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

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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.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:105

Enthalten in:

Applied microbiology and biotechnology - 105(2021), 19 vom: 09. Okt., Seite 7309-7319

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

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

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Themen:

α-D-glucosylglycerol
EC 2.4.1.-
EC 2.4.1.7
Glucosides
Glucosylglycerol
Glucosyltransferases
Journal Article
Molecular dynamics simulations
Semi-rational design
Sucrose phosphorylase
Thermostability

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Date Completed 08.10.2021

Date Revised 31.05.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s00253-021-11551-0

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM330845802