Abstract
H 2 O 2 , is an attractive oxidant for synthetic chemistry, especially if activated as percarboxylic acid. H 2 O 2 , however, is also a potent inactivator of enzymes. Protein engineering efforts to improve enzyme resistance against H 2 O 2 in the past have mostly focused on tedious probabilistic directed evolution approaches. Here we demonstrate that a rational approach combining multiscale MD simulations and Born-Oppenheimer ab initio QM/MM MD simulations is an efficient approach to rapidly identify improved enzyme variants. Thus, the lipase from Penicillium camembertii was redesigned with a single mutation (I260R), leading to drastic improvements in H 2 O 2 resistance while maintaining the catalytic activity. Also the extension of this methodology to other enzymes is demonstrated.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 2916-2921 |
Journal | ACS Catalysis |
Volume | 9 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2019 |
Bibliographical note
Green Open Access added to TU Delft Institutional Repository ‘You share, we take care!’ – Taverne project https://www.openaccess.nl/en/you-share-we-take-care Otherwise as indicated in the copyright section: the publisher is the copyright holder of this work and the author uses the Dutch legislation to make this work public.Keywords
- epoxidation
- H O
- inactivation
- lipase
- multiscale MD
- QM/MM MD