Alteration of substrate specificity of aspartase by directed evolution
Aspartase ( l-aspartate ammonia-lyase, EC 4.3.1.1), which catalyzes the reversible deamination of l-aspartic acid to yield fumaric acid and ammonia, is highly selective towards l-aspartic acid. We screened for enzyme variants with altered substrate specificity by a directed evolution method. Random...
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Published in | Biomolecular engineering Vol. 22; no. 1; pp. 95 - 101 |
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Main Authors | , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
Published |
Netherlands
Elsevier B.V
01.06.2005
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Summary: | Aspartase (
l-aspartate ammonia-lyase, EC 4.3.1.1), which catalyzes the reversible deamination of
l-aspartic acid to yield fumaric acid and ammonia, is highly selective towards
l-aspartic acid. We screened for enzyme variants with altered substrate specificity by a directed evolution method. Random mutagenesis was performed on an
Escherichia coli aspartase gene (
aspA) by error-prone PCR to construct a mutant library. The mutant library was introduced to
E. coli and the transformants were screened for production of fumaric acid-mono amide from
l-aspartic acid-α-amide. Through the screening, one mutant, MA2100, catalyzing deamination of
l-aspartic acid-α-amide was achieved. Gene analysis of the MA2100 mutant indicated that the mutated enzyme had a K327N mutation. The characteristics of the mutated enzyme were examined. The optimum pH values for the
l-aspartic acid and
l-aspartic acid-α-amide of the mutated enzyme were pH 8.5 and 6.0, respectively. The
K
m value and
V
max value for the
l-aspartic acid of the mutated enzyme were 28.3
mM and 0.26
U/mg, respectively. The
K
m value and
V
max value for the
l-aspartic acid-α-amide of the mutated enzyme were 1450
mM and 0.47
U/mg, respectively. This is the first report describing the alteration of the substrate specificity of aspartase, an industrially important enzyme. |
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ISSN: | 1389-0344 1878-559X |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.bioeng.2004.12.002 |