An efficient method for generating proteins with altered enzymatic properties: application to beta-lactamase.
An efficient method for generating proteins with altered enzymatic properties: application to beta-lactamase.
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一种产生具有改变酶性质的蛋白质的有效方法:应用于β-内酰胺酶。
DOI:
10.1073/pnas.86.23.9094
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发表时间:
1989
影响因子:
11.1
通讯作者:
Struhl,K
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作者:
Oliphant,AR;Struhl,K
Random-sequence or highly degenerate oligonucleotides have been useful for defining functionally important sequences both in proteins and in nucleic acids. In this approach, such oligonucleotides are used to replace a segment of DNA required for a desired function, and functional sequences are identified by an appropriate genetic or biochemical selection. Here, a collection of 500,000 [corrected] altered beta-lactamase proteins was generated by cloning a mixed-base oligonucleotide in place of the sequences coding for a 17-amino acid portion of the enzyme's active site. Approximately 2000 enzymes from this collection were able to confer ampicillin resistance on Escherichia coli. Fifty-eight of these were chosen for further study after characterization with various beta-lactam substrates. beta-Lactamases having altered specificity against different antibiotics, resistance to the suicide inhibitors clavulanic acid and sulbactam, and temperature-dependent activities were obtained. The amino acid residues responsible for these altered properties as well as for basic enzyme activity are defined. This approach should prove to be an effective and general tool for creating proteins with novel properties, especially in situations in which a high-resolution structure of the protein is not known.