Journal
JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR CATALYSIS B-ENZYMATIC
Volume 27, Issue 4-6, Pages 169-175Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.molcatb.2003.11.010
Keywords
ketoprofen; esterase; directed evolution; stabilization
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A newly isolated enantioselective esterase from Pseudomonas fluorescens KCTC 1767, which is currently considered as a biocatalyst for the production of a commercially valuable (S)-ketoprofen, has revealed a low structural and thermal stability. In order to enhance the stability, directed evolution was attempted on this enantioselective esterase by successive steps of an error prone and staggered extension PCR. After the second round of evolution, the best mutant 6-52 with enhanced thermal stability was selected and analyzed. DNA sequence analyses of 6-52 revealed that the three amino acid residues (L120P, 1208V, and T249A) were changed and the mutation L120P was presumed as a structurally important residue due to its presence in all positive variants. The purified mutant 6-52, when incubated at 50 and 55 degreesC for 2 h, remained its activity over 30 and 10%, respectively, whereas there were no detectable activities in wild-type enzyme. The analysis of 6-52 in the presence of 15% ethanol showed 1.8-fold increase in the activity, compared to that of wild-type enzyme. The K-m and V-max values of 6-52 were estimated to be slightly increased, leading to 1.2-fold-higher the catalytic efficacy k(cat)/K-m than that of wild-type enzyme. Additionally, the mutant 6-52 was more resistant to high substrate concentrations than that of wild-type enzyme. (C) 2003 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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