Structural highlights
Function
[FCY1_YEAST] Converts cytosine to uracil or 5-methylcytosine to thymine by deaminating carbon number 4.
Evolutionary Conservation
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Publication Abstract from PubMed
Thermostabilizing an enzyme while maintaining its activity for industrial or biomedical applications can be difficult with traditional selection methods. We describe a rapid computational approach that identified three mutations within a model enzyme that produced a 10 degrees C increase in apparent melting temperature T(m) and a 30-fold increase in half-life at 50 degrees C, with no reduction in catalytic efficiency. The effects of the mutations were synergistic, giving an increase in excess of the sum of their individual effects. The redesigned enzyme induced an increased, temperature-dependent bacterial growth rate under conditions that required its activity, thereby coupling molecular and metabolic engineering.
Computational thermostabilization of an enzyme.,Korkegian A, Black ME, Baker D, Stoddard BL Science. 2005 May 6;308(5723):857-60. PMID:15879217[1]
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See Also
References
- ↑ Korkegian A, Black ME, Baker D, Stoddard BL. Computational thermostabilization of an enzyme. Science. 2005 May 6;308(5723):857-60. PMID:15879217 doi:308/5723/857
