Improved substrate specificity of water-soluble pyrroloquinoline quinone glucose dehydrogenase by a peptide ligand

Biotechnol Lett. 2003 Feb;25(4):301-5. doi: 10.1023/a:1022345200666.

Abstract

A new approach in altering the substrate specificity of enzyme is proposed using glucose dehydrogenase, with pyrroroquinoine quinone (PQQGDH) as co-factor, as the model. This approach is based on the selection of random peptide phage displayed library. Using an M13 phage-display random peptide library, we have selected peptide ligands. Among the peptide ligands, a 7-mer peptide, composed of Thr-Thr-Ala-Thr-Glu-Tyr-Ser, caused PQQGDH substrate specificity to decrease significantly toward disaccharides, such as maltose and lactose, while a smaller effect was observed toward glucose. Consequently, this peptide narrowed the substrate specificity of PQQGDH, without a significant loss of the enzyme activity.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Carbohydrates / chemistry*
  • Carbohydrates / classification
  • Coenzymes / chemistry
  • Enzyme Activation
  • Glucose Dehydrogenases / chemistry*
  • Ligands
  • Macromolecular Substances
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Peptide Library*
  • Peptides / chemistry*
  • Protein Engineering / methods*
  • Protein Subunits / chemistry
  • Quality Control
  • Sequence Analysis, Protein / methods
  • Solubility
  • Substrate Specificity
  • Water / chemistry

Substances

  • Carbohydrates
  • Coenzymes
  • Ligands
  • Macromolecular Substances
  • Peptide Library
  • Peptides
  • Protein Subunits
  • Water
  • Glucose Dehydrogenases
  • glucose dehydrogenase (pyrroloquinoline-quinone)