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ArticleMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2020

A De Novo Designed Esterase with p-Nitrophenyl Acetate Hydrolysis Activity.

Guanlin Li, Li Xu, Houjin Zhang, Junjun Liu, Jinyong Yan, Yunjun Yan

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Article in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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Guanlin LiKey Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics, Ministry of Education, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China.ORCID 0000-0002-5424-1534
Li XuKey Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics, Ministry of Education, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China.
Houjin ZhangKey Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics, Ministry of Education, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China.
Junjun LiuSchool of Pharmacy, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 13 Hangkong Road, Wuhan 430030, China.ORCID 0000-0001-9953-8633
Jinyong YanKey Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics, Ministry of Education, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China.
Yunjun YanKey Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics, Ministry of Education, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China.ORCID 0000-0001-6643-597X

Funding

Fundamental Research Funds for HUST 2017KFYXJJ212; 2017KFXKJC010; 2017KFTSZZ001National High Technology Research and Development Program of China 2014AA093510National Natural Science Foundation of China 31070089;31170078;J1103514Natural Science Foundation of Hubei Province 2015CFA085
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Esterases are a large family of enzymes with wide applications in the industry. However, all esterases originated from natural sources, limiting their use in harsh environments or newly- emerged reactions. In this study, we designed a new esterase to develop a new protocol to satisfy the needs for better biocatalysts. The ideal spatial conformation of the serine catalytic triad and the oxygen anion hole at the substrate-binding site was constructed by quantum mechanical calculation. The catalytic triad and oxygen anion holes were then embedded in the protein scaffold using the new enzyme protocol in Rosetta 3. The design results were subsequently evaluated, and optimized designs were used for expression and purification. The designed esterase had significant lytic activities towards p-nitrophenyl acetate, which was confirmed by point mutations. Thus, this study developed a new protocol to obtain novel enzymes that may be useful in unforgiving environments or novel reactions.

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Catalytic DomainDatabases, ProteinEsterasesHydrolysisMutationNitrophenolsOxygenProtein EngineeringQuantum TheoryRecombinant Proteins4-nitrophenyl acetateEsterasesNitrophenolsOxygenRecombinant Proteinsde novo designesterasehydrolysis activity

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PMID33066055
PMCPMC7587395

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