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与非正规氨基酸形成一个正交蛋白-蛋白界面
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
概括
研究人员设计了大肠杆菌的胆酸酶,使其需要非正规的氨基酸来发挥作用. 这种蛋白质工程策略创造了依赖生长的生物,进步了合成生物学.
科学领域:
- 生物化学
- 合成生物学
- 蛋白质工程
背景情况:
- 大肠杆菌胆酸盐突变酶 (EcCM) 是芳香氨基酸生物合成途径中的关键酶.
- 工程蛋白界面为控制酶活动和细胞功能提供了新的策略.
研究的目的:
- 设计 EcCM 同一模体接口以依赖于非正规氨基酸 (ncAA) 进行催化活动.
- 开发一种方法来创造生物,其生长依赖于特定的ncAA的存在.
主要方法:
- 用定位基因突变来替代一个非正规的氨基酸p- benzoyl phenylalanine (pBzF) 在EcCM的残留72.
- 根据缺陷菌株的生长生成并选择了具有周围残留物突变的EcCM变异库.
- 使用X射线结晶学来确定工程蛋白界面的结构基础.
主要成果:
- 用pBzF替换Tyr72导致一个催化不活的EcCM.
- 一个选定的EcCM变体 (Phe25',pBzF72,Thr76,Gly80',Tyr83') 形成了一个稳定的同位素,具有类似野生类型的催化活性,温度 (Tm) 为53°C.
- 结构分析显示了在工程蛋白界面上的稳定pi-pi堆叠和键相互作用.
结论:
- 该研究成功设计了一个依赖于非正规氨基酸的EcCM蛋白界面,以保持稳定性和功能.
- 这种ncAA依赖的蛋白质工程策略为创建辅食生物和推进合成生物学应用提供了强大的工具.
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