Qu_2023_Chembiochem_24_e202300373

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Title : Computation-Based Design of Salt Bridges in PETase for Enhanced Thermostability and Performance for PET Degradation - Qu_2023_Chembiochem_24_e202300373
Author(s) : Qu Z , Chen K , Zhang L , Sun Y
Ref : Chembiochem , 24 :e202300373 , 2023
Abstract :

Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) is one of the most widely used plastics, and the accumulation of PET poses a great threat to the environment. IsPETase can degrade PET rapidly at moderate temperatures, but its application is greatly limited by the low stability. Herein, molecular dynamics (MD) simulations combined with a sequence alignment strategy were adopted to introduce salt bridges into the flexible region of IsPETase to improve its thermal stability. In the designed variants, the T(m) values of IsPETase(I168R/S188D) and IsPETase(I168R/S188E) were 7.4 and 8.7 degreesC higher than that of the wild type, respectively. The release of products degraded by IsPETase(I168R/S188E) was 4.3times that of the wild type. Tertiary structure characterization demonstrated that the structure of the variants IsPETase(I168R/S188D) and IsPETase(I168R/S188E) became more compact. Extensive MD simulations verified that a stable salt bridge was formed between the residue R168 and D186 in IsPETase(I168R/S188D) , while in IsPETase(I168R/S188E) an R168-D186-E188 salt bridge network was observed. These results confirmed that the proposed computation-based salt bridge design strategy could efficiently generate variants with enhanced thermal stability for the long-term degradation of PET, which would be helpful for the design of enzymes with improved stability.

PubMedSearch : Qu_2023_Chembiochem_24_e202300373
PubMedID: 37639367
Gene_locus related to this paper: idesa-peth

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Substrate Polyethylene-terephthalate
Gene_locus idesa-peth

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Qu Z, Chen K, Zhang L, Sun Y (2023)
Computation-Based Design of Salt Bridges in PETase for Enhanced Thermostability and Performance for PET Degradation
Chembiochem 24 :e202300373

Qu Z, Chen K, Zhang L, Sun Y (2023)
Chembiochem 24 :e202300373