Anand N N, Stephen E R, Narang S A
Division of Biological Sciences, National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa.
Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 1988 Jun 16;153(2):862-8. doi: 10.1016/s0006-291x(88)81175-6.
The active site amino acids (Glu11 and Asp20) in T4-lysozyme have been mutated to their isosteric residues Gln or Asn and/or acidic residues such as Glu----Asp or Asp----Glu by the oligonucleotide-replacement method. Out of eight mutants so generated the mutant T4-lysozyme obtained from pTLY.Asp11 retains maximum amount of activity (approximately 16%), pTLY.Asn20 the least (0.9%) whereas pTLY.Gln11 lost completely. A systematic study of the active and inactive mutants thus generated supports the important role of Glu11 and Asp20 in T4-lysozyme activity as predicted in earlier studies.
通过寡核苷酸置换法,已将T4溶菌酶中的活性位点氨基酸(Glu11和Asp20)突变为它们的等排残基Gln或Asn,和/或酸性残基,如Glu→Asp或Asp→Glu。在如此产生的八个突变体中,从pTLY.Asp11获得的突变体T4溶菌酶保留了最大量的活性(约16%),pTLY.Asn20保留的活性最少(0.9%),而pTLY.Gln11则完全丧失了活性。对如此产生的活性和非活性突变体的系统研究支持了Glu11和Asp20在T4溶菌酶活性中所起的重要作用,这与早期研究中的预测一致。