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Rapid Generation of Amyloid from Native Proteins In vitro
Published on: December 6, 2013
非正規のアミノ酸との正規のタンパク質-タンパク質インターフェースの生成
Minseob Koh1, Fariborz Nasertorabi2, Gye Won Han2
1Department of Chemistry and Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology, The Scripps Research Institute , 10550 N Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, California 92037, United States.
Journal of the American Chemical Society
|April 18, 2017
まとめ
研究者は,機能のために非正規のアミノ酸を必要とするように,Escherichia coliのコリスマート変異を設計した. このタンパク質工学の戦略は 成長に依存する生物を作り出し 合成生物学を進めるのです
科学分野:
- 生物化学
- 合成生物学
- タンパク質工学
背景:
- エシェリキア・コライのコリスマート変異酵素 (EcCM) は,芳香性アミノ酸の生物合成経路における重要な酵素である.
- タンパク質のインターフェイスは 酵素の活性と細胞機能を制御する 新しい戦略を提供します
研究 の 目的:
- EcCMホモディマーインターフェイスを,非正規のアミノ酸 (ncAA) に依存するように設計する.
- 特定のncAAの存在に依存する生体を作る方法を開発する.
主な方法:
- サイト指向型変異は,EcCMの残基72で非正規のアミノ酸であるp- ベンゾイルフェニララリン (pBzF) を置換するために使用されました.
- 周囲の残留物における変異を持つEcCM変異のライブラリが生成され,欠陥株の成長に基づいて選択されました.
- 設計されたタンパク質インターフェースの構造的基礎を決定するために,X線結晶学が採用されました.
主要な成果:
- Tyr72をpBzFで代用すると,触媒的に不活性なEcCMが生じる.
- 選択されたEcCM変種 (Phe25',pBzF72,Thr76,Gly80',Tyr83') は,ワイルド型のような触媒活性と53 °Cの融解温度 (Tm) を有する安定したホモディマーを形成した.
- 構造分析により,設計されたタンパク質のインターフェイスで安定したpi-piスタッキングと水素結合の相互作用が明らかになった.
結論:
- この研究では,安定性と機能のために非正規のアミノ酸に依存するEcCMタンパク質インターフェースを成功裏に設計した.
- このncAAに依存するタンパク質工学戦略は,オクストロフィック生物を作り,合成生物学アプリケーションを進めるための強力なツールを提供します.
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