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JOURNAL OF BIOTECHNOLOGY
Volume 161, Issue 1, Pages 49-59Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2012.04.015
Keywords
Protein; Thermostability; Hydrophobic interaction; Network analysis; Structural hierarchy; Cluster; Xylanase
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- National Research Foundation of Korea
- Korean Government (MEST) [NRF-2009-C1AAA001-2009-0093512]
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One widely known drawback of enzymes is their instability in diverse conditions. The thermostability of enzymes is particularly relevant for industrial applications because operation at high temperatures has the advantage of a faster reaction rate. Protein stability is mainly determined in this study by intra-molecular hydrophobic interactions that have a collective and 3-dimensional clustering effect. To interpret the thermostability of enzymes, network analysis was introduced into the protein structure, and a network parameter of structural hierarchy, k of k-clique, was used to discern more developed hydrophobic interaction clusters in the protein structure. The favorable clustering conformations of hydrophobic residues, which seemed to be important for protein thermostability, were discovered by the application of a network analysis to hydrophobic interactions of GH11 xylanases. Coordinating higher k-clique hydrophobic interaction clusters through the site-directed mutagenesis of the model enzyme, Bacillus circulans xylanase, stabilized the local structure and thus improved thermostability, such that the enzyme half-life and melting temperature increased by 78 fold and 8.8 degrees C, respectively. This study highlights the advantages of interpreting collective hydrophobic interaction patterns and their structural hierarchy and the possibility of applying network analysis to the thermostabilization of enzymes. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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