The engineering of decameric d-fructose-6-phosphate aldolase A by combinatorial modulation of inter- and intra-subunit interactions

Chem Commun (Camb). 2020 Jul 14;56(55):7561-7564. doi: 10.1039/d0cc02437f. Epub 2020 Jun 10.

Abstract

The combinatorial modulation of inter- and intra-subunit interactions of decameric d-fructose-6-phosphate aldolase A (FSAA) generated a triple-site variant I31T/Q59T/I195Q FSAA with 27- to 278-fold improvement in activity towards target heteroaromatic aldehydes. X-ray crystallographic data and molecular dynamics simulations ascribed the enhanced activity to the pronounced flexibility of the interface region between subunits, the expanded substrate entrance and binding pocket, and enhanced proton transfer, unambiguously demonstrating the efficiency of this strategy for engineering multimeric enzymes.

MeSH terms

  • Aldehyde-Lyases / chemistry
  • Aldehyde-Lyases / genetics
  • Aldehyde-Lyases / metabolism*
  • Aldehydes / metabolism
  • Biocatalysis
  • Catalytic Domain
  • Crystallography, X-Ray
  • Escherichia coli / enzymology
  • Escherichia coli Proteins / chemistry
  • Escherichia coli Proteins / genetics
  • Escherichia coli Proteins / metabolism*
  • Molecular Dynamics Simulation
  • Protein Binding
  • Protein Engineering
  • Protein Subunits / chemistry
  • Protein Subunits / genetics
  • Protein Subunits / metabolism*

Substances

  • Aldehydes
  • Escherichia coli Proteins
  • Protein Subunits
  • Aldehyde-Lyases
  • fsaA protein, E coli