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Huabao Zheng1, Manfred T Reetz
1Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Kaiser-Wilhelm-Platz 1, 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany.
Journal of the American Chemical Society
|October 21, 2010
Resumen
Las enzimas de epoxida hidrolasa (EH) diseñadas exhiben un amplio alcance de sustrato y una alta estereoselectividad para la síntesis asimétrica. La mutagénesis por saturación iterativa creó rápidamente nuevas variantes de EH para diversas transformaciones de epóxido.
Área de la Ciencia:
- La biocatálisis por biocatálisis.
- Ingeniería de enzimas Ingeniería de enzimas.
- Síntesis orgánica La síntesis orgánica.
Sus antecedentes:
- Limonene epoxide hydrolase (LEH) de Rhodococcus erythropolis DCL 14 posee propiedades estructurales y mecánicas únicas.
- La especificidad natural del sustrato de LEH limita su aplicación en la síntesis asimétrica de otros epoxidos.
- Existe una necesidad de hidrolasas de epoxido de ingeniería con un alcance de sustrato más amplio y alta estereoselectividad.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Diseñar mutantes LEH con mayor alcance de sustrato y estereoselectividad utilizando evolución dirigida.
- Desarrollar un método de ingeniería de proteínas rápido y confiable para el desarrollo de biocatalizadores.
Principales métodos:
- Se empleó la mutagénesis por saturación iterativa (ISM, por sus siglas en inglés) para modificar el bolsillo de unión del LEH.
- Los residuos dentro de la bolsa de unión se agruparon y se sometieron a mutagenesis utilizando un alfabeto de aminoácidos reducidos.
- Se utilizó la evolución dirigida para detectar variantes mejoradas de LEH.
Principales resultados:
- Los mutantes LEH diseñados demostraron la capacidad de desimetrizar el óxido de ciclopenteno con alta estereoselectividad para cualquiera de (R,R) o (S,S) -diols.
- Los mutantes evolucionados efectivamente catalizaron la desimetrización de otros meso-epoxidos y la resolución cinética de sustratos racémicos.
- Se logró una ingeniería exitosa con la detección de menos de 5000 transformadores.
Conclusiones:
- La mutagénesis por saturación iterativa es un método rápido y eficaz para la ingeniería de proteínas de las hidrolasas epoxídicas.
- Las variantes LEH diseñadas exhiben un amplio alcance de sustrato y una alta estereoselectividad, expandiendo su utilidad en la síntesis asimétrica.
- El estudio valida el ISM para el desarrollo de biocatalizadores para diversas transformaciones químicas.
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