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Un ligando proximal no canónico proporciona una peroxidasa eficiente en un pliegue de globina
Moritz Pott1, Takahiro Hayashi1, Takahiro Mori1
1Laboratory of Organic Chemistry, ETH Zurich , Zurich 8093, Switzerland.
Journal of the American Chemical Society
|January 9, 2018
Resumen
Los investigadores diseñaron una variante de mioglobina con un ligando hemo modificado, mejorando su potencial redox y creando una potente peroxidasa. Esta proteína de ingeniería muestra una actividad comparable a las peroxidasas naturales.
Área de la Ciencia:
- La bioquímica
- Ingeniería de proteínas
- Catalización de enzimas
Sus antecedentes:
- Los entornos de coordinación de metales codificados genéticamente permiten el desarrollo de metalloenzimas con funciones mejoradas o nuevas.
- La mioglobina (Mb), una proteína que se une al oxígeno, puede ser diseñada para crear biocatalizadores.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Investigar el impacto de la incorporación de una Nδ-metil histidina (NMH) no canónica como ligando hemo proximal en la mioglobina.
- Para diseñar biocatalizadores de peroxidasa eficientes utilizando un andamio de proteínas ajustable.
Principales métodos:
- Mutagenesis dirigida al sitio para instalar Nδ-metil histidina (NMH) en la mioglobina.
- Caracterización estructural de la variante de mioglobina modificada (Mb NMH).
- Evolución de laboratorio y modificación racional para optimizar la actividad de la peroxidasa.
Principales resultados:
- La instalación de NMH aumentó significativamente el potencial redox del hemo y la actividad de la peroxidasa promiscua de la mioglobina.
- El análisis estructural reveló interacciones de enlace de hidrógeno alteradas en la bolsa proximal de Mb NMH.
- Las variantes de Mb NMH diseñadas exhibieron actividades de peroxidasas comparables a las peroxidasas naturales.
Conclusiones:
- La incorporación de aminoácidos no canónicos es una estrategia viable para expandir el repertorio funcional de las proteínas.
- Las variantes de mioglobina diseñadas pueden servir como eficientes biocatalizadores de la peroxidasa artificial.
- Este trabajo proporciona una plataforma para el desarrollo de nuevas metalenzimas con propiedades catalíticas adaptadas.
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