双亚基腈水合酶是催化丙烯腈水合生产丙烯酰胺的重要工业酶。通过Discovery Studio 2.5软件对C-末端盐桥耦合定点突变改造的耐热型基因重组腈水合酶NHaseM-TH-SBM(S344K-S346K-L347E-N362S-435DT436(+))进行盐桥网络分析,发现其全局盐桥总数有所下降,但双亚基界面间盐桥数量提高到7个。在重组大肠杆菌中表达了原腈水合酶NHaseM-TH(TH)、盐桥突变酶NHaseM-TH-SB(SB)和盐桥耦合定点突变的重组酶NHaseM-TH-SBM(SBM),研究了3种酶的催化反应动力学和失活动力学。结果表明,SBM的腈水合酶活性为543.9 U·mg-1,比TH提高了31.0%;其米氏方程催化速率常数Kcat比TH提高了20%。SBM的表观失活常数KD在25~42℃范围内均明显低于对照TH,在42℃时为TH的68.0%,显示了良好的热稳定性。SBM是活性和稳定性同时提高的重组腈水合酶。
Abstract
Nitrile hydratase (NHase) is a double-subunit enzyme widely used for industrial production of acrylamide from acrylonitrile. By Discovery Studio 2.5
salt-bridge network simulation toward different recombinant NHases was carried out. A new mutant
NHaseM-TH-SBM (SBM)
was obtained
which couples the salt-bridge mutation in C-terminal (SB
S344K-S346K-L347E-435DT436(+)) with the point-mutation of N362S. Simulation results show that the total number of salt-bridges in SBM decreases but the number in a-b interface increases to 7 pairs. Using both the original NHase TH and SB mutant as controls
SBM is successfully expressed in recombinant E. coli. The activity is 543.9 U·mg-1
increased by 31.0% with respect to TH. The reaction and inactivation kinetics was also investigated. The catalytic rate constant Kcat of Michaelis-Menten equation is increased by 20% and 60% compared to TH and SB
respectively. The apparent inactivation constant KD is 68.0% of TH at 42℃
indicating that SBM also improves thermal stability.