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Engineering substrate promiscuity in halophilic alcohol dehydrogenase (HvADH2) by in silico design

Cassidy, Jennifer; Bruen, Larah; Rosini, Elena; Molla, Gianluca; Pollegioni, Loredano; Paradisi, Francesca

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Authors

Jennifer Cassidy

Larah Bruen

Elena Rosini

Gianluca Molla

Loredano Pollegioni

Francesca Paradisi



Abstract

An alcohol dehydrogenase from the halophilic archaeon Haloferax volcanii (HvADH2) has been engineered by rational design to broaden its substrate scope towards the conversion of a range of aromatic substrates, including flurbiprofenol, that is an intermediate of the non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug, flurbiprofen. Wild-type HvADH2 showed minimal activity with flurbiprofenol (11.1 mU/mg). A homology model of HvADH2 was built and docking experiments with this substrate revealed that the biphenyl rings of flurbiprofenol formed strong interactions with residues F85 and F108, preventing its optimal binding in the active site. Mutations at position 85 however did not increase activity. Site directed mutagenesis at position F108 allowed the identification of three variants showing a significant (up to 2.3-fold) enhancement of activity towards flurbiprofenol, when compared to wild-type HvADH2. Interestingly, F108G variant did not show the classic inhibition in the presence of (R)-enantiomer when tested with rac-1-phenylethanol, underling its potential in racemic resolution of secondary alcohols.

Citation

Cassidy, J., Bruen, L., Rosini, E., Molla, G., Pollegioni, L., & Paradisi, F. (in press). Engineering substrate promiscuity in halophilic alcohol dehydrogenase (HvADH2) by in silico design. PLoS ONE, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0187482

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Oct 22, 2017
Online Publication Date Nov 30, 2017
Deposit Date Jan 8, 2018
Publicly Available Date Jan 8, 2018
Journal PLoS ONE
Electronic ISSN 1932-6203
Publisher Public Library of Science
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
DOI https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0187482
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/897126
Publisher URL http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0187482
Contract Date Jan 8, 2018

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