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- Title
Directed evolution of a neutrophilic and mesophilic methanol dehydrogenase based on high-throughput and accurate measurement of formaldehyde.
- Authors
Jin Qian; Liwen Fan; Jinxing Yang; Jinhui Feng; Ning Gao; Guimin Cheng; Wei Pu; Wenjuan Zhou; Tao Cai; Shuang Li; Ping Zheng; Jibin Sun; Depei Wang; Yu Wang
- Abstract
Methanol is a promising one-carbon feedstock for biomanufacturing, which can be sustainably produced from carbon dioxide and natural gas. However, the efficiency of methanol bioconversion is limited by the poor catalytic properties of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+)-dependent methanol dehydrogenase (Mdh) that oxidizes methanol to formaldehyde. Herein, the neutrophilic and mesophilic NAD+-dependent Mdh from Bacillus stearothermophilus DSM 2334 (MdhBs) was subjected to directed evolution for enhancing the catalytic activity. The combination of formaldehyde biosensor and Nash assay allowed high-throughput and accurate measurement of formaldehyde and facilitated efficient selection of desired variants. MdhBs variants with up to 6.5-fold higher Kcat/KM value for methanol were screened from random mutation libraries. The T153 residue that is spatially proximal to the substrate binding pocket has significant influence on enzyme activity. The beneficial T153P mutation changes the interaction network of this residue and breaks the α-helix important for substrate binding into two short α-helices. Reconstructing the interaction network of T153 with surrounding residues may represent a promising strategy to further improve MdhBs, and this study provides an efficient strategy for directed evolution of Mdh.
- Subjects
NEUTROPHILS; METHANOL; FORMALDEHYDE; NICOTINAMIDE adenine dinucleotide phosphate; GEOBACILLUS stearothermophilus
- Publication
Synthetic & Systems Biotechnology, 2023, Vol 8, Issue 3, p386
- ISSN
2097-1206
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1016/j.synbio.2023.05.004