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Defining Substrate Specificities for Lipase and Phospholipase Candidates
Published on: November 23, 2016
Zinc in lipase L1 from Geobacillus stearothermophilus L1 and structural implications on thermal stability
Won-Chan Choi1, Myung Hee Kim, Hyeon-Su Ro
1Laboratory of Microbial Genomics, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB),Yusong, Daejon 305-600, Korea.
Abstract:
Lipase L1 from Geobacillus stearothermophilus L1 contains an unusual extra domain, making a tight intramolecular interaction with the main catalytic domain through a Zn2+-binding coordination. To elucidate the role of the Zn2+, we disrupted the Zn2+-binding site by mutating the zinc-ligand residues (H87A, D61A/H87A, and D61A/H81A/H87A/D238A). The activity vs. temperature profiles of the mutant enzymes showed that the disruption of the Zn2+-binding site resulted in a notable decrease in the optimal temperature for maximal activity from 60 to 45-50 degrees C. The mutations also abolished the Zn2+-induced thermal stabilization. The wild-type enzyme revealed a 34.6-fold increase in stabilization with the addition of Zn2+ at 60 degrees C, whereas the mutant enzymes exhibited no response to Zn2+. Additional circular dichroism spectroscopy studies also confirmed the structural stabilizing role of Zn2+ on lipase L1 at elevated temperatures.
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