Truncating the C terminus of formate dehydrogenase leads to improved preference to nicotinamide cytosine dinucleotide

Abstract Formate dehydrogenase (FDH) is widely applied in regeneration of redox cofactors. There are continuing interests to engineer FDH for improved catalytic activity and cofactor preference. In the crystal structure of FDH from Pseudomonas sp. 101 (pseFDH), the C terminus with 9 amino acid resid...

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Main Authors: Xiaojia Guo, Xueying Wang, Yinghan Hu, Lingyun Zhang, Zongbao K. Zhao
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Published: Nature Portfolio 2024-11-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-79885-z
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description Abstract Formate dehydrogenase (FDH) is widely applied in regeneration of redox cofactors. There are continuing interests to engineer FDH for improved catalytic activity and cofactor preference. In the crystal structure of FDH from Pseudomonas sp. 101 (pseFDH), the C terminus with 9 amino acid residues cannot be resolved. However, our earlier work showed mutations at C terminus led pseFDH variants to favor a non-natural cofactor nicotinamide cytosine dinucleotide (NCD). Here, we investigated the role of C-terminal residues on cofactor preference by truncating their corresponding C terminus of pseFDH variants. Sequence comparison analysis showed that C-terminal residues were barely conservative among different FDHs. pseFDH and mutants with their C termini truncated were constructed, and the resulted variants showed improved preference to NCD mainly because NAD-dependent activity dropped more substantially. Further structure analysis showed that these pseFDH variants had their cofactor binding domains reconstructed to favor molecular interactions with NCD. Our work indicated that C-terminal residues of pseFDH affected enzyme activity and cofactor preference, which provides a new approach for ameliorating the performance of redox enzymes.
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spelling doaj-art-eaf2b6db501a4ec49b3424656facff512025-08-20T02:22:16ZengNature PortfolioScientific Reports2045-23222024-11-011411810.1038/s41598-024-79885-zTruncating the C terminus of formate dehydrogenase leads to improved preference to nicotinamide cytosine dinucleotideXiaojia Guo0Xueying Wang1Yinghan Hu2Lingyun Zhang3Zongbao K. Zhao4MOE Key Laboratory of Bio-Intelligent Manufacturing, School of Bioengineering, Dalian University of TechnologyLaboratory of Biotechnology, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of SciencesLaboratory of Biotechnology, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of SciencesLaboratory of Biotechnology, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of SciencesMOE Key Laboratory of Bio-Intelligent Manufacturing, School of Bioengineering, Dalian University of TechnologyAbstract Formate dehydrogenase (FDH) is widely applied in regeneration of redox cofactors. There are continuing interests to engineer FDH for improved catalytic activity and cofactor preference. In the crystal structure of FDH from Pseudomonas sp. 101 (pseFDH), the C terminus with 9 amino acid residues cannot be resolved. However, our earlier work showed mutations at C terminus led pseFDH variants to favor a non-natural cofactor nicotinamide cytosine dinucleotide (NCD). Here, we investigated the role of C-terminal residues on cofactor preference by truncating their corresponding C terminus of pseFDH variants. Sequence comparison analysis showed that C-terminal residues were barely conservative among different FDHs. pseFDH and mutants with their C termini truncated were constructed, and the resulted variants showed improved preference to NCD mainly because NAD-dependent activity dropped more substantially. Further structure analysis showed that these pseFDH variants had their cofactor binding domains reconstructed to favor molecular interactions with NCD. Our work indicated that C-terminal residues of pseFDH affected enzyme activity and cofactor preference, which provides a new approach for ameliorating the performance of redox enzymes.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-79885-zFormate dehydrogenaseDirected evolutionCofactor preferenceC terminusNon-natural cofactor
spellingShingle Xiaojia Guo
Xueying Wang
Yinghan Hu
Lingyun Zhang
Zongbao K. Zhao
Truncating the C terminus of formate dehydrogenase leads to improved preference to nicotinamide cytosine dinucleotide
Scientific Reports
Formate dehydrogenase
Directed evolution
Cofactor preference
C terminus
Non-natural cofactor
title Truncating the C terminus of formate dehydrogenase leads to improved preference to nicotinamide cytosine dinucleotide
title_full Truncating the C terminus of formate dehydrogenase leads to improved preference to nicotinamide cytosine dinucleotide
title_fullStr Truncating the C terminus of formate dehydrogenase leads to improved preference to nicotinamide cytosine dinucleotide
title_full_unstemmed Truncating the C terminus of formate dehydrogenase leads to improved preference to nicotinamide cytosine dinucleotide
title_short Truncating the C terminus of formate dehydrogenase leads to improved preference to nicotinamide cytosine dinucleotide
title_sort truncating the c terminus of formate dehydrogenase leads to improved preference to nicotinamide cytosine dinucleotide
topic Formate dehydrogenase
Directed evolution
Cofactor preference
C terminus
Non-natural cofactor
url https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-79885-z
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