Substrate entropy in enzyme enantioselectivity: An experimental and molecular modeling study of a lipase

• Published in: Protein science Vol. 11; no. 6; pp. 1462 - 1471
• Main Authors: Ottosson, Jenny, Fransson, Linda, Hult, Karl
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Bristol Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press 01.06.2002
• Subjects: Alcohols - chemistry; Alcohols - metabolism; Binding Sites; Bioengineering; Bioteknik; Candida antarctica; Computer Simulation; enantiomeric ratio; enthalpy; Entropy; Fungal Proteins; Kinetics; Lipase - chemistry; Lipase - metabolism; Models, Molecular; Molecular dynamics; Stereoisomerism; Substrate Specificity; systematic search; TECHNOLOGY; TEKNIKVETENSKAP; Thermodynamics; systematic search; Candida antarctica; enantiomeric ratio; molecular dynamics; enthalpy
• ISSN: 0961-8368; 1469-896X; 1469-896X
• DOI: 10.1110/ps.3480102

The temperature dependence of the enantioselectivity of Candida antarctica lipase B for 3‐hexanol, 2‐butanol, 3‐methyl‐2‐butanol, 3,3‐dimethyl‐2‐butanol, and 1‐bromo‐2‐butanol revealed that the differential activation entropy, ΔR−SΔS‡, was as significant as the differential activation enthalpy, ΔR−SΔH‡, to the enantiomeric ratio, E. 1‐Bromo‐2‐butanol, with isosteric substituents, displayed the largest ΔR−SΔS‡. 3‐Hexanol displayed, contrary to other sec‐alcohols, a positive ΔR−SΔS‡. In other words, for 3‐hexanol the preferred R‐enantiomer is not only favored by enthalpy but also by entropy. Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations and systematic search calculations of the substrate accessible volume within the active site revealed that the (R)‐3‐hexanol transition state (TS) accessed a larger volume within the active site than the (S)‐3‐hexanol TS. This correlates well with the higher TS entropy of (R)‐3‐hexanol. In addition, this enantiomer did also yield a higher number of allowed conformations, N, from the systematic search routines, than did the S‐enantiomer. The substrate accessible volume was greater for the enantiomer preferred by entropy also for 2‐butanol. For 3,3‐dimethyl‐2‐butanol, however, neither MD‐simulations nor systematic search calculations yielded substrate accessible volumes that correlate to TS entropy. Ambiguous results were achieved for 3‐methyl‐2‐butanol.