Mutations in maltose-binding protein that alter affinity and solubility properties.
Maltose-binding protein (MBP) from Escherichia coli has been shown to be a good substrate for protein engineering leading to altered binding (Marvin and Hellinga, Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 98:4955-4960, 2001a) and increased affinity (Marvin and Hellinga, Nat Struct Biol 8:795-798, 2001b; Telmer and Shilton, J Biol Chem 278:34555-34567, 2003). It is also used in recombinant protein expression as both an affinity tag and a solubility tag. We isolated mutations in MBP that enhance binding to maltodextrins 1.3 to 15-fold, using random mutagenesis followed by screening for enhanced yield in a microplate-based affinity purification. We tested the mutations for their ability to enhance the yield of a fusion protein that binds poorly to immobilized amylose and their ability to enhance the solubility of one or more aggregation-prone recombinant proteins. We also measured dissociation constants of the mutant MBPs that retain the solubility-enhancing properties of MBP and combined two of the mutations to produce an MBP with a dissociation constant 10-fold tighter than wild-type MBP. Some of the mutations we obtained can be rationalized based on the previous work, while others indicate new ways in which the function of MBP can be modified.
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Iris H
IH
Walker
Pei-chung
PC
Hsieh
Paul D
PD
Riggs
D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D019943:Amino Acid Substitution / Q000235:genetics; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D007700:Kinetics; D058619:Maltose-Binding Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D050505:Mutant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D020125:Mutation, Missense; D011134:Polysaccharides / Q000378:metabolism; D015202:Protein Engineering; D017433:Protein Structure, Secondary; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D012995:Solubility
D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D058619:Maltose-Binding Proteins; D050505:Mutant Proteins; D011134:Polysaccharides; C008315:maltodextrin