Engineering the Propeptide of Microbial Transglutaminase Zymogen: Enabling Substrate-Dependent Activation for Bioconjugation Applications

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  • Ariyoshi, Ryutaro
    Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyushu University
  • Matsuzaki, Takashi
    Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyushu University
  • Sato, Ryo
    Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyushu University
  • Minamihata, Kosuke
    Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyushu University
  • Hayashi, Kounosuke
    Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyushu University
  • Koga, Taisei
    Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyushu University
  • Orita, Kensei
    Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyushu University
  • Nishioka, Riko
    Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyushu University
  • Wakabayashi, Rie
    Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyushu University
  • Goto, Masahiro
    Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyushu University Division of Biotechnology, Center for Future Chemistry, Kyushu University
  • Kamiya, Noriho
    Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyushu University Division of Biotechnology, Center for Future Chemistry, Kyushu University

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Microbial transglutaminase (MTG) from Streptomyces mobaraensis is a powerful biocatalytic glue for site-specific cross-linking of a range of biomolecules and synthetic molecules that have an MTG-reactive moiety. The preparation of active recombinant MTG requires post-translational proteolytic digestion of a propeptide that functions as an intramolecular chaperone to assist the correct folding of the MTG zymogen (MTGz) in the biosynthesis. Herein, we report engineered active zymogen of MTG (EzMTG) that is expressed in soluble form in the host Escherichia coli cytosol and exhibits cross-linking activity without limited proteolysis of the propeptide. We found that the saturation mutagenesis of residues K10 or Y12 in the propeptide domain generated several active MTGz mutants. In particular, the K10D/Y12G mutant exhibited catalytic activity comparable to that of mature MTG. However, the expression level was low, possibly because of decreased chaperone activity and/or the promiscuous substrate specificity of MTG, which is potentially harmful to the host cells. The K10R/Y12A mutant exhibited specific substrate-dependent reactivity toward peptidyl substrates. Quantitative analysis of the binding affinity of the mutated propeptides to the active site of MTG suggested an inverse relationship between the binding affinity and the catalytic activity of EzMTG. Our proof-of-concept study provides insights into the design of a new biocatalyst using the MTGz as a scaffold and a potential route to high-throughput screening of EzMTG mutants for bioconjugation applications.

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