Different Structural Origins of the Enantioselectivity of Haloalkane Dehalogenases toward Linear beta-Haloalkanes: Open–Solvated versus Occluded–Desolvated Active Sites

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LIŠKOVÁ Veronika ŠTĚPÁNKOVÁ Veronika BEDNÁŘ David BREZOVSKÝ Jan PROKOP Zbyněk CHALOUPKOVÁ Radka DAMBORSKÝ Jiří

Year of publication 2017
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Angewandte Chemie International Edition
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Faculty of Science

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Web https://loschmidt.chemi.muni.cz/peg/publications/different-structural-origins-of-the-enantioselectivity-of-haloalkane-dehalogenases-toward-linear-%CE%B2-haloalkanes-open-solvated-versus-occluded-desolvated-active-sites/
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/anie.201611193
Keywords enantioselectivity; enzyme catalysis; enzymes; molecular modeling; protein engineering
Description The enzymatic enantiodiscrimination of linear bhaloalkanes is difficult because the simple structures of the substrates prevent directional interactions. Herein we describe two distinct molecular mechanisms for the enantiodiscrimination of the b-haloalkane 2-bromopentane by haloalkane dehalogenases. Highly enantioselective DbjA has an open, solvent-accessible active site, whereas the engineered enzyme DhaA31 has an occluded and less solvated cavity but shows similar enantioselectivity. The enantioselectivity of DhaA31 arises from steric hindrance imposed by two specific substitutions rather than hydration as in DbjA.
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