Phage-assisted continuous evolution of proteases with altered substrate specificity
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Packer, Michael S., Holly A. Rees, and David R. Liu. 2017. “Phage-assisted continuous evolution of proteases with altered substrate specificity.” Nature Communications 8 (1): 956. doi:10.1038/s41467-017-01055-9. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01055-9.Abstract
Here we perform phage-assisted continuous evolution (PACE) of TEV protease, which canonically cleaves ENLYFQS, to cleave a very different target sequence, HPLVGHM, that is present in human IL-23. A protease emerging from ∼2500 generations of PACE contains 20 non-silent mutations, cleaves human IL-23 at the target peptide bond, and when pre-mixed with IL-23 in primary cultures of murine splenocytes inhibits IL-23-mediated immune signaling. We characterize the substrate specificity of this evolved enzyme, revealing shifted and broadened specificity changes at the six positions in which the target amino acid sequence differed. Mutational dissection and additional protease specificity profiling reveal the molecular basis of some of these changes. This work establishes the capability of changing the substrate specificity of a protease at many positions in a practical time scale and provides a foundation for the development of custom proteases that catalytically alter or destroy target proteins for biotechnological and therapeutic applications.Other Sources
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