Solvent concentration at 50% protein unfolding may reform enzyme stability ranking and process window identification
As water miscible organic co-solvents are often required for enzyme reactions to improve e.g., the solubility of the substrate in the aqueous medium, an enzyme is required which displays high stability in the presence of this co-solvent. Consequently, it is of utmost importance to identify the most...
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| Published in: | Nature communications Vol. 15; no. 1; pp. 5420 - 11 |
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| Main Authors: | , , , , , , , , |
| Format: | Journal Article |
| Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group UK
26-06-2024
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| Summary: | As water miscible organic co-solvents are often required for enzyme reactions to improve e.g., the solubility of the substrate in the aqueous medium, an enzyme is required which displays high stability in the presence of this co-solvent. Consequently, it is of utmost importance to identify the most suitable enzyme or the appropriate reaction conditions. Until now, the melting temperature is used in general as a measure for stability of enzymes. The experiments here show, that the melting temperature does not correlate to the activity observed in the presence of the solvent. As an alternative parameter, the concentration of the co-solvent at the point of 50% protein unfolding at a specific temperature T in short
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reveals a clearly diverging outcome also depending on the specific solvent used. Additionally, plots of
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versus temperature enable a fast identification of possible reaction windows to deduce tolerated solvent concentrations and temperature.
Melting temperature is the parameter generally used as a measure for stability of enzymes. Here, the authors show that that the melting temperature does not necessarily correlate to the activity observed in the presence of the solvent, and introduce an alternative parameter, the concentration of the co-solvent at the point of 50% protein unfolding at a specific temperature T. |
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| Bibliography: | ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23 |
| ISSN: | 2041-1723 2041-1723 |
| DOI: | 10.1038/s41467-024-49774-0 |