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ArticleComputational and structural biotechnology journal2021

Can constraint network analysis guide the identification phase of KnowVolution? A case study on improved thermostability of an endo-β-glucanase.

Francisca Contreras, Christina Nutschel, Laura Beust, Mehdi D Davari, Holger Gohlke, Ulrich Schwaneberg

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Article in Computational and structural biotechnology journal, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Francisca ContrerasInstitute of Biotechnology, RWTH Aachen University, Worringerweg 3, 52074 Aachen, Germany.
Christina NutschelJohn von Neumann Institute for Computing (NIC), Jülich Supercomputing Centre (JSC) and Institute of Biological Information Processing (IBI-7: Structural Biochemistry), Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, 52425 Jülich, Germany.
Laura BeustInstitute of Biotechnology, RWTH Aachen University, Worringerweg 3, 52074 Aachen, Germany.
Mehdi D DavariInstitute of Biotechnology, RWTH Aachen University, Worringerweg 3, 52074 Aachen, Germany.
Holger GohlkeJohn von Neumann Institute for Computing (NIC), Jülich Supercomputing Centre (JSC) and Institute of Biological Information Processing (IBI-7: Structural Biochemistry), Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, 52425 Jülich, Germany.
Ulrich SchwanebergInstitute of Biotechnology, RWTH Aachen University, Worringerweg 3, 52074 Aachen, Germany.
RWTH Aachen University · DEForschungszentrum Jülich · DEDWI – Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials · DE

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Abstract

Cellulases are industrially important enzymes, e.g., in the production of bioethanol, in pulp and paper industry, feedstock, and textile. Thermostability is often a prerequisite for high process stability and improving thermostability without affecting specific activities at lower temperatures is challenging and often time-consuming. Protein engineering strategies that combine experimental and computational are emerging in order to reduce experimental screening efforts and speed up enzyme engineering campaigns. Constraint Network Analysis (CNA) is a promising computational method that identifies beneficial positions in enzymes to improve thermostability. In this study, we compare CNA and directed evolution in the identification of beneficial positions in order to evaluate the potential of CNA in protein engineering campaigns (e.g., in the identification phase of KnowVolution). We engineered the industrially relevant endoglucanase EGLII from

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AU, absorbance unitsCellulaseCMC, carboxymethyl celluloseCNA, Constraint Network AnalysisConstraint network analysisEGLII, endoglucanase IIGH5 endoglucanaseHTS, high-throughput screeningKnowVolutionMD, molecular dynamicsMTP, 96-well microtiter platesPCR, polymerase chain reactionProtein engineeringSSM, site-saturation mutagenesisThermostability

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