期刊
JOURNAL OF BIOTECHNOLOGY
卷 306, 期 -, 页码 118-124出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2019.09.011
关键词
Error prone PCR; Cellulase; Cel12A; Thermotoga neapolitana
资金
- Higher Education Commission, Pakistan [0.20-2765/NRPU/RD/HEC/13]
Using multi-step error prone PCR (ep-PCR) of the gene encoding endoglucanase Cel12A (27 kDa) from Thermotoga neapolitana, mutants were obtained with many fold increase in the enzyme activity. The best mutant (C6, N47S/E57 K/ V88A/S157 P/K165 H) obtained after four rounds of ep-PCR showed 2.7-, 5- and 4.8-fold increase in activity against CMC, RAC and Avicel, respectively, compared with the wild type enzyme. The other characteristics of the mutated enzyme with respect to stability, optimum working pH and temperature were comparable to the wild type enzyme. C6 mutant showed higher binding efficiency towards the rice straw (similar to 50%) than the wild type (similar to 41%). The structural information obtained from the protein docking of the wild type Cel12A and its mutant showed that E57 K improved the binding affinity between enzyme and ligand by producing conformational changes in the catalytic cavity. The other mutations can facilitate the enzyme-substrate binding interactions to enhance catalytic activity although they are not directly involved in catalysis. The wild type and mutant enzyme produce cellobiose as the major products for both soluble and insoluble substrates, suggesting that this enzyme should be a cellobiohydrolase instead of endoglucanase as previously reported.
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