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. 1992 Jul 15;285 ( Pt 2)(Pt 2):625-8.
doi: 10.1042/bj2850625.

Increasing the thermostability of the neutral proteinase of Bacillus stearothermophilus by improvement of internal hydrogen-bonding

V G Eijsink  1 , G Vriend, J R Van der Zee, B Van den Burg, G Venema
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Increasing the thermostability of the neutral proteinase of Bacillus stearothermophilus by improvement of internal hydrogen-bonding

V G Eijsink et al. Biochem J. .

Abstract

In an attempt to increase the thermostability of the neutral proteinase of Bacillus stearothermophilus the buried Ala-170 was replaced by serine. Molecular-dynamics simulations showed that Ser-170 stabilizes the enzyme by formation of an internal hydrogen bond. In addition, the hydroxy group of Ser-170 could contribute to stability by filling an internal cavity. After the introduction of the mutation, using site-directed-mutagenesis techniques, an increase in stability of 0.7 +/- 0.1 degrees C was obtained.

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