Engineering lower inhibitor affinities in β-d-xylosidase of Selenomonas ruminantium by site-directed mutagenesis of Trp145

Abstractβ-d-Xylosidase/α-l-arabinofuranosidase from Selenomonas ruminantium is the most active enzyme reported for catalyzing hydrolysis of 1,4-β-d-xylooligosaccharides to d-xylose. One property that could use improvement is its relatively high affinities for d-glucose and d-xylose (Ki ~ 10 mM), which would impede its performance as a catalyst in the saccharification of lignocellulosic biomass for the production of biofuels and other value-added products. Previously, we discovered that the W145G variant expresses Kid-glucose and Kid-xylose twofold and threefold those of the wild-type enzyme. However, in comparison to the wild type, the variant expresses 11% lower kcatd-xylobiose and much lower stabilities to temperature and pH. Here, we performed saturation mutagenesis of W145 and discovered that the variants express Ki values that are 1.5–2.7-fold (d-glucose) and 1.9–4.6-fold (d-xylose) those of wild-type enzyme. W145F, W145L, and W145Y express good stability and, respectively, 11, 6, and 1% higher kcatd-xylobiose than that of the wild type. At 0.1 M d-xylobiose and 0.1 M d-xylose, kinetic parameters indicate that W145F, W145L, and W145Y catalytic activities are respectively 46, 71, and 48% greater than that of the wild-type enzyme.

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