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Penicillin amidase from Alacaligenes faecalis is an attractive biocatalyst for hydrolysis of penicillin G for production of 6-aminopenicillanic acid, which is used in the synthesis of semi-synthetic β-lactam antibiotics. Recently a mutant of this enzyme with extended C-terminus of the A-chain comprising parts of the connecting linker peptide was constructed. Its turnover number for the hydrolysis of penicillin G was 140 s−1, about twice of the value for the wild-type enzyme (80 s−1). At the same time the specificity constant was improved about three-fold. The wild-type and the mutant enzymes showed similar pH stability suggesting that the linker peptide fragment covalently attached to the A-chain does not alter the electrostatic interactions in the protein core. Although the global stability of A. faecalis wild-type enzyme and the T206GS213G variant does not differ, the presence of the linker fragment stabilizes the domains interface, as evidenced by the monophasic transition of the mutant enzyme from folded to unfolded state during urea-induced denaturation. The high stability and activity of the mutant enzyme provides a rationale to use it as a biocatalyst in the industrial processes, where the enzyme must be more robust to fluctuations in the operational conditions.
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Abbreviations
- ANS:
-
8-Anilino-1-naphtalenesulfonic acid
- DTT:
-
Dithiotreitol
- NIPAB:
-
6-Nitro-3-(phenylacetamido)benzoic acid
- PA:
-
Penicillin amidase
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Yuryev, R., Kasche, V., Ignatova, Z. et al. Improved A. faecalis Penicillin Amidase Mutant Retains the Thermodynamic and pH Stability of the Wild Type Enzyme. Protein J 29, 181–187 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10930-010-9238-4
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