TY - JOUR
T1 - Structure and dynamics of mesophilic variants from the homing endonuclease I-DmoI
AU - Alba, Josephine
AU - Marcaida, Maria Jose
AU - Prieto, Jesus
AU - Montoya, Guillermo
AU - Molina, Rafael
AU - D'Abramo, Marco
PY - 2017/12/1
Y1 - 2017/12/1
N2 - I-DmoI, from the hyperthermophilic archaeon Desulfurococcus mobilis, belongs to the LAGLIDADG homing endonuclease protein family. Its members are highly specific enzymes capable of recognizing long DNA target sequences, thus providing potential tools for genome manipulation. Working towards this particular application, many efforts have been made to generate mesophilic variants of I-DmoI that function at lower temperatures than the wild-type. Here, we report a structural and computational analysis of two I-DmoI mesophilic mutants. Despite very limited structural variations between the crystal structures of these variants and the wild-type, a different dynamical behaviour near the cleavage sites is observed. In particular, both the dynamics of the water molecules and the protein perturbation effect on the cleavage site correlate well with the changes observed in the experimental enzymatic activity.
AB - I-DmoI, from the hyperthermophilic archaeon Desulfurococcus mobilis, belongs to the LAGLIDADG homing endonuclease protein family. Its members are highly specific enzymes capable of recognizing long DNA target sequences, thus providing potential tools for genome manipulation. Working towards this particular application, many efforts have been made to generate mesophilic variants of I-DmoI that function at lower temperatures than the wild-type. Here, we report a structural and computational analysis of two I-DmoI mesophilic mutants. Despite very limited structural variations between the crystal structures of these variants and the wild-type, a different dynamical behaviour near the cleavage sites is observed. In particular, both the dynamics of the water molecules and the protein perturbation effect on the cleavage site correlate well with the changes observed in the experimental enzymatic activity.
KW - Journal Article
U2 - 10.1007/s10822-017-0087-5
DO - 10.1007/s10822-017-0087-5
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 29177929
SN - 0920-654X
VL - 31
SP - 1063
EP - 1072
JO - Journal of Computer - Aided Molecular Design
JF - Journal of Computer - Aided Molecular Design
IS - 12
ER -