{"title":"Correction to: Engineering the enzyme toolbox to tailor glycosylation in small molecule natural products and protein biologics.","authors":"","doi":"10.1093/protein/gzad010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/protein/gzad010","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54543,"journal":{"name":"Protein Engineering Design & Selection","volume":"36 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2023-01-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10235556","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Enzyme design pioneer Steve Mayo: I was trying to capture the fundamental physics of the problem as a way to elucidate mechanisms.","authors":"Roberto A Chica, Brett M Garabedian","doi":"10.1093/protein/gzad004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/protein/gzad004","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54543,"journal":{"name":"Protein Engineering Design & Selection","volume":"36 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2023-01-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9806505","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Benchmarking TriadAb using targets from the second antibody modeling assessment.","authors":"Frederick S Lee, Amos G Anderson, Barry D Olafson","doi":"10.1093/protein/gzad013","DOIUrl":"10.1093/protein/gzad013","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Computational modeling and design of antibodies has become an integral part of today's research and development in antibody therapeutics. Here we describe the Triad Antibody Homology Modeling (TriadAb) package, a functionality of the Triad protein design platform that predicts the structure of any heavy and light chain sequences of an antibody Fv domain using template-based modeling. To gauge the performance of TriadAb, we benchmarked against the results of the Second Antibody Modeling Assessment (AMA-II). On average, TriadAb produced main-chain carbonyl root-mean-square deviations between models and experimentally determined structures at 1.10 Å, 1.45 Å, 1.41 Å, 3.04 Å, 1.47 Å, 1.27 Å, 1.63 Å in the framework and the six complementarity-determining regions (H1, H2, H3, L1, L2, L3), respectively. The inaugural results are comparable to those reported in AMA-II, corroborating with our internal bench-based experiences that models generated using TriadAb are sufficiently accurate and useful for antibody engineering using the sequence design capabilities provided by Triad.</p>","PeriodicalId":54543,"journal":{"name":"Protein Engineering Design & Selection","volume":"36 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2023-01-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49685071","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Enhancing the activity of a monomeric alcohol dehydrogenase for site-specific applications by site-directed mutagenesis.","authors":"Arabella Essert, Kathrin Castiglione","doi":"10.1093/protein/gzad006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/protein/gzad006","url":null,"abstract":"Gene fusion or co-immobilization are key tools to optimize enzymatic reaction cascades by modulating catalytic features, stability and applicability. Achieving a defined spatial organization between biocatalysts by site-specific applications is complicated by the involvement of oligomeric enzymes. It can lead to activity losses due to disturbances of the quaternary structures and difficulties in stoichiometric control. Thus, a toolkit of active and robust monomeric enzymes is desirable for such applications. In this study, we engineered one of the rare examples of monomeric alcohol dehydrogenases for improved catalytic characteristics by site-directed mutagenesis. The enzyme from the hyperthermophilic archaeon Thermococcus kodakarensis naturally exhibits high thermostability and a broad substrate spectrum, but only low activity at moderate temperatures. The best enzyme variants showed an approximately 5-fold (2-heptanol) and 9-fold (3-heptanol) higher activity while preserving enantioselectivity and good thermodynamic stability. These variants also exhibited modified kinetic characteristics regarding regioselectivity, pH dependence and activation by NaCl.","PeriodicalId":54543,"journal":{"name":"Protein Engineering Design & Selection","volume":"36 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2023-01-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10126899","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Monika Arbaciauskaite, Azady Pirhanov, Erik Ammermann, Yu Lei, Yong Ku Cho
{"title":"Yeast biopanning against site-specific phosphorylations in tau.","authors":"Monika Arbaciauskaite, Azady Pirhanov, Erik Ammermann, Yu Lei, Yong Ku Cho","doi":"10.1093/protein/gzad005","DOIUrl":"10.1093/protein/gzad005","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The detection of site-specific phosphorylation in the microtubule-associated protein tau is emerging as a means to diagnose and monitor the progression of Alzheimer's Disease and other neurodegenerative diseases. However, there is a lack of phospho-specific monoclonal antibodies and limited validation of their binding specificity. Here, we report a novel approach using yeast biopanning against synthetic peptides containing site-specific phosphorylations. Using yeast cells displaying a previously validated phospho-tau (p-tau) single-chain variable region fragment (scFv), we show selective yeast cell binding based on single amino acid phosphorylation on the antigen. We identify conditions that allow phospho-specific biopanning using scFvs with a wide range of affinities (KD = 0.2 to 60 nM). Finally, we demonstrate the capability of screening large libraries by performing biopanning in 6-well plates. These results show that biopanning can effectively select yeast cells based on phospho-site specific antibody binding, opening doors for the facile identification of high-quality monoclonal antibodies.</p>","PeriodicalId":54543,"journal":{"name":"Protein Engineering Design & Selection","volume":"36 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2023-01-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10281017/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9707844","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sara Ouadhi, Dulce María Valdez López, F Ifthiha Mohideen, David H Kwan
{"title":"Engineering the enzyme toolbox to tailor glycosylation in small molecule natural products and protein biologics.","authors":"Sara Ouadhi, Dulce María Valdez López, F Ifthiha Mohideen, David H Kwan","doi":"10.1093/protein/gzac010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/protein/gzac010","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Many glycosylated small molecule natural products and glycoprotein biologics are important in a broad range of therapeutic and industrial applications. The sugar moieties that decorate these compounds often show a profound impact on their biological functions, thus biocatalytic methods for controlling their glycosylation are valuable. Enzymes from nature are useful tools to tailor bioproduct glycosylation but these sometimes have limitations in their catalytic efficiency, substrate specificity, regiospecificity, stereospecificity, or stability. Enzyme engineering strategies such as directed evolution or semi-rational and rational design have addressed some of the challenges presented by these limitations. In this review, we highlight some of the recent research on engineering enzymes to tailor the glycosylation of small molecule natural products (including alkaloids, terpenoids, polyketides, and peptides), as well as the glycosylation of protein biologics (including hormones, enzyme-replacement therapies, enzyme inhibitors, vaccines, and antibodies).</p>","PeriodicalId":54543,"journal":{"name":"Protein Engineering Design & Selection","volume":"36 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2023-01-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10592744","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effect of alanine versus serine at position 88 of human transthyretin mutants on the protein stability.","authors":"Kyung-Hoon Lee, Krzysztof Kuczera","doi":"10.1093/protein/gzad001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/protein/gzad001","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Human transthyretin (TTR) is a homo-tetrameric plasma protein associated with a high percentage of β-sheet forming amyloid fibrils. It accumulates in tissues or extracellular matrices to cause amyloid diseases. Free energy simulations with thermodynamic integration based on all-atom molecular dynamics simulations have been carried out to analyze the effects of the His88 → Ala and Ser mutations on the stability of human TTR. The calculated free energy change differences (ΔΔG) caused by the His88 → Ala and His88 → Ser mutations are -1.84 ± 0.86 and 7.56 ± 0.55 kcal/mol, respectively, which are in excellent agreement with prior reported experimental values. The simulation results show that the H88A mutant is more stable than the wild type, whereas the H88S mutant is less stable than the wild type. The free energy component analysis shows that the contribution to the free energy change difference (ΔΔG) for the His88 → Ala and His88 → Ser mutations mainly arise from electrostatic and van der Waals interactions, respectively. The electrostatic term stabilizes the H88A mutant more than the wild type, but the van der Waals interaction destabilizes the H88S mutant relative to the wild type. Individual residue contributions to the free energy change show neighboring residues exert stabilizing and destabilizing influence on the mutants. The implications of the simulation results for understanding the stabilizing and destabilizing effect and its contribution to protein stability are discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":54543,"journal":{"name":"Protein Engineering Design & Selection","volume":"36 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2023-01-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9125553","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Zachary Birch-Price, Christopher J Taylor, Mary Ortmayer, Anthony P Green
{"title":"Engineering enzyme activity using an expanded amino acid alphabet.","authors":"Zachary Birch-Price, Christopher J Taylor, Mary Ortmayer, Anthony P Green","doi":"10.1093/protein/gzac013","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/protein/gzac013","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Enzyme design and engineering strategies are typically constrained by the limited size of nature's genetic alphabet, comprised of only 20 canonical amino acids. In recent years, site-selective incorporation of non-canonical amino acids (ncAAs) via an expanded genetic code has emerged as a powerful means of inserting new functional components into proteins, with hundreds of structurally diverse ncAAs now available. Here, we highlight how the emergence of an expanded repertoire of amino acids has opened new avenues in enzyme design and engineering. ncAAs have been used to probe complex biological mechanisms, augment enzyme function and, most ambitiously, embed new catalytic mechanisms into protein active sites that would be challenging to access within the constraints of nature's genetic code. We predict that the studies reviewed in this article, along with further advances in genetic code expansion technology, will establish ncAA incorporation as an increasingly important tool for biocatalysis in the coming years.</p>","PeriodicalId":54543,"journal":{"name":"Protein Engineering Design & Selection","volume":"36 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2023-01-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9863031/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10576929","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"abYpap: improvements to the prediction of antibody VH/VL packing using gradient boosted regression.","authors":"Veronica A Boron, Andrew C R Martin","doi":"10.1093/protein/gzad021","DOIUrl":"10.1093/protein/gzad021","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The Fv region of the antibody (comprising VH and VL domains) is the area responsible for target binding and thus the antibody's specificity. The orientation, or packing, of these two domains relative to each other influences the topography of the Fv region, and therefore can influence the antibody's binding affinity. We present abYpap, an improved method for predicting the packing angle between the VH and VL domains. With the large data set now available, we were able to expand greatly the number of features that could be used compared with our previous work. The machine-learning model was tuned for improved performance using 37 selected residues (previously 13) and also by including the lengths of the most variable 'complementarity determining regions' (CDR-L1, CDR-L2 and CDR-H3). Our method shows large improvements from the previous version, and also against other modeling approaches, when predicting the packing angle.</p>","PeriodicalId":54543,"journal":{"name":"Protein Engineering Design & Selection","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2023-01-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10719492/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138453069","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yogesh B Chaudhari, Anikó Várnai, Morten Sørlie, Svein J Horn, Vincent G H Eijsink
{"title":"Engineering cellulases for conversion of lignocellulosic biomass.","authors":"Yogesh B Chaudhari, Anikó Várnai, Morten Sørlie, Svein J Horn, Vincent G H Eijsink","doi":"10.1093/protein/gzad002","DOIUrl":"10.1093/protein/gzad002","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Lignocellulosic biomass is a renewable source of energy, chemicals and materials. Many applications of this resource require the depolymerization of one or more of its polymeric constituents. Efficient enzymatic depolymerization of cellulose to glucose by cellulases and accessory enzymes such as lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases is a prerequisite for economically viable exploitation of this biomass. Microbes produce a remarkably diverse range of cellulases, which consist of glycoside hydrolase (GH) catalytic domains and, although not in all cases, substrate-binding carbohydrate-binding modules (CBMs). As enzymes are a considerable cost factor, there is great interest in finding or engineering improved and robust cellulases, with higher activity and stability, easy expression, and minimal product inhibition. This review addresses relevant engineering targets for cellulases, discusses a few notable cellulase engineering studies of the past decades and provides an overview of recent work in the field.</p>","PeriodicalId":54543,"journal":{"name":"Protein Engineering Design & Selection","volume":"36 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2023-01-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10394125/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9929667","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}