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Manipulation of enzyme properties by noncanonical amino acid incorporation
Author(s) -
Zheng Shun,
Kwon Inchan
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
biotechnology journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.144
H-Index - 84
eISSN - 1860-7314
pISSN - 1860-6768
DOI - 10.1002/biot.201100267
Subject(s) - protein engineering , enzyme , amino acid , rational design , amino acid residue , directed evolution , protein design , biochemistry , generality , chemistry , catalytic efficiency , enzyme kinetics , protein structure , computational biology , biology , nanotechnology , active site , peptide sequence , materials science , psychology , mutant , psychotherapist , gene
Abstract Since wild‐type enzymes do not always have the properties needed for various applications, enzymes are often engineered to obtain desirable properties through protein engineering techniques. In the past decade, complementary to the widely used rational protein design and directed evolution techniques, noncanonical amino acid incorporation (NCAAI) has become a new and effective protein engineering technique. Recently, NCAAI has been used to improve intrinsic functions of proteins, such as enzymes and fluorescent proteins, beyond the capacities obtained with natural amino acids. Herein, recent progress on improving enzyme properties through NCAAI in vivo is reviewed and the challenges of current approaches and future directions are also discussed. To date, both NCAAI methods‐residue‐ and site‐specific incorporation‐have been primarily used to improve the catalytic turnover number and substrate binding affinity of enzymes. Numerous strategies used to minimize structural perturbation and stability loss of a target enzyme upon NCAAI are also explored. Considering the generality of NCAAI incorporation, we expect its application could be expanded to improve other enzyme properties, such as substrate specificity and solvent resistance in the near future.

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