applied since decades ago conveyed a better understanding on how to improve the enzymatic properties in thermophilic bacteria. In fact, preliminary approach using advanced computational analysis is practically conducted before any modification is being performed experimentally. Apart from that, isolation of novel extremozymes from various microorganisms are offering great frontier in explaining the crucial native interaction within the molecules which could help in protein engineering. In this review, the thermostability prospect of lipases and the utility of protein engineering insights into achieving functional industrial usefulness at their high temperature habitat are highlighted. Similarly, the underlying thermodynamic and structural basis that defines the forces that stabilize these thermostable lipase is discussed. KEY POINTS: • The dynamics of lipases contributes to their non-covalent interactions and structural stability. • Thermostability can be enhanced by well-established genetic tools for improved kinetic efficiency. • Molecular dynamics greatly provides structure-function insights on thermodynamics of lipase.
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Maiangwa J, Hamdan SH, Mohamad Ali MS, Salleh AB, Zaliha Raja Abd Rahman RN, Shariff FM, Leow TC. Enhancing the stability of Geobacillus zalihae T1 lipase in organic solvents and insights into the structural stability of its variants. J Mol Graph Model 2021; 105:107897. [PMID: 33770705 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmgm.2021.107897] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2020] [Revised: 03/04/2021] [Accepted: 03/04/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Critical to the applications of proteins in non-aqueous enzymatic processes is their structural dynamics in relation to solvent polarity. A pool of mutants derived from Geobacillus zalihae T1 lipase was screened in organic solvents (methanol, ethanol, propanol, butanol and pentanol) resulting in the selection of six mutants at initial screening (A83D/K251E, R21C, G35D/S195 N, K84R/R103C/M121I/T272 M and R106H/G327S). Site-directed mutagenesis further yielded quadruple mutants A83D/M121I/K251E/G327S and A83D/M121I/S195 N/T272 M, both of which had improved activity after incubation in methanol. The km and kcat values of these mutants vary marginally with the wild-type enzyme in the methanol/substrate mixture. Thermally induced unfolding of mutants was accompanied with some loss of secondary structure content. The root mean square deviations (RMSD) and B-factors revealed that changes in the structural organization are intertwined with an interplay of the protein backbone with organic solvents. Spatially exposed charged residues showed correlations between the solvation dynamics of the methanol solvent and the hydrophobicity of the residues. The short distances of the radial distribution function provided the required distances for hydrogen bond formation and hydrophobic interactions. These dynamic changes demonstrate newly formed structural interactions could be targeted and incorporated experimentally on the basis of solvent mobility and mutant residues.
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- Jonathan Maiangwa
- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Enzyme Microbial Technology Research Center, Faculty of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia Serdang, 43400, UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia; Department of Microbiology Kaduna State University, Nigeria; Enzyme Microbial Technology Research Centre, Faculty of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia Serdang, 43400, UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Department of Biochemistry, Enzyme Microbial Technology Research Centre, Faculty of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia Serdang, 43400, UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Department of Biochemistry, Enzyme Microbial Technology Research Centre, Faculty of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia Serdang, 43400, UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Enzyme Microbial Technology Research Centre, Faculty of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia Serdang, 43400, UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Department of Microbiology, Enzyme Microbial Technology Research Centre, Faculty of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400, UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Institute of Bioscience, 43400, UPM Serdang, Universiti Putra Malaysia Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Enzyme Microbial Technology Research Center, Faculty of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia Serdang, 43400, UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia; Enzyme Microbial Technology Research Centre, Faculty of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia Serdang, 43400, UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia; Institute of Bioscience, 43400, UPM Serdang, Universiti Putra Malaysia Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia.
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Cui H, Jaeger KE, Davari MD, Schwaneberg U. CompassR Yields Highly Organic-Solvent-Tolerant Enzymes through Recombination of Compatible Substitutions. Chemistry 2021; 27:2789-2797. [PMID: 33186477 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202004471] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2020] [Revised: 11/12/2020] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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The CompassR (computer-assisted recombination) rule enables, among beneficial substitutions, the identification of those that can be recombined in directed evolution. Herein, a recombination strategy is systematically investigated to minimize experimental efforts and maximize possible improvements. In total, 15 beneficial substitutions from Bacillus subtilis lipase A (BSLA), which improves resistance to the organic cosolvent 1,4-dioxane (DOX), were studied to compare two recombination strategies, the two-gene recombination process (2GenReP) and the in silico guided recombination process (InSiReP), employing CompassR. Remarkably, both strategies yielded a highly DOX-resistant variant, M4 (I12R/Y49R/E65H/N98R/K122E/L124K), with up to 14.6-fold improvement after screening of about 270 clones. M4 has a remarkably enhanced resistance in 60 % (v/v) acetone (6.0-fold), 30 % (v/v) ethanol (2.1-fold), and 60 % (v/v) methanol (2.4-fold) compared with wild-type BSLA. Molecular dynamics simulations revealed that attracting water molecules by charged surface substitutions is the main driver for increasing the DOX resistance of BSLA M4. Both strategies and obtained molecular knowledge can likely be used to improve the properties of other enzymes with a similar α/β-hydrolase fold.
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- Haiyang Cui
- Institute of Biotechnology, RWTH Aachen University, Worringer Weg 3, 52074, Aachen, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Enzyme Technology, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Wilhelm Johnen Strasse, 52426, Jülich, Germany.,Institute of Bio-and Geosciences IBG 1: Biotechnology, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Wilhelm Johnen Strasse, 52426, Jülich, Germany
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- Institute of Biotechnology, RWTH Aachen University, Worringer Weg 3, 52074, Aachen, Germany
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- Institute of Biotechnology, RWTH Aachen University, Worringer Weg 3, 52074, Aachen, Germany.,DWI Leibniz-Institute for Interactive Materials, Forckenbeckstrasse 50, 52074, Aachen, Germany
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Femmer C, Bechtold M, Panke S. Semi‐rational engineering of an amino acid racemase that is stabilized in aqueous/organic solvent mixtures. Biotechnol Bioeng 2020; 117:2683-2693. [DOI: 10.1002/bit.27449] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2020] [Revised: 05/26/2020] [Accepted: 05/31/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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- Christian Femmer
- Department of Biosystems Science and EngineeringETH Zurich Basel Switzerland
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- Department of Biosystems Science and EngineeringETH Zurich Basel Switzerland
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- Department of Biosystems Science and EngineeringETH Zurich Basel Switzerland
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Pang WC, Ramli ANM, Hamid AAA. Comparative modelling studies of fruit bromelain using molecular dynamics simulation. J Mol Model 2020; 26:142. [PMID: 32417971 DOI: 10.1007/s00894-020-04398-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2019] [Accepted: 04/28/2020] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Fruit bromelain is a cysteine protease accumulated in pineapple fruits. This proteolytic enzyme has received high demand for industrial and therapeutic applications. In this study, fruit bromelain sequences QIM61759, QIM61760 and QIM61761 were retrieved from the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) Genbank Database. The tertiary structure of fruit bromelain QIM61759, QIM61760 and QIM61761 was generated by using MODELLER. The result revealed that the local stereochemical quality of the generated models was improved by using multiple templates during modelling process. Moreover, by comparing with the available papain model, structural analysis provides an insight on how pro-peptide functions as a scaffold in fruit bromelain folding and contributing to inactivation of mature protein. The structural analysis also disclosed the similarities and differences between these models. Lastly, thermal stability of fruit bromelain was studied. Molecular dynamics simulation of fruit bromelain structures at several selected temperatures demonstrated how fruit bromelain responds to elevation of temperature.
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- Wei Cheng Pang
- Faculty of Industrial Science & Technology, Universiti Malaysia Pahang, Lebuhraya Tun Razak, 26300 Gambang, Kuantan, Pahang Darul Makmur, Malaysia
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- Faculty of Industrial Science & Technology, Universiti Malaysia Pahang, Lebuhraya Tun Razak, 26300 Gambang, Kuantan, Pahang Darul Makmur, Malaysia. .,Bio Aromatic Research Centre of Excellence, Universiti Malaysia Pahang, Lebuhraya Tun Razak, 26300 Gambang, Kuantan, Pahang Darul Makmur, Malaysia.
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- Department of Biotechnology, Kulliyyah of Science, International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), Bandar Indera Mahkota, 25200, Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia.,Research Unit for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology (RUBIC), Kulliyyah of Science, International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), Bandar Indera Mahkota, 25200, Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia
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Development of a new Geobacillus lipase variant GDlip43 via directed evolution leading to identification of new activity-regulating amino acids. Int J Biol Macromol 2020; 151:1194-1204. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2019.10.163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2019] [Revised: 10/17/2019] [Accepted: 10/18/2019] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Ali M, Ishqi HM, Husain Q. Enzyme engineering: Reshaping the biocatalytic functions. Biotechnol Bioeng 2020; 117:1877-1894. [DOI: 10.1002/bit.27329] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2019] [Revised: 01/13/2020] [Accepted: 03/09/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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- Misha Ali
- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Life SciencesAligarh Muslim University Aligarh Uttar Pradesh India
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Life SciencesAligarh Muslim University Aligarh Uttar Pradesh India
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Martínez R, Bernal C, Álvarez R, Concha C, Araya F, Cabrera R, Dhoke GV, Davari MD. Deletion and Randomization of Structurally Variable Regions in B. subtilis Lipase A (BSLA) Alter Its Stability and Hydrolytic Performance Against Long Chain Fatty Acid Esters. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:ijms21061990. [PMID: 32183336 PMCID: PMC7139672 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21061990] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2020] [Revised: 03/06/2020] [Accepted: 03/11/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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The continuous search for novel enzyme backbones and the engineering of already well studied enzymes for biotechnological applications has become an increasing challenge, especially by the increasing potential diversity space provided by directed enzyme evolution approaches and the demands of experimental data generated by rational design of enzymes. In this work, we propose a semi-rational mutational strategy focused on introducing diversity in structurally variable regions in enzymes. The identified sequences are subjected to a progressive deletion of two amino acids and the joining residues are subjected to saturation mutagenesis using NNK degenerate codons. This strategy offers a novel library diversity approach while simultaneously decreasing enzyme size in the variable regions. In this way, we intend to identify and reduce variable regions found in enzymes, probably resulting from neutral drift evolution, and simultaneously studying the functional effect of said regions. This strategy was applied to Bacillus. subtilis lipase A (BSLA), by selecting and deleting six variable enzyme regions (named regions 1 to 6) by the deletion of two amino acids and additionally randomizing the joining amino acid residues. After screening, no active variants were found in libraries 1% and 4%, 15% active variants were found in libraries 2% and 3%, and 25% for libraries 5 and 6 (n = 3000 per library, activity detected using tributyrin agar plates). Active variants were assessed for activity in microtiter plate assay (pNP-butyrate), thermal stability, substrate preference (pNP-butyrate, -palmitate), and compared to wildtype BSLA. From these analyses, variant P5F3 (F41L-ΔW42-ΔD43-K44P), from library 3 was identified, showing increased activity towards longer chain p-nitrophenyl fatty acid esters, when compared to BSLA. This study allowed to propose the targeted region 3 (positions 40-46) as a potential modulator for substrate specificity (fatty acid chain length) in BSLA, which can be further studied to increase its substrate spectrum and selectivity. Additionally, this variant showed a decreased thermal resistance but interestingly, higher isopropanol and Triton X-100 resistance. This deletion-randomization strategy could help to expand and explore sequence diversity, even in already well studied and characterized enzyme backbones such as BSLA. In addition, this strategy can contribute to investigate and identify important non-conserved regions in classic and novel enzymes, as well as generating novel biocatalysts with increased performance in specific processes, such as enzyme immobilization.
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- Ronny Martínez
- Departamento de Ingeniería en Alimentos, Instituto de Investigación Multidisciplinaria en Ciencia y Tecnología, Universidad de La Serena, Av. Raúl Bitrán 1305, La Serena 1720010, Chile; (C.B.); (R.Á.); (C.C.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +56-51-2334661; Fax: +56-51-2204446
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- Departamento de Ingeniería en Alimentos, Instituto de Investigación Multidisciplinaria en Ciencia y Tecnología, Universidad de La Serena, Av. Raúl Bitrán 1305, La Serena 1720010, Chile; (C.B.); (R.Á.); (C.C.)
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- Departamento de Ingeniería en Alimentos, Instituto de Investigación Multidisciplinaria en Ciencia y Tecnología, Universidad de La Serena, Av. Raúl Bitrán 1305, La Serena 1720010, Chile; (C.B.); (R.Á.); (C.C.)
- Escuela de Tecnología Médica, Facultad de Salud, Sede La Serena, Universidad Santo Tomás, La Serena 1710172, Chile
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- Departamento de Ingeniería en Alimentos, Instituto de Investigación Multidisciplinaria en Ciencia y Tecnología, Universidad de La Serena, Av. Raúl Bitrán 1305, La Serena 1720010, Chile; (C.B.); (R.Á.); (C.C.)
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- Laboratorio de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile, Santiago 7800003, Chile; (F.A.); (R.C.)
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- Laboratorio de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile, Santiago 7800003, Chile; (F.A.); (R.C.)
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- Lehrstuhl für Biotechnologie, RWTH Aachen University, Worringerweg 3, 52074 Aachen, Germany; (G.V.D.); (M.D.D.)
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- Lehrstuhl für Biotechnologie, RWTH Aachen University, Worringerweg 3, 52074 Aachen, Germany; (G.V.D.); (M.D.D.)
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Fu L, Zhang J, Si T. Recent advances in high-throughput mass spectrometry that accelerates enzyme engineering for biofuel research. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2020. [DOI: 10.1186/s42500-020-0011-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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AbstractEnzymes play indispensable roles in producing biofuels, a sustainable and renewable source of transportation fuels. Lacking rational design rules, the development of industrially relevant enzyme catalysts relies heavily on high-throughput screening. However, few universal methods exist to rapidly characterize large-scale enzyme libraries. Therefore, assay development is necessary on an ad hoc basis to link enzyme properties to spectrophotometric signals and often requires the use of surrogate, optically active substrates. On the other hand, mass spectrometry (MS) performs label-free enzyme assays that utilize native substrates and is therefore generally applicable. But the analytical speed of MS is considered rate limiting, mainly due to the use of time-consuming chromatographic separation in traditional MS analysis. Thanks to new instrumentation and sample preparation methods, direct analyte introduction into a mass spectrometer without a prior chromatographic step can be achieved by laser, microfluidics, and acoustics, so that each sample can be analyzed within seconds. Here we review recent advances in MS platforms that improve the throughput of enzyme library screening and discuss how these advances can potentially facilitate biofuel research by providing high sensitivity, selectivity and quantitation that are difficult to obtain using traditional assays. We also highlight the limitations of current MS assays in studying biofuel-related enzymes and propose possible solutions.
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Changes of Thermostability, Organic Solvent, and pH Stability in Geobacillus zalihae HT1 and Its Mutant by Calcium Ion. Int J Mol Sci 2019; 20:ijms20102561. [PMID: 31137725 PMCID: PMC6566366 DOI: 10.3390/ijms20102561] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2019] [Revised: 04/23/2019] [Accepted: 04/30/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Thermostable T1 lipase from Geobacillus zalihae has been crystallized using counter-diffusion method under space and Earth conditions. The comparison of the three-dimensional structures from both crystallized proteins show differences in the formation of hydrogen bond and ion interactions. Hydrogen bond and ion interaction are important in the stabilization of protein structure towards extreme temperature and organic solvents. In this study, the differences of hydrogen bond interactions at position Asp43, Thr118, Glu250, and Asn304 and ion interaction at position Glu226 was chosen to imitate space-grown crystal structure, and the impact of these combined interactions in T1 lipase-mutated structure was studied. Using space-grown T1 lipase structure as a reference, subsequent simultaneous mutation D43E, T118N, E226D, E250L, and N304E was performed on recombinant wild-type T1 lipase (wt-HT1) to generate a quintuple mutant term as 5M mutant lipase. This mutant lipase shared similar characteristics to its wild-type in terms of optimal pH and temperature. The stability of mutant 5M lipase improved significantly in acidic and alkaline pH as compared to wt-HT1. 5M lipase was highly stable in organic solvents such as dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO), methanol, and n-hexane compared to wt-HT1. Both wild-type and mutant lipases were found highly activated in calcium as compared to other metal ions due to the presence of calcium-binding site for thermostability. The presence of calcium prolonged the half-life of mutant 5M and wt-HT1, and at the same time increased their melting temperature (Tm). The melting temperature of 5M and wt-HT1 lipases increased at 8.4 and 12.1 °C, respectively, in the presence of calcium as compared to those without. Calcium enhanced the stability of mutant 5M in 25% (v/v) DMSO, n-hexane, and n-heptane. The lipase activity of wt-HT1 also increased in 25% (v/v) ethanol, methanol, acetonitrile, n-hexane, and n-heptane in the presence of calcium. The current study showed that the accumulation of amino acid substitutions D43E, T118N, E226D, E250L, and N304E produced highly stable T1 mutant when hydrolyzing oil in selected organic solvents such as DMSO, n-hexane, and n-heptane. It is also believed that calcium ion plays important role in regulating lipase thermostability.
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Solvent stable microbial lipases: current understanding and biotechnological applications. Biotechnol Lett 2018; 41:203-220. [PMID: 30535639 DOI: 10.1007/s10529-018-02633-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2018] [Accepted: 11/30/2018] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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OBJECTIVE This review examines on our current understanding of microbial lipase solvent tolerance, with a specific focus on the molecular strategies employed to improve lipase stability in a non-aqueous environment. RESULTS It provides an overview of known solvent tolerant lipases and of approaches to improving solvent stability such as; enhancing stabilising interactions, modification of residue flexibility and surface charge alteration. It shows that judicious selection of lipase source supplemented by appropriate enzyme stabilisation, can lead to a wide application spectrum for lipases. CONCLUSION Organic solvent stable lipases are, and will continue to be, versatile and adaptable biocatalytic workhorses commonly employed for industrial applications in the food, pharmaceutical and green manufacturing industries.
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Liu L, Yu H, Du K, Wang Z, Gan Y, Huang H. Enhanced trypsin thermostability in Pichia pastoris through truncating the flexible region. Microb Cell Fact 2018; 17:165. [PMID: 30359279 PMCID: PMC6201580 DOI: 10.1186/s12934-018-1012-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2018] [Accepted: 10/19/2018] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Background High thermostability is required for trypsin to have wider industrial applications. Target mutagenesis at flexible regions has been proved to be an efficient protein engineering method to enhance the protein thermostability. Results The flexible regions in porcine trypsin were predicted using the methods including molecular dynamic simulation, FlexPred, and FoldUnfold. The amino acids 78–90 was predicted to be the highly flexible region simultaneously by the three methods and hence selected to be the mutation target. We constructed five variants (D3, D5, D7, D9, and D11) by truncating the region. And the variant D9 showed higher thermostability, with a 5 °C increase in Topt, 5.8 °C rise in \documentclass[12pt]{minimal}
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- Lin Liu
- Department of Biochemical Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300350, China.,Key Laboratory of System Bioengineering, Ministry of Education, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300350, China.,Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering, Tianjin, 300350, China
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- Department of Biochemical Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300350, China.,Key Laboratory of System Bioengineering, Ministry of Education, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300350, China.,Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering, Tianjin, 300350, China.,Department of Biochemical Engineering, University College London, Gordon Street, London, WC1H 0AH, UK
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- Department of Biochemical Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300350, China.,Key Laboratory of System Bioengineering, Ministry of Education, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300350, China.,Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering, Tianjin, 300350, China
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- Department of Biochemical Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300350, China.,Key Laboratory of System Bioengineering, Ministry of Education, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300350, China.,Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering, Tianjin, 300350, China
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- Department of Biochemical Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300350, China.,Key Laboratory of System Bioengineering, Ministry of Education, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300350, China.,Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering, Tianjin, 300350, China
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- Department of Biochemical Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300350, China. .,Key Laboratory of System Bioengineering, Ministry of Education, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300350, China. .,Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering, Tianjin, 300350, China.
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Frauenkron-Machedjou VJ, Fulton A, Zhao J, Weber L, Jaeger KE, Schwaneberg U, Zhu L. Exploring the full natural diversity of single amino acid exchange reveals that 40–60% of BSLA positions improve organic solvents resistance. BIORESOUR BIOPROCESS 2018. [DOI: 10.1186/s40643-017-0188-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Fulton A, Hayes MR, Schwaneberg U, Pietruszka J, Jaeger KE. High-Throughput Screening Assays for Lipolytic Enzymes. Methods Mol Biol 2018; 1685:209-231. [PMID: 29086311 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-7366-8_12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Screening is defined as the identification of hits within a large library of variants of an enzyme or protein with a predefined property. In theory, each variant present in the respective library needs to be assayed; however, to save time and consumables, many screening regimes involve a primary round to identify clones producing active enzymes. Such primary or prescreenings for lipolytic enzyme activity are often carried out on agar plates containing pH indicators or substrates as triolein or tributyrin. Subsequently, high-throughput screening assays are usually performed in microtiter plate (MTP) format using chromogenic or fluorogenic substrates and, if available, automated liquid handling robotics. Here, we describe different assay systems to determine the activity and enantioselectivity of lipases and esterases as well as the synthesis of several substrates. We also report on the construction of a complete site saturation library derived from lipase A of Bacillus subtilis and its testing for detergent tolerance. This approach allows for the identification of amino acids affecting sensitivity or resistance against different detergents.
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- Alexander Fulton
- Institute of Molecular Enzyme Technology, Heinrich-Heine - Universität Düsseldorf, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52426, Jülich, Germany
- Novozymes A/S, Krogshoejvej 36, 2880, Bagsvaerd, Denmark
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- Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Heinrich-Heine - Universität Düsseldorf, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52426, Jülich, Germany
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- Lehrstuhl für Biotechnologie, RWTH Aachen University, 52074, Aachen, Germany
- DWI Leibniz-Institute for Interactive Materials at RWTH Aachen University, 52056, Aachen, Germany
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- Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Heinrich-Heine - Universität Düsseldorf, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52426, Jülich, Germany
- Institute of Bio- and Geosciences IBG-1: Biotechnology, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, 52428, Jülich, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Enzyme Technology, Heinrich-Heine - Universität Düsseldorf, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52426, Jülich, Germany.
- Institute of Bio- and Geosciences IBG-1: Biotechnology, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, 52428, Jülich, Germany.
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Javed S, Azeem F, Hussain S, Rasul I, Siddique MH, Riaz M, Afzal M, Kouser A, Nadeem H. Bacterial lipases: A review on purification and characterization. PROGRESS IN BIOPHYSICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2018; 132:23-34. [DOI: 10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2017.07.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 154] [Impact Index Per Article: 25.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2017] [Revised: 07/18/2017] [Accepted: 07/27/2017] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Syal P, Verma VV, Gupta R. Targeted mutations and MD simulations of a methanol-stable lipase YLIP9 from Yarrowia lipolytica MSR80 to develop a biodiesel enzyme. Int J Biol Macromol 2017; 104:78-88. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2017.06.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2017] [Revised: 05/31/2017] [Accepted: 06/01/2017] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Point mutation Arg153-His at surface of Bacillus lipase contributing towards increased thermostability and ester synthesis: insight into molecular network. Mol Cell Biochem 2017; 443:159-168. [DOI: 10.1007/s11010-017-3220-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2017] [Accepted: 10/26/2017] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Yu H, Yan Y, Zhang C, Dalby PA. Two strategies to engineer flexible loops for improved enzyme thermostability. Sci Rep 2017; 7:41212. [PMID: 28145457 PMCID: PMC5286519 DOI: 10.1038/srep41212] [Citation(s) in RCA: 104] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2016] [Accepted: 12/16/2016] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Flexible sites are potential targets for engineering the stability of enzymes. Nevertheless, the success rate of the rigidifying flexible sites (RFS) strategy is still low due to a limited understanding of how to determine the best mutation candidates. In this study, two parallel strategies were applied to identify mutation candidates within the flexible loops of Escherichia coli transketolase (TK). The first was a “back to consensus mutations” approach, and the second was computational design based on ΔΔG calculations in Rosetta. Forty-nine single variants were generated and characterised experimentally. From these, three single-variants I189H, A282P, D143K were found to be more thermostable than wild-type TK. The combination of A282P with H192P, a variant constructed previously, resulted in the best all-round variant with a 3-fold improved half-life at 60 °C, 5-fold increased specific activity at 65 °C, 1.3-fold improved kcat and a Tm increased by 5 °C above that of wild type. Based on a statistical analysis of the stability changes for all variants, the qualitative prediction accuracy of the Rosetta program reached 65.3%. Both of the two strategies investigated were useful in guiding mutation candidates to flexible loops, and had the potential to be used for other enzymes.
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- Haoran Yu
- Department of Biochemical Engineering, University College London, Gordon Street, London, WC1H 0AH, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biochemical Engineering, University College London, Gordon Street, London, WC1H 0AH, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biochemical Engineering, University College London, Gordon Street, London, WC1H 0AH, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biochemical Engineering, University College London, Gordon Street, London, WC1H 0AH, United Kingdom
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Zhao J, Frauenkron-Machedjou VJ, Kardashliev T, Ruff AJ, Zhu L, Bocola M, Schwaneberg U. Amino acid substitutions in random mutagenesis libraries: lessons from analyzing 3000 mutations. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2017; 101:3177-3187. [DOI: 10.1007/s00253-016-8035-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2016] [Revised: 09/26/2016] [Accepted: 11/26/2016] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Hong DK, Jang SH, Lee C. Gene cloning and characterization of a psychrophilic phthalate esterase with organic solvent tolerance from an Arctic bacterium Sphingomonas glacialis PAMC 26605. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molcatb.2017.02.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Insight into the mechanism behind the activation phenomenon of lipase from Thermus thermophilus HB8 in polar organic solvents. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molcatb.2017.03.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Dachuri V, Boyineni J, Choi S, Chung HS, Jang SH, Lee C. Organic solvent-tolerant, cold-adapted lipases PML and LipS exhibit increased conformational flexibility in polar organic solvents. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molcatb.2016.06.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Trollope KM, Görgens JF, Volschenk H. Semirational Directed Evolution of Loop Regions in Aspergillus japonicus β-Fructofuranosidase for Improved Fructooligosaccharide Production. Appl Environ Microbiol 2015; 81:7319-29. [PMID: 26253664 PMCID: PMC4579456 DOI: 10.1128/aem.02134-15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2015] [Accepted: 08/04/2015] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The Aspergillus japonicus β-fructofuranosidase catalyzes the industrially important biotransformation of sucrose to fructooligosaccharides. Operating at high substrate loading and temperatures between 50 and 60°C, the enzyme activity is negatively influenced by glucose product inhibition and thermal instability. To address these limitations, the solvent-exposed loop regions of the β-fructofuranosidase were engineered using a combined crystal structure- and evolutionary-guided approach. This semirational approach yielded a functionally enriched first-round library of 36 single-amino-acid-substitution variants with 58% retaining activity, and of these, 71% displayed improved activities compared to the parent. The substitutions yielding the five most improved variants subsequently were exhaustively combined and evaluated. A four-substitution combination variant was identified as the most improved and reduced the time to completion of an efficient industrial-like reaction by 22%. Characterization of the top five combination variants by isothermal denaturation assays indicated that these variants displayed improved thermostability, with the most thermostable variant displaying a 5.7°C increased melting temperature. The variants displayed uniquely altered, concentration-dependent substrate and product binding as determined by differential scanning fluorimetry. The altered catalytic activity was evidenced by increased specific activities of all five variants, with the most improved variant doubling that of the parent. Variant homology modeling and computational analyses were used to rationalize the effects of amino acid changes lacking direct interaction with substrates. Data indicated that targeting substitutions to loop regions resulted in improved enzyme thermostability, specific activity, and relief from product inhibition.
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- K M Trollope
- Department of Microbiology, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa
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- Department of Process Engineering, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa
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- Department of Microbiology, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa
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Borrelli GM, Trono D. Recombinant Lipases and Phospholipases and Their Use as Biocatalysts for Industrial Applications. Int J Mol Sci 2015; 16:20774-840. [PMID: 26340621 PMCID: PMC4613230 DOI: 10.3390/ijms160920774] [Citation(s) in RCA: 195] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2015] [Revised: 07/17/2015] [Accepted: 08/11/2015] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Lipases and phospholipases are interfacial enzymes that hydrolyze hydrophobic ester linkages of triacylglycerols and phospholipids, respectively. In addition to their role as esterases, these enzymes catalyze a plethora of other reactions; indeed, lipases also catalyze esterification, transesterification and interesterification reactions, and phospholipases also show acyltransferase, transacylase and transphosphatidylation activities. Thus, lipases and phospholipases represent versatile biocatalysts that are widely used in various industrial applications, such as for biodiesels, food, nutraceuticals, oil degumming and detergents; minor applications also include bioremediation, agriculture, cosmetics, leather and paper industries. These enzymes are ubiquitous in most living organisms, across animals, plants, yeasts, fungi and bacteria. For their greater availability and their ease of production, microbial lipases and phospholipases are preferred to those derived from animals and plants. Nevertheless, traditional purification strategies from microbe cultures have a number of disadvantages, which include non-reproducibility and low yields. Moreover, native microbial enzymes are not always suitable for biocatalytic processes. The development of molecular techniques for the production of recombinant heterologous proteins in a host system has overcome these constraints, as this allows high-level protein expression and production of new redesigned enzymes with improved catalytic properties. These can meet the requirements of specific industrial process better than the native enzymes. The purpose of this review is to give an overview of the structural and functional features of lipases and phospholipases, to describe the recent advances in optimization of the production of recombinant lipases and phospholipases, and to summarize the information available relating to their major applications in industrial processes.
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- Grazia M Borrelli
- Consiglio per la Ricerca in Agricoltura e l'Analisi dell'Economia Agraria, Centro di Ricerca per la Cerealicoltura, S.S. 673 Km 25, 200-71122 Foggia, Italy.
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- Consiglio per la Ricerca in Agricoltura e l'Analisi dell'Economia Agraria, Centro di Ricerca per la Cerealicoltura, S.S. 673 Km 25, 200-71122 Foggia, Italy.
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Frauenkron-Machedjou VJ, Fulton A, Zhu L, Anker C, Bocola M, Jaeger KE, Schwaneberg U. Towards Understanding Directed Evolution: More than Half of All Amino Acid Positions Contribute to Ionic Liquid Resistance ofBacillus subtilisLipase A. Chembiochem 2015; 16:937-45. [DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201402682] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2014] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Kumar V, Yedavalli P, Gupta V, Rao NM. Engineering lipase A from mesophilic Bacillus subtilis for activity at low temperatures. Protein Eng Des Sel 2014; 27:73-82. [PMID: 24402332 DOI: 10.1093/protein/gzt064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Loops or unordered regions of a protein are structurally dynamic and are strongly implicated in activity, stability and proteolytic susceptibility of proteins. Diminished activity of proteins at lower temperatures is considered to be due to compromised dynamics of the protein at lower temperatures. To evolve an active mesophilic lipase (Bacillus subtilis) at low temperatures, we subjected all the loop residues (n = 88) to site saturation mutagenesis (SSM). Based on a three-level screening protocol, we identified 14 substitutions, among 16,000 mutant population, which contributed to a substantial increase in activity at 5 °C. Based on the preliminary activity of recombinants at several temperatures, 5 substitutions among the 14 were found to be beneficial. A recombinant of these five mutations, named as 5CR, exhibited 7-fold higher catalytic efficiency than wild-type (WT) lipase at 10 °C. All the mutants, individually and in a recombinant (5CR), were characterized by substrate-binding parameters, melting temperatures and secondary structure. 5CR was similar to WT in substrate preferences and showed a significant improvement in activity at both lower and higher temperatures compared with the WT. To establish the contribution of mutations on the dynamics of the protein, we performed 100-ns molecular dynamics (MD) simulations on the WT and mutant lipase at 10 and 37 °C. The root mean square fluctuations (RMSFs) indeed showed that the mutations enhance the protein dynamics locally in the loop region having a catalytic residue, which may help in improved activities at lower temperatures.
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- Virender Kumar
- Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Uppal Road, Hyderabad 500007, India
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Hwang HT, Qi F, Yuan C, Zhao X, Ramkrishna D, Liu D, Varma A. Lipase-catalyzed process for biodiesel production: Protein engineering and lipase production. Biotechnol Bioeng 2013; 111:639-53. [PMID: 24284881 DOI: 10.1002/bit.25162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2013] [Revised: 10/16/2013] [Accepted: 11/20/2013] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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- Hyun Tae Hwang
- School of Chemical Engineering; Purdue University; 480 Stadium Mall Drive West Lafayette Indiana 47907
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- Department of Chemical Engineering; Institute of Applied Chemistry; Tsinghua University; Beijing China
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- School of Chemical Engineering; Purdue University; 480 Stadium Mall Drive West Lafayette Indiana 47907
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- Department of Chemical Engineering; Institute of Applied Chemistry; Tsinghua University; Beijing China
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- School of Chemical Engineering; Purdue University; 480 Stadium Mall Drive West Lafayette Indiana 47907
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- Department of Chemical Engineering; Institute of Applied Chemistry; Tsinghua University; Beijing China
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- School of Chemical Engineering; Purdue University; 480 Stadium Mall Drive West Lafayette Indiana 47907
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Stepankova V, Bidmanova S, Koudelakova T, Prokop Z, Chaloupkova R, Damborsky J. Strategies for Stabilization of Enzymes in Organic Solvents. ACS Catal 2013. [DOI: 10.1021/cs400684x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 415] [Impact Index Per Article: 37.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Veronika Stepankova
- Loschmidt
Laboratories, Department of Experimental Biology and Research Centre
for Toxic Compounds in the Environment, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5, 625 00 Brno, Czech Republic
- International
Clinical Research Center, St. Anne’s University Hospital Brno, Pekarska 53, 656 91 Brno, Czech Republic
- Enantis,
Ltd., Palackeho trida
1802/129, 612 00 Brno, Czech Republic
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- Loschmidt
Laboratories, Department of Experimental Biology and Research Centre
for Toxic Compounds in the Environment, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5, 625 00 Brno, Czech Republic
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- Loschmidt
Laboratories, Department of Experimental Biology and Research Centre
for Toxic Compounds in the Environment, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5, 625 00 Brno, Czech Republic
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- Loschmidt
Laboratories, Department of Experimental Biology and Research Centre
for Toxic Compounds in the Environment, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5, 625 00 Brno, Czech Republic
- Enantis,
Ltd., Palackeho trida
1802/129, 612 00 Brno, Czech Republic
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- Loschmidt
Laboratories, Department of Experimental Biology and Research Centre
for Toxic Compounds in the Environment, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5, 625 00 Brno, Czech Republic
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- Loschmidt
Laboratories, Department of Experimental Biology and Research Centre
for Toxic Compounds in the Environment, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5, 625 00 Brno, Czech Republic
- International
Clinical Research Center, St. Anne’s University Hospital Brno, Pekarska 53, 656 91 Brno, Czech Republic
- Enantis,
Ltd., Palackeho trida
1802/129, 612 00 Brno, Czech Republic
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Hydrophobic Substitution of Surface Residues Affects Lipase Stability in Organic Solvents. Mol Biotechnol 2013; 56:360-8. [DOI: 10.1007/s12033-013-9716-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Jakob F, Lehmann C, Martinez R, Schwaneberg U. Increasing protein production by directed vector backbone evolution. AMB Express 2013; 3:39. [PMID: 23890095 PMCID: PMC3750827 DOI: 10.1186/2191-0855-3-39] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2013] [Accepted: 07/11/2013] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
Abstract
Recombinant protein production in prokaryotic and eukaryotic organisms was a key enabling technology for the rapid development of industrial and molecular biotechnology. However, despite all progress the improvement of protein production is an ongoing challenge and of high importance for cost-effective enzyme production. With the epMEGAWHOP mutagenesis protocol for vector backbone optimization we report a novel directed evolution based approach to increase protein production levels by randomly introducing mutations in the vector backbone. In the current study we validate the epMEGAWHOP mutagenesis protocol for three different expression systems. The latter demonstrated the general applicability of the epMEGAWHOP method. Cellulase and lipase production was doubled in one round of directed evolution by random mutagenesis of pET28a(+) and pET22b(+) vector backbones. Protease production using the vector pHY300PLK was increased ~4-times with an average of ~1.25 mutations per kb vector backbone. The epMEGAWHOP does not require any rational understanding of the expression machinery and can generally be applied to enzymes, expression vectors and related hosts. epMEGAWHOP is therefore from our point of view a robust, rapid and straight forward alternative for increasing protein production in general and for biotechnological applications.
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