Construction of a highly stable artificial glutathione peroxidase on a protein nanoring

Org Biomol Chem. 2014 Jan 14;12(2):362-9. doi: 10.1039/c3ob41561a.

Abstract

Stable Protein One (SP1) is a boiling-stable oligomeric protein. The unique characteristics of SP1 offer a scaffold to design artificial enzymes against extreme temperature. Here, an efficient antioxidase is successfully constructed on the ring-shaped SP1 homododecamer. By means of computational design and genetic engineering, the active center of glutathione peroxidase (GPx), selenocysteine (Sec), is introduced to the SP1 monomer surface, and the self-assembly properties of the protein monomer lead to a ring-shaped SP1 with homododecamer catalytic selenium centers. This artificial selenoenzyme exhibits high GPx catalytic activity and shows a typical ping-pong kinetic mechanism. Moreover, it has a significantly broader temperature range and high thermostability. Owing to having multi-GPx active centers on a SP1 oligomer, this selenium-containing biomacromolecule exerts an excellent capability to protect cells from oxidative damage at the mitochondrial level. This strategy represents a new way to develop thermostable artificial nanoenzymes for some specific applications.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Biocatalysis
  • Genetic Engineering
  • Glutathione Peroxidase / chemistry
  • Glutathione Peroxidase / genetics
  • Glutathione Peroxidase / metabolism*
  • Kinetics
  • Models, Molecular
  • Mutagenesis, Site-Directed
  • Nanostructures / chemistry*
  • Protein Stability
  • Quantum Theory
  • Selenocysteine / chemistry
  • Selenocysteine / genetics
  • Selenocysteine / metabolism
  • Temperature

Substances

  • Selenocysteine
  • Glutathione Peroxidase