Jennifer Cassidy
Engineering substrate promiscuity in halophilic alcohol dehydrogenase (HvADH2) by in silico design
Cassidy, Jennifer; Bruen, Larah; Rosini, Elena; Molla, Gianluca; Pollegioni, Loredano; Paradisi, Francesca
Authors
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 |
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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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