Computational Design of Stable and Soluble Biocatalysts

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MUSIL Miloš KONEGGER Hannes HON Jiří BEDNÁŘ David DAMBORSKÝ Jiří

Rok publikování 2019
Druh Článek v odborném periodiku
Časopis / Zdroj ACS Catalysis
Fakulta / Pracoviště MU

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www https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acscatal.8b03613
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.8b03613
Klíčová slova aggregation; computational design; force field; expressibility; machine learning; phylogenetic analysis; enzyme stability; enzyme solubility
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Popis Natural enzymes are delicate biomolecules possessing only marginal thermodynamic stability. Poorly stable, misfolded, and aggregated proteins lead to huge economic losses in the biotechnology and biopharmaceutical industries. Consequently, there is a need to design optimized protein sequences that maximize stability, solubility, and activity over a wide range of temperatures and pH values in buffers of different composition and in the presence of organic cosolvents. This has created great interest in using computational methods to enhance biocatalysts' robustness and solubility. Suitable methods include (i) energy calculations, (ii) machine learning, (iii) phylogenetic analyses, and (iv) combinations of these approaches. We have witnessed impressive progress in the design of stable enzymes over the last two decades, but predictions of protein solubility and expressibility are scarce. Stabilizing mutations can be predicted accurately using available force fields, and the number of sequences available for phylogenetic analyses is growing. In addition, complex computational workflows are being implemented in intuitive web tools, enhancing the quality of protein stability predictions. Conversely, solubility predictors are limited by the lack of robust and balanced experimental data, an inadequate understanding of fundamental principles of protein aggregation, and a dearth of structural information on folding intermediates. Here we summarize recent progress in the development of computational tools for predicting protein stability and solubility, critically assess their strengths and weaknesses, and identify apparent gaps in data and knowledge. We also present perspectives on the computational design of stable and soluble biocatalysts.
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