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EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY
Volume 269, Issue 13, Pages 3321-3328Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1033.2002.03012.x
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lipase; Pseudomonas; cold-active enzymes; modeling; selectivity
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A recombinant lipase cloned from Pseudomonas fragi strain IFO 3458 (PFL) was found to retain significant activity at low temperature. In an attempt to elucidate the structural basis of this behaviour, a model of its three-dimensional structure was built by homology and compared with homologous mesophilic lipases, i.e. the Pseudomonas aeruginosa lipase (45% sequence identity) and Burkholderia cepacia lipase (38%). In this model, features common to all known lipases have been identified, such as the catalytic triad (S83, D238 and H260) and the oxyanion hole (L17, Q84). Structural modifications recurrent in cold-adaptation, i.e. a large amount of charged residues exposed at the protein surface, have been detected. Noteworthy is the lack of a disulphide bridge conserved in homologous Pseudomonas lipases that may contribute to increased conformational flexibility of the cold-active enzyme.
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