期刊
PROTEINS-STRUCTURE FUNCTION AND BIOINFORMATICS
卷 66, 期 2, 页码 500-506出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/prot.21227
关键词
thermostability; robustness; enzyme engineering; protein design; genetic selection; directed evolution; orthologs
Evolvability, designability, and plasticity of a protein are properties that are important to protein engineers, but difficult to quantify. Here, we directly compare homologous AroQ chorismate mutases from the thermophile Methanococcus jannaschii and the mesophile Escherichia coli with respect to their capacity to accommodate extensive mutation. The N-terminal helix comprising about 40% of these proteins was randomized at the genetic level using a binary pattern of hydrophobic and hydrophilic residues based on the respective wildtype sequences. Catalytically active library members were identified by a survival-selection assay in a chorismate mutase-deficient E. coli strain. Functional variants were found similar to 10-times more frequently with the thermostable protein compared to its mesostable counterpart. Moreover, detailed sequence analysis revealed that functional M. jannaschii enzyme variants contained a smaller number of conserved residues and tolerated greater variability at individual sequence positions. Our results thus highlight the greater robustness of the thermostable protein with respect to amino acid substitution, while identifying specific sites important for constructing active enzymes. Overall, they support the notion that redesign projects will benefit from using a thermostable starting structure, even at very high mutational loads.
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