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PLOS ONE
Volume 8, Issue 2, Pages -Publisher
PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0057432
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- Hyogo Science and Technology Association [22S022]
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (KAKENHI) [22770116]
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [22570166, 22770116] Funding Source: KAKEN
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Currently, there are no versatile and established methods for improving stability of proteins. In an entirely different approach from conventional techniques such as mutagenesis, we attempted to enhance enzyme stability of alpha-amylase from Aspergillus oryzae using a heavy-atom derivatization technique. We evaluated changes in stability using differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). Candidate heavy atoms were identified using the Heavy-Atom Database System HATODAS, a Web-based tool designed to assist in heavy-atom derivatization of proteins for X-ray crystallography. The denaturation temperature of alpha-amylase derivatized with gadolinium (Gd) or samarium (Sm) ions increased by 6.2 or 5.7 degrees C, respectively, compared to that of the native protein (60.6 degrees C). The binding of six Gd ions was confirmed by X-ray crystallography of the enzyme at 1.5 angstrom resolution. DSC and dynamic light-scattering data revealed a correlation between stability and the aggregation state upon addition of Gd ions. These results show that HATODAS search is an effective tool for selecting heavy atoms for stabilization of this protein.
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