School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China.
State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China.
Food Chem. 2020 Jun 30;316:126348. doi: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2020.126348. Epub 2020 Feb 3.
The 1,4-α-glucan branching enzyme from Geobacillus thermoglucosidans STB02 (GtGBE, EC 2.4.1.18) does not possess the thermostability required by modified starch industry. To increase its thermostability, a rational design strategy was used to introduce additional salt bridges into GtGBE. The strategy involved in mutation of individual residues to form "local" two-residue salt bridges. Accordingly, five of local salt bridges (Q231R-D227, Q231K-D227, T339E-K335, T339D-K335, and I571D-R569 mutants) were separately introduced into GtGBE. The half-times of these mutants at 60 °C were 17% to 51% longer than that of wild-type. Subsequently, these two-residue salt bridges were extended to form salt bridge networks (Q231R/K-D227-D131H, T339D/E-K335-I291H, and I571D-R569-R617H mutants). Among these mutants, except I571D-R569-R617H, the half-times of Q231R/K-D227-D131H, T339D/E-K335-I291H mutants at 60 °C were 15%, 17%, 21% and 17% longer than those of the corresponding two-residue salt bridges, respectively. The results showed that design and introduction of salt bridges improves enzyme thermostability in GtGBE.
来自嗜热解糖梭菌 STB02 的 1,4-α-葡聚糖分支酶(GtGBE,EC 2.4.1.18)不具备改性淀粉工业所需的热稳定性。为了提高其热稳定性,采用合理的设计策略在 GtGBE 中引入额外的盐桥。该策略涉及突变单个残基以形成“局部”二残基盐桥。因此,将五个局部盐桥(Q231R-D227、Q231K-D227、T339E-K335、T339D-K335 和 I571D-R569 突变体)分别引入 GtGBE。这些突变体在 60°C 时的半衰期比野生型长 17%至 51%。随后,这些二残基盐桥扩展形成盐桥网络(Q231R/K-D227-D131H、T339D/E-K335-I291H 和 I571D-R569-R617H 突变体)。在这些突变体中,除了 I571D-R569-R617H 外,Q231R/K-D227-D131H、T339D/E-K335-I291H 突变体在 60°C 时的半衰期分别比相应的二残基盐桥长 15%、17%、21%和 17%。结果表明,在 GtGBE 中设计和引入盐桥可以提高酶的热稳定性。