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ArticleApplied microbiology and biotechnology2021

Development of thermostable sucrose phosphorylase by semi-rational design for efficient biosynthesis of alpha-D-glucosylglycerol.

Yuanyuan Xia, Xiaoyu Li, Linli Yang, Xiaozhou Luo, Wei Shen, Yu Cao, Lukasz Peplowski, Xianzhong Chen

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Article in Applied microbiology and biotechnology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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19 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 52 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors at 2 institutions in 3 countries.

Yuanyuan XiaKey Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, 1800 Lihu Avenue, Wuxi, 214122, Jiangsu, China.
Xiaoyu LiKey Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, 1800 Lihu Avenue, Wuxi, 214122, Jiangsu, China.
Linli YangKey Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, 1800 Lihu Avenue, Wuxi, 214122, Jiangsu, China.
Xiaozhou LuoKey Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, 1800 Lihu Avenue, Wuxi, 214122, Jiangsu, China.
Wei ShenKey Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, 1800 Lihu Avenue, Wuxi, 214122, Jiangsu, China.
Yu CaoKey Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, 1800 Lihu Avenue, Wuxi, 214122, Jiangsu, China.
Lukasz PeplowskiInstitute of Physics, Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Informatics, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Grudziadzka 5, 87-100, Torun, Poland. drpepe@fizyka.umk.pl.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2997-7937
Xianzhong ChenKey Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, 1800 Lihu Avenue, Wuxi, 214122, Jiangsu, China. xzchen@jiangnan.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0695-3382
Jiangnan University · CNNicolaus Copernicus University · PL

Funding

Higher Education Discipline Innovation Project (CN) No.1112-06National Natural Science Foundation of China 32001064Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province BK20171138the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation 2020M671331the Program of the Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education KLIB-KF202008
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sucrose phosphorylase (SPase) can specifically catalyze transglycosylation reactions and can be used to enzymatically synthesize α-D-glycosides. However, the low thermostability of SPase has been a bottleneck for its industrial application. In this study, a SPase gene from Leuconostoc mesenteroides ATCC 12,291 (LmSPase) was synthesized with optimized codons and overexpressed successfully in Escherichia coli. A semi-rational design strategy that combined the FireProt (a web server designing thermostable proteins), structure-function analysis, and molecular dynamic simulations was used to improve the thermostability of LmSPase. Finally, one single-point mutation T219L and a combination mutation I31F/T219L/T263L/S360A (Mut4) with improved thermostability were obtained. The half-lives at 50 °C of T219L and Mut4 both increased approximately two-fold compared to that of wild-type LmSPase (WT). Furthermore, the two variants T219L and Mut4 were used to produce α-D-glucosylglycerol (αGG) from sucrose and glycerol by incubating with 40 U/mL crude extracts at 37 °C for 60 h and achieved the product concentration of 193.2 ± 12.9 g/L and 195.8 ± 13.1 g/L, respectively, which were approximately 1.3-fold higher than that of WT (150.4 ± 10.0 g/L). This study provides an effective strategy for improving the thermostability of an industrial enzyme. KEY POINTS: • Predicted potential hotspot residues directing the thermostability of LmSPase by semi-rational design • Screened two positive variants with higher thermostability and higher activity • Synthesized α-D-glucosylglycerol to a high level by two screened positive variants.

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Enzyme StabilityGlucosidesGlucosyltransferasesGlucosidesglucosylglycerolGlucosyltransferasessucrose phosphorylaseMolecular dynamics simulationsSemi-rational designSucrose phosphorylaseThermostabilityα-D-glucosylglycerol

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PMID34542685
PMCPMC8494705
OpenAlexW3200240141

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