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Weak Activity of Haloalkane Dehalogenase LinB with 1,2,3-Trichloropropane Revealed by X-ray Crystallography and Microcalorimetry
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| Year of publication | 2007 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Applied and Environmental Microbiology |
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| Web | http://loschmidt.chemi.muni.cz/peg/abstracts/aem07a.html |
| Field | Biochemistry |
| Keywords | 1;2;3-trichloropropane (TCP); Haloalkane dehalogenases; LinB from Sphingobium japonicum UT26; X-ray crystallography; microcalorimetry |
| Description | ,2,3-trichloropropane (TCP) is a highly toxic and recalcitrant compound. Haloalkane dehalogenases are bacterial enzymes catalysing the cleavage of a carbon-halogen bond in a wide range of organic halogenated compounds. Haloalkane dehalogenase LinB from Sphingobium japonicum UT26 has, for a long time, been considered inactive with TCP since the reaction can not be easily detected by conventional analytical methods. Here we demonstrate detection of the weak activity (kcat = 0.005 s-1) of LinB with TCP using X-ray crystallography and microcalorimetry. This observation makes LinB a useful starting material for development of new biocatalyst towards TCP by protein engineering. Microcalorimetry is proposed to be a universal method for detection of weak enzymatic activities. Detection of these activities is becoming increasingly important for engineering of novel biocatalysts using the scaffolds of proteins with promiscuous activities. |
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