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ArticleProtein science : a publication of the Protein Society2010

Design, selection, and characterization of a split chorismate mutase.

Manuel M Müller, Hajo Kries, Eva Csuhai, Peter Kast, Donald Hilvert

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Article in Protein science : a publication of the Protein Society, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Manuel M MüllerLaboratory of Organic Chemistry, ETH Zurich, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland.
Hajo Kries
Eva Csuhai
Peter Kast
Donald Hilvert
ETH Zurich · CH

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Split proteins are versatile tools for detecting protein-protein interactions and studying protein folding. Here, we report a new, particularly small split enzyme, engineered from a thermostable chorismate mutase (CM). Upon dissecting the helical-bundle CM from Methanococcus jannaschii into a short N-terminal helix and a 3-helix segment and attaching an antiparallel leucine zipper dimerization domain to the individual fragments, we obtained a weakly active heterodimeric mutase. Using combinatorial mutagenesis and in vivo selection, we optimized the short linker sequences connecting the leucine zipper to the enzyme domain. One of the selected CMs was characterized in detail. It spontaneously assembles from the separately inactive fragments and exhibits wild-type like CM activity. Owing to the availability of a well characterized selection system, the simple 4-helix bundle topology, and the small size of the N-terminal helix, the heterodimeric CM could be a valuable scaffold for enzyme engineering efforts and as a split sensor for specifically oriented protein-protein interactions.

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Amino Acid SequenceChorismate MutaseCombinatorial Chemistry TechniquesDirected Molecular EvolutionEscherichia coliLeucine ZippersMethanococcusMolecular Sequence DataMutagenesisProtein EngineeringProtein Interaction MappingProtein Structure, QuaternaryProtein SubunitsRecombinant ProteinsSequence AlignmentChorismate MutaseProtein SubunitsRecombinant Proteins

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PMID20306491
PMCPMC2868242
OpenAlexW2001292606

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