Functional modulation and directed assembly of an enzyme through designed non-natural post-translation modification.
Functional modulation and directed assembly of an enzyme through designed non-natural post-translation modification.
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DOI:
10.1039/c4sc03900a
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发表时间:
2015-07-15
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8.4
通讯作者:
Jones DD
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Hartley AM;Zaki AJ;McGarrity AR;Robert-Ansart C;Moskalenko AV;Jones GF;Craciun MF;Russo S;Elliott M;Macdonald JE;Jones DD
Designed phenyl azide incorporation combined with bioorthogonal Click chemistry to regulate enzyme activity, or promote its stable assembly on graphene. Post-translational modification (PTM) modulates and supplements protein functionality. In nature this high precision event requires specific motifs and/or associated modification machinery. To overcome the inherent complexity that hinders PTM's wider use, we have utilized a non-native biocompatible Click chemistry approach to site-specifically modify TEM β-lactamase that adds new functionality. In silico modelling was used to design TEM β-lactamase variants with the non-natural amino acid p-azido-l-phenylalanine (azF) placed at functionally strategic positions permitting residue-specific modification with alkyne adducts by exploiting strain-promoted azide–alkyne cycloaddition. Three designs were implemented so that the modification would: (i) inhibit TEM activity (Y105azF); (ii) restore activity compromised by the initial mutation (P174azF); (iii) facilitate assembly on pristine graphene (W165azF). A dibenzylcyclooctyne (DBCO) with amine functionality was enough to modulate enzymatic activity. Modification of TEMW165azF with a DBCO–pyrene adduct had little effect on activity despite the modification site being close to a key catalytic residue but allowed directed assembly of the enzyme on graphene, potentially facilitating the construction of protein-gated carbon transistor systems.