TY - JOUR
T1 - Development of a fluorescence-based excipient screening for improved stability and shelf-life of recombinant chitin deacetylase
AU - Pawaskar, Goutam Mohan
AU - Raval, Ritu
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© 2024 The Authors
PY - 2024/7
Y1 - 2024/7
N2 - Chitin deacetylase (CDA) modifies chitin into chitosan by removing acetyl groups, but its inherent instability poses a challenge for successful crystallisation. Despite limited successes in crystallizing CDAs, prior attempts with recombinant chitin deacetylase (BaCDA) failed due to poor stability. To address this, we propose an enzyme buffer formulation as a cost-effective strategy to enhance stability, prolong shelf life, and increase the likelihood of crystallisation. Utilizing the high-throughput screening technique FTSA, we developed a screening method correlating BaCDA stability with its activity. The optimised formulation comprises 50 mM Tris-HCl buffer pH 7, 1 M NaCl, 20 % glycerol, and 1 mM Mg2+ as excipients. This formulation significantly improves BaCDA's thermostability (140.47 % increase) and enzyme activity (2.9-fold enhancement). BaCDA remains stable in the formulated buffer at −20 °C and −80 °C for 30 days and at 4 °C for 15 days. The current study has designed a high-throughput screening method approach to assess the stability of CDA enzyme formulations. The results of this study could contribute to the exploration of formulation elements that enhance the structural stability of CDA, thereby facilitating investigations into the enzyme's structure-function relationships.
AB - Chitin deacetylase (CDA) modifies chitin into chitosan by removing acetyl groups, but its inherent instability poses a challenge for successful crystallisation. Despite limited successes in crystallizing CDAs, prior attempts with recombinant chitin deacetylase (BaCDA) failed due to poor stability. To address this, we propose an enzyme buffer formulation as a cost-effective strategy to enhance stability, prolong shelf life, and increase the likelihood of crystallisation. Utilizing the high-throughput screening technique FTSA, we developed a screening method correlating BaCDA stability with its activity. The optimised formulation comprises 50 mM Tris-HCl buffer pH 7, 1 M NaCl, 20 % glycerol, and 1 mM Mg2+ as excipients. This formulation significantly improves BaCDA's thermostability (140.47 % increase) and enzyme activity (2.9-fold enhancement). BaCDA remains stable in the formulated buffer at −20 °C and −80 °C for 30 days and at 4 °C for 15 days. The current study has designed a high-throughput screening method approach to assess the stability of CDA enzyme formulations. The results of this study could contribute to the exploration of formulation elements that enhance the structural stability of CDA, thereby facilitating investigations into the enzyme's structure-function relationships.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.bbrep.2024.101718
DO - 10.1016/j.bbrep.2024.101718
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85191297987
SN - 2405-5808
VL - 38
JO - Biochemistry and Biophysics Reports
JF - Biochemistry and Biophysics Reports
M1 - 101718
ER -