Issue 10, 2017

Impact of phenylalanines outside the dimer interface on phosphotriesterase stability and function

Abstract

We explore the significance of phenylalanine outside of the phosphotriesterase (PTE) dimer interface through mutagenesis studies and computational modeling. Previous studies have demonstrated that the residue-specific incorporation of para-fluorophenylalanine (pFF) into PTE improves stability, suggesting the importance of phenylalanines in stabilization of the dimer. However, this comes at a cost of decreased solubility due to pFF incorporation into other parts of the protein. Motivated by this, eight single solvent-exposed phenylalanine mutants are evaluated viaROSETTA and good correspondence between experiments and these predictions is observed. Three residues, F304, F327, and F335, appear to be important for PTE activity and stability, even though they do not reside in the dimer interface region or active site. While the remaining mutants do not significantly affect structure or activity, one variant, F306L, reveals improved activity at ambient and elevated temperatures. These studies provide further insight into role of these residues on PTE function and stability.

Graphical abstract: Impact of phenylalanines outside the dimer interface on phosphotriesterase stability and function

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
01 Apr 2017
Accepted
07 Aug 2017
First published
10 Aug 2017

Mol. BioSyst., 2017,13, 2092-2106

Impact of phenylalanines outside the dimer interface on phosphotriesterase stability and function

A. J. Olsen, L. A. Halvorsen, C. Yang, R. Barak Ventura, L. Yin, P. D. Renfrew, R. Bonneau and J. K. Montclare, Mol. BioSyst., 2017, 13, 2092 DOI: 10.1039/C7MB00196G

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