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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
7
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-11-4
pubmed:abstractText
A semi-random mutagenesis approach was followed to increase the performance of penicillin acylase PAS2 in the kinetically controlled synthesis of ampicillin from 6-aminopenicillanic acid (6-APA) and activated D-phenylglycine derivatives. We directed changes in amino acid residues to positions close to the active site that are expected to affect the catalytic performance of penicillin acylase: alpha R160, alpha F161 and beta F24. From the resulting triple mutant gene bank, six improved PAS2 mutants were recovered by screening only 700 active mutants with an HPLC-based screening method. A detailed kinetic analysis of the three most promising mutants, T23, TM33 and TM38, is presented. These mutants allowed the accumulation of ampicillin at 4-5 times higher concentrations than the wild-type enzyme, using D-phenylglycine methyl ester as the acyl donor. At the same time, the loss of activated acyl donor due to the competitive hydrolytic side reactions could be reduced to <20% with the mutant enzymes compared >80% wild-type PAS2. Although catalytic activity dropped by a factor of 5-10, the enhanced synthetic performance of the recovered penicillin acylase variants makes them interesting biocatalysts for the production of beta-lactam antibiotics.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
1741-0126
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
17
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
571-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-5-1
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:15333773-Catalysis, pubmed-meshheading:15333773-Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid, pubmed-meshheading:15333773-Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, pubmed-meshheading:15333773-Escherichia coli, pubmed-meshheading:15333773-Genetic Techniques, pubmed-meshheading:15333773-Glycine, pubmed-meshheading:15333773-Hydrolysis, pubmed-meshheading:15333773-Kinetics, pubmed-meshheading:15333773-Models, Chemical, pubmed-meshheading:15333773-Mutagenesis, pubmed-meshheading:15333773-Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:15333773-Penicillanic Acid, pubmed-meshheading:15333773-Penicillin Amidase, pubmed-meshheading:15333773-Plasmids, pubmed-meshheading:15333773-Protein Conformation, pubmed-meshheading:15333773-Protein Engineering, pubmed-meshheading:15333773-Time Factors, pubmed-meshheading:15333773-beta-Lactams
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Increasing the synthetic performance of penicillin acylase PAS2 by structure-inspired semi-random mutagenesis.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biochemistry, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, 9747 AG Groningen, The Netherlands.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article