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  • Biochemistry
  • Protein Engineering
  • Synthetic Biology

Background:

  • Artificial enzymes offer novel catalytic capabilities beyond natural enzymes.
  • Engineering new enzymatic activity often reduces protein stability, a common challenge.
  • Simultaneous optimization of enzyme activity and stability is crucial for practical applications.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a method for simultaneously isolating artificial enzymes with improved stability and activity.
  • To engineer thermostable artificial enzymes using in vitro selection.
  • To characterize the structural and functional properties of the engineered enzymes.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized the mRNA display technique for in vitro selection.
  • Selected for thermostable artificial RNA ligase variants at 65 °C.
  • Determined the three-dimensional structure of the selected enzyme using NMR spectroscopy.

Main Results:

  • Isolated a highly active and thermostable artificial enzyme, ligase 10 C.
  • Ligase 10 C exhibited an order of magnitude higher activity at room temperature and increased melting temperature by 35 °C.
  • The enzyme's novel, unprecedented three-dimensional fold was elucidated via NMR.

Conclusions:

  • mRNA display is a versatile and powerful technique for isolating thermostable artificial enzymes with enhanced properties.
  • The engineered ligase 10 C demonstrates significant improvements in both catalytic activity and thermal stability.
  • The novel protein fold highlights the potential for creating entirely new enzyme structures and functions.