A recombinant L-threonine aldolase with high catalytic efficiency for the asymmetric synthesis of L-threo-phenylserine and L-threo-4-fluorophenylserine.
Bijing Lei, Wan Jiang, Jinsong Ma, Caiyun Wang, Yinping Pan, Zhi Zhang, Bochu Wang, Jian Guo, Na Qi
{"title":"A recombinant L-threonine aldolase with high catalytic efficiency for the asymmetric synthesis of L-threo-phenylserine and L-threo-4-fluorophenylserine.","authors":"Bijing Lei, Wan Jiang, Jinsong Ma, Caiyun Wang, Yinping Pan, Zhi Zhang, Bochu Wang, Jian Guo, Na Qi","doi":"10.1007/s10529-024-03553-5","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>To develop robust variants of L-threonine aldolases (L-TAs), potent catalysts for synthesizing asymmetric β-hydroxy-α-amino acids, it is necessary to identify critical residues beyond the known active site residues.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Through virtual screening, a neglected residue Asn305, was identified as critical for catalytic efficiency. Subsequent site-saturation mutagenesis led to a potent variant N305R which exhibited excellent conversions of 88%<sub>conv</sub> (87%<sub>de</sub>) and 80%<sub>conv</sub> (94%<sub>de</sub>) for the synthesis of L-threo-phenylserine and L-threo-4-fluorophenylserine respectively. This variant not only outperformed the template enzyme, but also represented a promising L-TA for synthesizing the two β-hydroxy-α-amino acids. It was suggested that Arg305 of the variant N305R generated strong cation-arene interaction and electrostatic force with the intermediates, leading to strengthened binding, enhanced L-threo favored orientation and wider entrance.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Our work not only provided an excellent variant N305R, but also suggested the crucial function of a neglected residue Asn305, which offered valuable experiences for other L-TA studies.</p>","PeriodicalId":8929,"journal":{"name":"Biotechnology Letters","volume":"47 1","pages":"11"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0000,"publicationDate":"2024-12-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Biotechnology Letters","FirstCategoryId":"5","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10529-024-03553-5","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"BIOTECHNOLOGY & APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 0
Abstract
Objectives: To develop robust variants of L-threonine aldolases (L-TAs), potent catalysts for synthesizing asymmetric β-hydroxy-α-amino acids, it is necessary to identify critical residues beyond the known active site residues.
Results: Through virtual screening, a neglected residue Asn305, was identified as critical for catalytic efficiency. Subsequent site-saturation mutagenesis led to a potent variant N305R which exhibited excellent conversions of 88%conv (87%de) and 80%conv (94%de) for the synthesis of L-threo-phenylserine and L-threo-4-fluorophenylserine respectively. This variant not only outperformed the template enzyme, but also represented a promising L-TA for synthesizing the two β-hydroxy-α-amino acids. It was suggested that Arg305 of the variant N305R generated strong cation-arene interaction and electrostatic force with the intermediates, leading to strengthened binding, enhanced L-threo favored orientation and wider entrance.
Conclusions: Our work not only provided an excellent variant N305R, but also suggested the crucial function of a neglected residue Asn305, which offered valuable experiences for other L-TA studies.
期刊介绍:
Biotechnology Letters is the world’s leading rapid-publication primary journal dedicated to biotechnology as a whole – that is to topics relating to actual or potential applications of biological reactions affected by microbial, plant or animal cells and biocatalysts derived from them.
All relevant aspects of molecular biology, genetics and cell biochemistry, of process and reactor design, of pre- and post-treatment steps, and of manufacturing or service operations are therefore included.
Contributions from industrial and academic laboratories are equally welcome. We also welcome contributions covering biotechnological aspects of regenerative medicine and biomaterials and also cancer biotechnology. Criteria for the acceptance of papers relate to our aim of publishing useful and informative results that will be of value to other workers in related fields.
The emphasis is very much on novelty and immediacy in order to justify rapid publication of authors’ results. It should be noted, however, that we do not normally publish papers (but this is not absolute) that deal with unidentified consortia of microorganisms (e.g. as in activated sludge) as these results may not be easily reproducible in other laboratories.
Papers describing the isolation and identification of microorganisms are not regarded as appropriate but such information can be appended as supporting information to a paper. Papers dealing with simple process development are usually considered to lack sufficient novelty or interest to warrant publication.