Crystal Contact Engineering for Enhanced Cross-Linking Efficiency of HheG Crystals
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results and Discussion
2.1. Crystal Contact Engineering
2.2. Crystallization
2.3. Cross-Linking
2.4. CLEC Activity
2.5. Further CLEC Characterization
3. Materials and Methods
3.1. Chemicals
3.2. Bacterial Strains and Plasmids
3.3. HheG Engineering
3.4. Protein Production and Purification
3.5. Activity and Enantioselectivity Determination
3.6. Crystallization and Cross-Linking
3.7. Temperature, pH and Solvent Activity Profiles
3.8. Thermal Shift Assay
3.9. Thermal Inactivation
3.10. Determination of Half-Life Times
3.11. Reusability
3.12. Particle Size Distribution
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Variant | Yield [a] [mg/L] | Specific Activity [b] [U/mg] | Tm [°C] | eeP [c] [%] |
---|---|---|---|---|
WT | 204 | 2.32 ± 0.3 | 41 | 49.1 ± 0.1 |
V46K | 103 | 0.95 ± 0.02 | 39 | 67.8 ± 0.3 |
D115K | 192 | 1.73 ± 0.01 | 41 | 51.5 ± 0.1 |
A141K | 82.8 | 2.52 ± 0.01 | 42.5 | 48.7 ± 0.1 |
R185K | 197 | 2.26 ± 0.2 | 42.5 | 48.9 ± 0.2 |
A217K | 301 | 2.39 ± 0.01 | 44 | 48.3 ± 0.1 |
Mutagenic Primer | Sequence 5′–3′ |
---|---|
f_hheG_V46K | CAGCCGGTGATGGCACCATGAAAGGTGTTGAAGAAAGTTTTG |
r_hheG_V46K | CAAAACTTTCTTCAACACCTTTCATGGTGCCATCACCGGCT |
f_hheG_D115K | GCAAATTTCTGGATATGACCGATAAACAGTGGGCAAAAGTTAAAGCAACC |
r_hheG_D115K | GGTTGCTTTAACTTTTGCCCACTGTTTATCGGTCATATCCAGAAATTTGC |
f_hheG_A141K | GTTCTGCCTCCGATGGTTAAAGCCGGTGCAGGTCAGTG |
r_hheG_A141K | CACTGACCTGCACCGGCTTTAACCATCGGAGGCAGAAC |
f_hheG_R185K | GCAGTTGGTCTGGAACATGCAAAACATGGTGTTCAGGTTAATGC |
r_hheG_R185K | GCATTAACCTGAACACCATGTTTTGCATGTTCCAGACCAACTGC |
f_hheG_A217K | GATGGTGATCCGGAACGTCGTAAAATGATTGAAGCACAGGTTC |
r_hheG_A217K | GAACCTGTGCTTCAATCATTTTACGACGTTCCGGATCACCATC |
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Staar, M.; Staar, S.; Schallmey, A. Crystal Contact Engineering for Enhanced Cross-Linking Efficiency of HheG Crystals. Catalysts 2022, 12, 1553. https://doi.org/10.3390/catal12121553
Staar M, Staar S, Schallmey A. Crystal Contact Engineering for Enhanced Cross-Linking Efficiency of HheG Crystals. Catalysts. 2022; 12(12):1553. https://doi.org/10.3390/catal12121553
Chicago/Turabian StyleStaar, Marcel, Sophie Staar, and Anett Schallmey. 2022. "Crystal Contact Engineering for Enhanced Cross-Linking Efficiency of HheG Crystals" Catalysts 12, no. 12: 1553. https://doi.org/10.3390/catal12121553