Volume 25, Number 4, 301-305, DOI: 10.1023/A:1022345200666

Improved substrate specificity of water-soluble pyrroloquinoline quinone glucose dehydrogenase by a peptide ligand

Hiromi Yoshida, Yukiko Yagi, Kazunori Ikebukuro and Koji Sode

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Abstract

A new approach in altering the substrate specificity of enzyme is proposed using glucose dehydrogenase, with pyrroroquinoine quinone (PQQGDH) as co-factor, as the model. This approach is based on the selection of random peptide phage displayed library. Using an M13 phage-display random peptide library, we have selected peptide ligands. Among the peptide ligands, a 7-mer peptide, composed of Thr-Thr-Ala-Thr-Glu-Tyr-Ser, caused PQQGDH substrate specificity to decrease significantly toward disaccharides, such as maltose and lactose, while a smaller effect was observed toward glucose. Consequently, this peptide narrowed the substrate specificity of PQQGDH, without a significant loss of the enzyme activity.

peptide ligand - phage display - PQQ-glucose dehydrogenase - quaternary structure design - substrate specificity

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