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Critical Role of a Loop at C-Terminal Domain on the Conformational Stability and Catalytic Efficiency of Chondroitinase Abc I Publisher Pubmed



Shirdel SA1 ; Khalifeh K2 ; Golestani A3 ; Ranjbar B4 ; Khajeh K1
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  1. 1. Department of Biochemistry, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
  2. 2. Department of Biology, University of Zanjan, Zanjan, Iran
  3. 3. Department of Clinical Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  4. 4. Department of Biophysics, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran

Source: Molecular Biotechnology Published:2015


Abstract

We used a combination of protein engineering and spectroscopic methods to investigate the effect of a long length loop on the conformational stability and activity of chondroitinase ABC I. This study involves manipulation of interactions around Asp689 as a key residue in the central region of the loop containing residues 681–695 located at C-terminal domain of the enzyme. According to the equilibrium unfolding experiments and considering thermodynamic m value and ΔG(H2O), we found that the folded state of H700N, L701T, and H700N/L701T are more compact relative to the folded state of wild-type protein and they become stabilized upon mutation. However, the compactness and stability of other variants are less than those of wild-type protein. According to enzyme activity measurements, we found that the catalytic efficiency of structurally stabilized variants is decreased, while that of destabilized mutants is improved. © 2015, Springer Science+Business Media New York.