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. 2017 Mar 9;5:16. doi: 10.3389/fbioe.2017.00016

Table 5.

Properties of lipase variants generated by lid and hinge region modification.

Enzyme Mutants Mutants description Mutants property Reference
Proteus sp. LipK107 E130L + K131I The hydrophobicity of the lid domain increases The eep (%) and E on the resolution of racemic 1-phenylethanol increased by 1.36 and 137.6%, respectively Gao et al. (2011)
T138V The eep (%) and E on the resolution of racemic 1-phenylethanol increased by 0.52 and 30.6%, respectively

Rhizopus chinensis lipase S4-3 S4-3M The lid of S4-3 was swapped with ferulic acid esterase from Aspergillus niger Specific activity toward short-chain substrates increased by 7.2-fold (C3) and 38.0-fold (C2), respectively Yu et al. (2014)
S4-3N The lid of S4-3 was swapped with Rhizomucor miehei lipase Specific activity toward substrates (C2, C6, C8, C12, and C16) increased by 1.5- to 3.3-fold and reduced 40% toward tristearin (C18)

Candida rugosa lipase (CRL) Trx-LIP4 CRL4LID1 The lid of CRL4 was swapped with CRL1 Hydrolytic activity decreased by 85%, changed CLP, and reduced enantioselectivity Akoh et al. (2004)

CRL LIP1 CRL1LID3 The lid of CRL1 was swapped with CRL3 Specific activity toward cholesterol esters increased by 200-fold, enantioselectivity and activity reduced in organic solvent Akoh et al. (2004)

Candida antarctica lipase B (CALB) CALB-N. crassa The lid of CALB was swapped with CALB homolog from Neurospora crassa lipase Hydrolytic activity increased on simple esters, specifically, substrates with Ca branching on the carboxylic side, and increased enantioselectivity in hydrolysis of racemic ethyl 2-phenylpropanoate (E > 50) Skjot et al. (2009)
CALB-G. zeae The lid of CALB was swapped with CALB homologs from Gibberella zeae lipase

Penicillium expansum lipase (PEL) T66L + D70N The mutant residues are located at the lid (D70N) and the lid hinge region (T66L, E83K) of PEL Specific activity toward p-nitrophenyl palmitate increased by 136.4-fold Tang et al. (2015)
E83K Specific activity toward p-nitrophenyl butyrate increased by 136.4-fold, but lack interfacial activation

A. niger lipase (ANL) S84G The mutant residues are located at the lid hinge region of ANL Specific activity toward p-nitrophenyl esters decreased and displayed a pronounced interfacial activation Shu et al. (2011)
D99P Specific activity toward p-nitrophenyl palmitate increased by 2.2-fold and displayed no interfacial activation

R. chinensis lipase F95C + F214C A disulfide bridge was introduced into the lipase from R. chinensis in the hinge region of the lid The half-life t1/2 value increased by 11-fold at 60°C and the Tm increase by 7°C, but the catalytic efficiency toward pNPP decreased by 1.5-fold Yu et al. (2012)