亮氨酸脱氢酶C端Loop区域的理性设计及多酶级联高效合成L-2-氨基丁酸

亮氨酸脱氢酶(Leucine dehydrogenase,LDH)是制备L-2-氨基丁酸的关键限速酶,针对该酶的Loop区域进行改造以提高关键酶的酶活及稳定性从而高效合成L-2-氨基丁酸.通过亮氨酸脱氢酶的分子动力学模拟分析均方根涨落(Root mean square fluctuation,RMSF)值,对其波动非常...

Rational design of the C-terminal Loop region of leucine dehydrogenase and cascade biosynthesis l-2-aminobutyric acid

Leucine dehydrogenase (LDH) is the key rate-limiting enzyme in the production of l-2-aminobutyric acid (l-2-ABA). In this study, we modified the C-terminal Loop region of this enzyme to improve the specific enzyme activity and stability for efficient synthesis of l-2-ABA. Using molecular dynamics simulation of LDH, we analyzed the change of root mean square fluctuation (RMSF), rationally designed the Loop region with greatly fluctuated RMSF, and obtained a mutant EsLDHD2 with a specific enzyme activity 23.2% higher than that of the wild type. Since the rate of the threonine deaminase-catalyzed reaction converting l-threonine into 2-ketobutyrate was so fast, the multi-enzyme cascade catalysis system became unbalanced. Therefore, the LDH and the formate dehydrogenase were double copied in a new construct E. coli BL21/pACYCDuet-RM. Compared with E. coli BL21/pACYCDuet-RO, the molar conversion rate of l-2-ABA increased by 74.6%. The whole cell biotransformation conditions were optimized and the optimal pH, temperature and substrate concentration were 7.5, 35 °C and 80 g/L, respectively. Under these conditions, the molar conversion rate was higher than 99%. Finally, 80 g and 40 g l-threonine were consecutively fed into a 1 L reaction mixture under the optimal conversion conditions, producing 97.9 g l-2-ABA. Thus, this strategy provides a green and efficient synthesis of l-2-ABA, and has great industrial application potential.