Computational Design of Multisubstrate Enzyme Specificity


Abstract

The engineering of multi-substrate enzyme specificity is highly desirable to foster the application of biocatalysis in industry. Here, we develop a multistate computational protein design methodology called multi-chemical state analysis (MCSA) that can optimize enzyme sequences on large structural ensembles for productive binding of multiple target substrates. Using MCSA, we redesigned E. coli branched-chain amino acid aminotransferase to accept both α-ketoglutarate and the non-native substrate L-histidine. Screening of a designed combinatorial library comprising 32 mutants for enhanced L-histidine transamination activity yielded four variants displaying up to ≈200-fold improvements to kcat/KM. MCSA opens the door to the design of broad-specificity biocatalysts and multi-substrate enzymes displaying tailored specificity.

Submission Details

ID: DddCjJY34

Submitter: Antony St-Jacques

Submission Date: May 7, 2020, 7:42 a.m.

Version: 1

Publication Details
Antony D. St-Jacques, Marie-Ève C. Eyahpaise, Roberto A. Chica,ACS Catalysis (2019) Computational Design of Multisubstrate Enzyme Specificity
Additional Information

Structure view and single mutant data analysis

Study data

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Data Distribution

Studies with similar sequences (approximate matches)

Correlation with other assays (exact sequence matches)


Relevant UniProtKB Entries

Percent Identity Matching Chains Protein Accession Entry Name
300.0 A,B,C Branched-chain-amino-acid aminotransferase P0AB82 ILVE_ECO57
300.0 A,B,C Branched-chain-amino-acid aminotransferase P0AB81 ILVE_ECOL6
300.0 A,B,C Branched-chain-amino-acid aminotransferase P0AB80 ILVE_ECOLI
294.29999999999995 A,B,C Branched-chain-amino-acid aminotransferase P0A1A6 ILVE_SALTI
294.29999999999995 A,B,C Branched-chain-amino-acid aminotransferase P0A1A5 ILVE_SALTY