Directed evolution of aflatoxin detoxifzyme in vitro by error-prone PCR.
- Author:
Sai ZHANG
1
;
Keke XING
;
Yadong HU
;
Chunfang XIE
;
Daling LIU
;
Dongsheng YAO
Author Information
1. Institute of Microbial Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China.
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH:
Aflatoxin B1;
antagonists & inhibitors;
chemistry;
Amino Acid Substitution;
Directed Molecular Evolution;
Enzyme Activation;
Enzyme Stability;
Multienzyme Complexes;
genetics;
metabolism;
Mutant Proteins;
genetics;
metabolism;
Point Mutation;
Polymerase Chain Reaction;
methods;
Protein Engineering
- From:
Chinese Journal of Biotechnology
2011;27(7):1100-1108
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
The experiment was conducted by directed evolution strategy (error-prone PCR) to improve the activity of aflatoxin detoxifzyme with the high-throughput horse radish peroxidas and recessive brilliant green (HRP-RBG) screening system. We built up a mutant library to the order of 10(4). Two rounds of EP-PCR and HRP-RBG screening were used to obtain three optimum mutant strains A1773, A1476 and A2863. We found that mutant A1773 had upper temperature tolerance of 70 degrees C and that its enzyme activity was 6.5 times higher than that of the parent strain. Mutant strains A1476 worked well at pH 4.0 and its enzyme activity was 21 times higher than that of the parent strain. Mutant A2863 worked well at pH 4.0 and pH 7.5, and its enzyme activity was 12.6 times higher than that of the parent strain. With DNA sequencing we found that mutant A1773 revealed two amino acid substitutions, Glu127Lys and Gln613Arg. Mutant A1476 revealed four amino acid substitutions: Ser46Pro, Lys221Gln, Ile307Leu and Asn471lle. Mutant A2863 revealed four amino acid substitutions: Gly73Ser, Ile307Leu, Va1596Ala and Gln613Arg. The results provided a useful illustration for the deep understanding of the relationship between the function and structure of aflatoxin detoxifzyme.
