Novel substrate specificity of designer 3-isopropylmalate dehydrogenase derived from Thermus thermophilus HB8

Article abstract of DOI:10.1271/bbb.65.2695

Redesigning of an enzyme for a new catalytic reaction and modified substrate specificity was exploited with 3-isopropylmalate dehydrogenase (IPMDH). Point-mutation on Gly-89, which is not in the catalytic site but near it, was done by changing it to Ala, Ser, Val, and Pro, and all the mutations changed the substrate specificity. The mutant enzymes showed higher catalytic efficiency (k_cat/K_m) than the native IPMDH when malate was used as a substrate instead of 3-isopropylmalate. More interestingly, an additional insertion of Gly between Gly-89 and Leu-90 significantly altered the substrate-specificity, although the overall catalytic activity was decreased. Particularly, this mutant turned out to efficiently accept D-lactic acid, which was not accepted as a substrate by wild-type IPMDH at all. These results demonstrate the opportunity for creating novel enzymes by modification of amino acid residues that do not directly participate in catalysis, or by insertion of additional residues.

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Novel Substrate Specificity of Designer 3-
Isopropylmalate Dehydrogenase Derived from
Thermus thermophilus HB8
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Masaaki FUJITA , Hideyuki TAMEGAI , Tadashi EGUCHI & Katsumi KAKINUMA
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Department of Chemistry, Tokyo Institute of Technology
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Department of Chemistry and Material Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology
Published online: 22 May 2014.
To cite this article: Masaaki FUJITA, Hideyuki TAMEGAI, Tadashi EGUCHI & Katsumi KAKINUMA (2001) Novel Substrate
Specificity of Designer 3-Isopropylmalate Dehydrogenase Derived from Thermus thermophilus HB8, Bioscience,
Biotechnology, and Biochemistry, 65:12, 2695-2700, DOI: 10.1271/bbb.65.2695
To link to this article: http://dx.doi.org/10.1271/bbb.65.2695
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