Rapid Thermostabilization of Bacillus thuringiensis Serovar Konkukian 97–27 Dehydroshikimate Dehydratase through a Structure-Based Enzyme Design and Whole Cell Activity Assay

Autor: Emily N. Schmidt, David T. Fox, Andrew T. Koppisch, Kellan B. Finney, Charlie E. M. Strauss, Gustavo M. Canales, Ramesh K. Jha, Theresa L. Kern, Lucas B. Harrington
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: ACS Synthetic Biology. 6:120-129
ISSN: 2161-5063
DOI: 10.1021/acssynbio.6b00159
Popis: Thermostabilization of an enzyme with complete retention of catalytic efficiency was demonstrated on recombinant 3-dehydroshikimate dehydratase (DHSase or wtAsbF) from Bacillus thuringiensis serovar konkukian 97–27 (hereafter, B. thuringiensis 97–27). The wtAsbF is relatively unstable at 37 °C, in vitro (t1/237 = 15 min), in the absence of divalent metal. We adopted a structure-based design to identify stabilizing mutations and created a combinatorial library based upon predicted mutations at specific locations on the enzyme surface. A diversified asbF library (∼2000 variants) was expressed in E. coli harboring a green fluorescent protein (GFP) reporter system linked to the product of wtAsbF activity (3,4-dihydroxybenzoate, DHB). Mutations detrimental to DHSase function were rapidly eliminated using a high throughput fluorescence activated cell sorting (FACS) approach. After a single sorting round and heat screen at 50 °C, a triple AsbF mutant (Mut1), T61N, H135Y, and H257P, was isolated and characterized...
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