Volume 52, Issue 24 pp. 6246-6249
Communication

A Single Mutation in a Regulatory Protein Produces Evolvable Allosterically Regulated Catalyst of Nonnatural Reaction

Dr. Olesia V. Moroz

Dr. Olesia V. Moroz

Department of Chemistry, Syracuse University, 111 College Place, Syracuse, NY 13244 (USA)

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Dr. Yurii S. Moroz

Dr. Yurii S. Moroz

Department of Chemistry, Syracuse University, 111 College Place, Syracuse, NY 13244 (USA)

Department of Chemistry, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kiev, 64 Volodymyrska St., Kiev, 01601 (Ukraine)

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Dr. Yibing Wu

Dr. Yibing Wu

Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California, San Francisco, 555 Mission Bay Blvd. South, San Francisco, CA 94158 (USA)

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Alissa B. Olsen

Alissa B. Olsen

Department of Chemistry, Syracuse University, 111 College Place, Syracuse, NY 13244 (USA)

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Dr. Hong Cheng

Dr. Hong Cheng

Fox Chase Cancer Center, 333 Cottman Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19111 (USA)

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Korrie L. Mack

Korrie L. Mack

Department of Chemistry, Syracuse University, 111 College Place, Syracuse, NY 13244 (USA)

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Jaclyn M. McLaughlin

Jaclyn M. McLaughlin

Department of Chemistry, Syracuse University, 111 College Place, Syracuse, NY 13244 (USA)

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Elizabeth A. Raymond

Elizabeth A. Raymond

Department of Chemistry, Syracuse University, 111 College Place, Syracuse, NY 13244 (USA)

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Krystyna Zhezherya

Krystyna Zhezherya

Department of Chemistry, Syracuse University, 111 College Place, Syracuse, NY 13244 (USA)

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Prof. Dr. Heinrich Roder

Prof. Dr. Heinrich Roder

Fox Chase Cancer Center, 333 Cottman Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19111 (USA)

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Prof. Dr. Ivan V. Korendovych

Corresponding Author

Prof. Dr. Ivan V. Korendovych

Department of Chemistry, Syracuse University, 111 College Place, Syracuse, NY 13244 (USA)

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First published: 29 April 2013
Citations: 29

We thank Prof. Robert P. Doyle for providing access to CD instrument. The Spectroscopy Support Facility at FCCC provided access to a 600 MHz NMR spectrometer.

Graphical Abstract

It only takes one mutation: A strategically placed single mutation in a non-enzymatic protein scaffold produced AlleyCat, a small, allosterically regulated catalyst of Kemp elimination. In only seven rounds of directed evolution the enzymatic efficiency of the original 74 amino acid residue catalyst was improved more than 220-fold to achieve a kcat value higher than that of catalytic antibodies for the same reaction, still preserving allosteric regulation.

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