Unraveling the role of flexible coil near calcium binding site of levansucrase on thermostability and product profile via proline substitution and molecular dynamics simulations.

Autor: Klaewkla M; Independent Researcher, Bangkok, Thailand., Wangpaiboon K; Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand., Pichyangkura R; Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand., Charoenwongpaiboon T; Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Silpakorn University, Nakhon Pathom, Thailand.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Proteins [Proteins] 2024 Feb; Vol. 92 (2), pp. 170-178. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Sep 27.
DOI: 10.1002/prot.26592
Abstrakt: Due to its bioactivity and versatile applications, levan has appeared as a promising biomaterial. Levansucrase is responsible for the conversion of sucrose into levan. With the goal of enhancing levan production, the strategy for enhancing the stability of levansucrase is being intensively studied. To make proteins more stable under high temperatures, proline, the most rigid residue, can be introduced into previously flexible regions. Herein, G249, D250, N251, and H252 on the flexible coil close to the calcium binding site of Bacillus licheniformis levansucrase were replaced with proline. Mutations at G249P greatly enhance both the enzyme's thermodynamic and kinetic stability, while those at H252P improve solely the enzyme's kinetic stability. GPC analysis revealed that G249P synthesize more levan, but H252P generate primarily oligosaccharides. Molecular dynamics simulations (MD) and MM/GBSA analysis revealed that G249P mutation increased not only the stability of levansucrase, but also affinity toward fructan.
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