Utilization of low-stability variants in protein evolutionary engineering.
Int J Biol Macromol
; 272(Pt 2): 132946, 2024 Jun.
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ABSTRACT
Evolutionary engineering involves repeated mutations and screening and is widely used to modify protein functions. However, it is important to diversify evolutionary pathways to eliminate the bias and limitations of the variants by using traditionally unselected variants. In this study, we focused on low-stability variants that are commonly excluded from evolutionary processes and tested a method that included an additional restabilization step. The esterase from the thermophilic bacterium Alicyclobacillus acidocaldarius was used as a model protein, and its activity at its optimum temperature of 65 °C was improved by evolutionary experiments using random mutations by error-prone PCR. After restabilization using low-stability variants with low-temperature (37 °C) activity, several re-stabilizing variants were obtained from a large number of variant libraries. Some of the restabilized variants achieved by removing the destabilizing mutations showed higher activity than that of the wild-type protein. This implies that low-stability variants with low-temperature activity can be re-evolved for future use. This method will enable further diversification of evolutionary pathways.
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Engenharia de Proteínas
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Mutação
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En
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Int J Biol Macromol
Ano de publicação:
2024
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Japão