Journal
MOLECULAR CELL
Volume 63, Issue 2, Pages 337-346Publisher
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2016.06.012
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- Israel Science Foundation (ISF)
- Center for Research Excellence in Structural Cell Biology
- joint ISF-UGC program
- European Research Council
- Career Development Award from the Human Frontier Science Program
- Marie Curie Reintegration Grant
- Minerva Foundation
- Alon Fellowship
- DTRA project [HDTRA1-11-C-0026]
- NIH [R01EY021205]
- Rothschild-Caesaria Foundation
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Upon heterologous overexpression, many proteins misfold or aggregate, thus resulting in low functional yields. Human acetylcholinesterase ( hAChE), an enzyme mediating synaptic transmission, is a typical case of a human protein that necessitates mammalian systems to obtain functional expression. We developed a computational strategy and designed an AChE variant bearing 51 mutations that improved core packing, surface polarity, and backbone rigidity. This variant expressed at similar to 2,000-fold higher levels in E. coli compared to wild-type hAChE and exhibited 20 degrees C higher thermostability with no change in enzymatic properties or in the active-site configuration as determined by crystallography. To demonstrate broad utility, we similarly designed four other human and bacterial proteins. Testing at most three designs per protein, we obtained enhanced stability and/or higher yields of soluble and active protein in E. coli. Our algorithm requires only a 3D structure and several dozen sequences of naturally occurring homologs, and is available at http://pross.weizmann.ac.il.
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