Journal
PROTEIN ENGINEERING
Volume 15, Issue 2, Pages 131-140Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/protein/15.2.131
Keywords
aldo-keto reductase; cofactor specificity; 2,5-diketo-D-gluconic acid reductase; 2-keto-L-gulonic acid; site-directed mutagenesis
Funding
- NIGMS NIH HHS [5T32 GM08339] Funding Source: Medline
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The NADPH-dependent 2,5-diketo-D-gluconic acid (2,5-DKG) reductase enzyme is a required component in some novel biosynthetic vitamin C production processes. This enzyme catalyzes the conversion of 2,5-DKG to 2-keto-L-gulonic acid, which is an immediate precursor to L-ascorbic acid. Forty unique site-directed mutations were made at five residues in the cofactor-binding pocket of 2,5-DKG reductase A in an attempt to improve its ability to use NADH as a cofactor. NADH is more stable, less expensive and more prevalent in the cell than is NADPH. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first focused attempt to alter the cofactor specificity of a member of the aldo-keto reductase superfamily by engineering improved activity with NADH into the enzyme. Activity of the mutants with NADH or NADPH was assayed using activity-stained native polyacrylamide gels. Eight of the mutants at three different sites were identified as having improved activity with NADH. These mutants were purified and subjected to a kinetic characterization with NADH as a cofactor. The best mutant obtained, R238H, produced an almost 7-fold improvement in catalysis with NADH compared with the wild-type enzyme. Surprisingly, most of this catalytic improvement appeared to be due to an improvement in the apparent k(cat) for the reaction rather than a large improvement in the affinity of the enzyme for NADH.
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