Malassezia globosa MgMDL2 lipase: Crystal structure and rational modification of substrate specificity

Dongming Lan, Huan Xu, Jinxin Xu, Grzegorz Dubin, Jinsong Liu, Faez Iqbal Khan, Yonghua Wang*

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Abstract

Lipases play an important role in physiological metabolism and diseases, and also have multiple industrial applications. Rational modification of lipase specificity may increase the commercial utility of this group of enzymes, but is hindered by insufficient mechanistic understanding. Here, we report the 2.0 Å resolution crystal structure of a mono- and di-acylglycerols lipase from Malassezia globosa (MgMDL2). Interestingly, residues Phe278 and Glu282 were found to involve in substrate recognition because mutation on each residue led to convert MgMDL2 to a triacylglycerol (TAG) lipase. The Phe278Ala and Glu282Ala mutants also acquired ability to synthesize TAGs by esterification of glycerol and fatty acids. By in silicon analysis, steric hindrance of these residues seemed to be key factors for the altered substrate specificity. Our work may shed light on understanding the unique substrate selectivity mechanism of mono- and di-acylglycerols lipases, and provide a new insight for engineering biocatalysts with desired catalytic behaviors for biotechnological application.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)259-265
Number of pages7
JournalBiochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
Volume488
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 24 Jun 2017
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Crystal structure
  • Mono- and di-acylglycerol lipase
  • Rational modification
  • Site-directed mutagenesis

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