Journal
PROTEIN ENGINEERING DESIGN & SELECTION
Volume 32, Issue 6, Pages 251-259Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/protein/gzz048
Keywords
glucoamylase; directed evolution; mutagenesis; thermal stability; molecular dynamics
Funding
- Russian Foundation for Basic Research [18-34-01003]
- Russian Science Foundation [19-74-20146]
- Russian Science Foundation [19-74-20146] Funding Source: Russian Science Foundation
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Novel thermostable variants of glucoamylase (GA) from filamentous fungus Aspergillus awamori X100 were constructed using the directed evolution approach based on random mutagenesis by error-prone PCR of the catalytic domain region of glucoamylase gene located on a new episomal expression vector pPEH alpha in Pichia pastoris cells. Out of 3000 yeast transformants screened, six new thermostable GA variants with amino acid substitutions Val301Asp, Thr390Ala, Thr390Ala/Ser436Pro, Leu7Met/His391Tyr, Asn9His/Ile82Phe and Ser8Arg/Gln338Leu were identified and studied. To estimate the effect of each substitution in the double mutants, we have constructed the relevant single mutants of GA by site-directed mutagenesis and analyzed their thermal properties. Results of the analysis showed that only Ile82Phe and Ser8Arg substitutions by themselves increased enzyme thermostability. While the substitutions Leu7Met, Asn9His and Gln338Leu decreased the thermal stability of GA, the synergistic effect of double mutant variants Leu7Met/His391Tyr, Asn9His/Ile82Phe and Ser8Arg/Gln338Leu resulted in significant thermostability improvement as compared to the wild type GA. Thr390Ala and Thr390Ala/Ser436Pro mutant variants revealed the highest thermostability with free activation energy changes Delta Delta G of 2.99 and 3.1 kJ/mol at 80 degrees C, respectively.
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