Enzyme redesign guided by cancer-derived IDH1 mutations.

ABSTRACT: Mutations in an enzyme can result in a neomorphic catalytic activity in cancers. We applied cancer-associated mutations from isocitrate dehydrogenases to homologous residues in the active sites of homoisocitrate dehydrogenases to derive enzymes that catalyze the conversion of 2-oxoadipate to (R)-2-hydroxyadipate, a critical step for adipic acid production. Thus, we provide a prototypic example of how insights from cancer genome sequencing and functional studies can aid in enzyme redesign.

SUBMITTER: Reitman ZJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3487689 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature