Mutagenesis and expression of methane monooxygenase to alter regioselectivity with aromatic substrates

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Soluble methane monooxygenase (sMMO) from methane-oxidising bacteria can oxygenate more than 100 hydrocarbons and is one of the most catalytically versatile biological oxidation catalysts. Expression of recombinant sMMO has to date not been achieved in Escherichia coli and so an alternative expression system must be used to manipulate it genetically. Here we report substantial improvements to the previously described system for mutagenesis of sMMO and expression of recombinant enzymes in a methanotroph (Methylosinus trichosporium OB3b) expression system. This system has been utilised to make a number of new mutants and to engineer sMMO to increase its catalytic precision with a specific substrate whilst increasing activity by up to 6-fold. These results are the first 'proof-of-principle' experiments illustrating the feasibility of developing sMMO-derived catalysts for diverse applications.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2017

Erschienen:

2017

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:364

Enthalten in:

FEMS microbiology letters - 364(2017), 13 vom: 06. Juli

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Lock, Malcolm [VerfasserIn]
Nichol, Tim [VerfasserIn]
Murrell, J Colin [VerfasserIn]
Smith, Thomas J [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Biocatalysis
EC 1.13.-
EC 1.14.13.25
Hydrocarbon oxidation
Journal Article
Methane
Methane monooxygenase
Monooxygenase
OP0UW79H66
Oxygenases
Protein engineering
Recombinant Proteins

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 20.04.2018

Date Revised 15.03.2024

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1093/femsle/fnx137

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM275270521