期刊
JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY
卷 129, 期 5, 页码 777-782出版社
JAPANESE BIOCHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jbchem.a002919
关键词
archaeon (archaebacterium); common ancestor; 3-isopropylmalate dehydrogenase; protein stability; Sulfolobus
Ancestral amino acid residues were inferred for 3-isopropylmalate dehydrogenase (IPMDH), and were introduced into the enzyme of an extreme thermophile, Sulfolobus sp, strain 7. The thermostability of the mutant enzymes was compared with that of the wild type enzyme. At least five of the seven mutants tested showed higher thermal stability than the wild type IPMDH, The results are compatible with the hyperthermophilic universal ancestor hypothesis. The results also provide a new method for designing thermostable enzymes. The method only relies on the first dimensional structures of homologous enzymes that can be obtained from genetic databases.
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