EP2064326A1 - Lipolytic enzyme variants - Google Patents

Lipolytic enzyme variants

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EP2064326A1
EP2064326A1 EP07803617A EP07803617A EP2064326A1 EP 2064326 A1 EP2064326 A1 EP 2064326A1 EP 07803617 A EP07803617 A EP 07803617A EP 07803617 A EP07803617 A EP 07803617A EP 2064326 A1 EP2064326 A1 EP 2064326A1
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Allan Svendsen
Jesper Vind
Shamkant Anant Patkar
Kim Borch
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    • C12BIOCHEMISTRY; BEER; SPIRITS; WINE; VINEGAR; MICROBIOLOGY; ENZYMOLOGY; MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING
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    • C12N9/14Hydrolases (3)
    • C12N9/16Hydrolases (3) acting on ester bonds (3.1)
    • C12N9/18Carboxylic ester hydrolases (3.1.1)
    • C12N9/20Triglyceride splitting, e.g. by means of lipase

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  • Fig. 1 shows a three-dimensional model of Candida antarctica lipase A (CALA, SEQ ID NO: 1 ) with a substrate analog (myristic acid).
  • CALA Candida antarctica lipase A
  • substrate analog myristic acid
  • CpLIPI or CpLIP2 may be used as a template for the amino acid alteration by referring to an alignment as shown in Fig. 3 for SEQ ID NOS: 1-5.
  • the selected residue may be substituted with the residue found in the corresponding position for SEQ ID NO: 3 or 4.
  • the selected residue may be deleted if SEQ ID NO: 3 or 4 has a gap at that posi- tion.
  • An insertion may be made adjacent to the selected residue if SEQ ID NO: 3 or 4 has an additional residue at that position; the insertion may in particular be the same residue found in SEQ ID NO: 3 or 4.

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Abstract

Variants with increased cholesterol esterase activity can be designed on the basis of a three-dimensional model by making amino acid alterations in the lid region of of lipolytic enzymes such as C. antarctica lipase A or the lipase/cholesterol esterase from C. parapsilosis.

Description

LIPOLYTIC ENZYME VARIANTS
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a polypeptide with lipolytic enzyme activity and to a method of preparing it.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
V Neugnot et al., European Journal of Biochemistry, Vol. 269 (6) pp. 1734-1745 (2002) March, describes a lipase/acyltransferase from Candida parapsilosis.
Candida antarctica lipase A is desacribed in WO8802775A1 and buy de Maria PD, Jopurnal of Molecular Catalysis B: Enzymatic, 37 (2005) 36-46. WO9401541A1 discloses vari- ants of C. antarctica lipase A. WQOI 535.1.1 Al describes the use of Candida antarctica lipase A for ester synthesis from a sterol and a carboxylic acid.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The inventors have found that variants with increased cholesterol esterase activity can be designed on the basis of a three-dimensional model by making amino acid alterations in the lid region of lipolytic enzymes such as C. antarctica lipase A or the lipase/cholesterol esterase from C. parapsilosis.
Accordingly, the invention provides a method of preparing a polypeptide, comprising: a) providing a parent polypeptide having lipolytic enzyme activity and an amino acid sequence having at least 80 % identity to any of SEQ ID NOS: 1-5, b) selecting an amino acid residue in the parent polypeptide at a position corresponding to any of 413-431 of SEQ ID NO: 1 , c) providing an altered amino acid sequence which is at least 80 % identical to any of SEQ ID NOS: 1-5, and wherein the difference from the parent polypeptide comprises substitution or deletion of the selected residue or insertion of at least one residue adjacent to the se- lected residue, d) preparing an altered polypeptide having the altered amino acid sequence, e) determining the cholesterol esterase activity of the altered polypeptide, and f) selecting an altered polypeptide which has an increased cholesterol esterase activity compared to the parent polypeptide. The invention also provides a polypeptide which: a) has lipolytic enzyme activity, and b) has an amino acid sequence which has at least 80 % identity to SEQ ID NO: 1 and the difference from SEQ ID NO: 1 comprises an amino acid substitution, deletion or in-sertion at a position corresponding to any of residues 413-431. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
Fig. 1 shows a three-dimensional model of Candida antarctica lipase A (CALA, SEQ ID NO: 1 ) with a substrate analog (myristic acid).
Fig. 2 shows an alignment based on the three-dimensional structure of the following sequences in full-length or truncated form: SEQ ID NO: 1 (CAND_A) SEQ ID NO: 5 (CaLIPI , ADY62089) SEQ ID NO: 6 (ADY62090, CaLI P2) SEQ ID NO: 7 (ABJ25493, A. fumigatus lipase) SEQ ID NO: 2 {Pseudozyma lipase, ADZ72148)
SEQ ID NO: 4 (CpLIP2, Q8NIN8) SEQ ID NO: 3 (CpLIPI , Q8NJ51 )
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Parent polypeptide The invention uses a parent polypeptide with lipolytic enzyme activity. It may be Candida antarctica lipase A (CALA, SEQ ID NO: 1 ), Pseudozyma sp. lipase (SEQ ID NO: 2) described in WO2005040334, C. parapsilosis lipase CpLIPI (SEQ ID NO: 3) or CpLIP2 (SEQ ID NO: 4), any of CaLIP1-10 from Candida albicans, e.g. CaLIPI or CaLIP2 shown as SEQ ID NOS: 5-6, or Aspergillus fumigatus lipase (SEQ ID NO: 7).
Three-dimensional model and selection of amino acid residue
The invention is based on a 3D model of the parent polypeptide. Fig. 1 gives the coordinates for a 3D model of CALA with myristic acid as a substrate analogue. The lid region is found at positions 413-431.
An amino acid residue is selected at a position corresponding to the lid region in the 3D model for SEQ ID NO: 1.
Altered amino acid sequence
The selected residue may be substituted with a different residue, particularly with a smaller residue. Amino acid residues are ranked as follows from smallest to largest: (an equal sign indicates residues with sizes that are practically indistinguishable): G < A < S=C < V = T = P < L = I = N = D = M < E =Q < K < H < R = F < Y < W
The substitution may particularly be conservative, i.e. substitution with another residue of the same type (negative, positive, hydrophobic or hydrophilic). The negative residues are D, E, the positive residues are K, R, the hydrophobic residues are A,C,F,G,I,L,M,P,V,W,Y, and the hydrophilic residues are H, N, Q, S, T. The selected residue may particularly be substituted with a more efficient pi electron donor residue. Amino acid residues are ranked as follows from least efficient to most efficient pi donors (an equal sign indicates residues with practically indistinguishable efficiency). Other residues are not considered to be pi electron donors: T < N < H < F < Y < W
CpLIPI or CpLIP2 (SEQ ID NO: 3 or 4) may be used as a template for the amino acid alteration by referring to an alignment as shown in Fig. 3 for SEQ ID NOS: 1-5. Thus, the selected residue may be substituted with the residue found in the corresponding position for SEQ ID NO: 3 or 4. The selected residue may be deleted if SEQ ID NO: 3 or 4 has a gap at that posi- tion. An insertion may be made adjacent to the selected residue if SEQ ID NO: 3 or 4 has an additional residue at that position; the insertion may in particular be the same residue found in SEQ ID NO: 3 or 4.
Particular amino acid alterations
The variant may comprise one or more of the following substitutions: F223A,I,L, F421V,P,L, Y83F, L357I, A420G, V268G, V267G, E360S, E355G, E325A, K423V,N, Q418D, D1 12S or V110G or a deletion corresponding to Delta(11 1-1 12). More particularly, the variant may comprise a combination of substitutions F223A F421 V or F223A F421 V Y83W.
Nomenclature for amino acid alterations
In this specification, an amino acid substitution is described by use of one-letter codes, e.g. P205W. Multiple substitutions are concatenated, e.g. P205F T21 1W to indicate a variant with two substitutions. P205W,Y,F is used to indicate alternatives, i.e. substitution of P205 with W, Y or F.
Use of lipolytic enzyme variant
The variants of the invention have increased cholesterol esterase activity. They may be used in various processes where they are mixed with an acyl donor and an acyl acceptor in an aqueous system to effect acyl transfer, e.g. as described in the indicated publications:
• Pitch control in papermaking, e.g. as described in Calero-Rueda O et al., International Journal of Biotechnology, Vol. 6 (4) pp. 367-375 (2004).
• Biosensor as described in Singh S et al., Analytica Chimica Acta, Vol. 568 (1-2) pp. 126-132 (2006).
• Cleaning of lipid-stained contact lenses. Sugihara et al., Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry, Vol. 66 (1 1 ) pp. 2347-2355 (2002) Nov.
• Hydrolysis or synthesis of esters of tertiary or sterically hindered alcohols. Hydrolysis at the sn-2 position of triglycerides. Hydrolysis or synthesis of esters of trans-fatty acids. Ester syn- thesis or hydrolysis at high temperature and/or acidic pH. Asymmetric synthesis of amino acids/amino esters, de Maria PD et al., Journal of Molecular Catalysis B: Enzymatic 37 (2005) 36-46.
EXAMPLES

Claims

1. A method of preparing a polypeptide, comprising a) providing a parent polypeptide having lipolytic enzyme activity and an amino acid sequence having at least 80 % identity to any of SEQ ID NOS: 1-5, b) selecting an amino acid residue in the parent polypeptide at a position corresponding to any of 413-431 of SEQ ID NO: 1 , c) providing an altered amino acid sequence which is at least 80 % identical to any of SEQ ID NOS: 1-5, and wherein the difference from the parent polypeptide comprises substitution or deletion of the selected residue or insertion of at least one residue adja- cent to the selected residue, d) preparing an altered polypeptide having the altered amino acid sequence, e) determining the cholesterol esterase activity of the altered polypeptide, and f) selecting an altered polypeptide which has an increased cholesterol esterase activity compared to the parent polypeptide.
2. The method of the preceding claim wherein the selected residue corresponds to any of 416- 425 Of SEQ ID NO: 1.
3. The method of any preceding claim wherein the substitution is made with a residue which is smaller.
4. The method of any preceding claim wherein the substitution is made with another residue of the same type where the type is negative, positive, hydrophobic or hydrophilic.
5. The method of any preceding claim wherein the substitution is made with a residue found at the corresponding position in SEQ ID NO: 3 or 4.
6. The method of any preceding claim wherein a residue is deleted at a position where SEQ ID NO: 3 or 4 has a gap in alignment with the parent polypeptide.
7. A polypeptide which: a) has lipolytic enzyme activity, and b) has an amino acid sequence which has at least 80 % identity to SEQ ID NO: 1 and the difference from SEQ ID NO: 1 comprises an amino acid substitution, deletion or insertion at a position corresponding to any of residues 413-431.
8. The polypeptide of either preceding claim wherein the difference from SEQ ID NO: 1 comprises a substitution corresponding to any of F223A,I,L, F421V,P,L, Y83F, L357I, A420G, V268G, V267G, E360S, E355G, E325A, K423V,N, Q418D, D112S or V1 10G or a deletion corresponding to Delta(1 11-1 12).
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