Folding Assessment of Incorporation of Noncanonical Amino Acids Facilitates Expansion of Functional‐Group Diversity for Enzyme Engineering

Abstract: Protein design is limited by the diversity of functional groups provided by the canonical protein „building blocks“. Incorporating noncanonical amino acids (ncAAs) into enzymes enables a dramatic expansion of their catalytic features. For this, quick identification of fully translated and correctly folded variants is decisive. Herein, we report the engineering of the enantioselectivity of an esterase utilizing several ncAAs. Key for the identification of active and soluble protein variants was the use of the split‐GFP method, which is crucial as it allows simple determination of the expression levels of enzyme variants with ncAA incorporations by fluorescence. Several identified variants led to improved enantioselectivity or even inverted enantiopreference in the kinetic resolution of ethyl 3‐phenylbutyrate.

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Online-Ressource
Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Folding Assessment of Incorporation of Noncanonical Amino Acids Facilitates Expansion of Functional‐Group Diversity for Enzyme Engineering ; volume:26 ; number:54 ; year:2020 ; pages:12338-12342 ; extent:5
Chemistry - a European journal ; 26, Heft 54 (2020), 12338-12342 (gesamt 5)

Creator
Drienovská, Ivana
Gajdoš, Matúš
Kindler, Alexia
Takhtehchian, Mahsa
Darnhofer, Barbara
Birner‐Gruenberger, Ruth
Dörr, Mark
Bornscheuer, Uwe Theo
Kourist, Robert

DOI
10.1002/chem.202002077
URN
urn:nbn:de:101:1-2022060414413394549613
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