Larger active site in an ancestral hydroxynitrile lyase increases catalytically promiscuous esterase activity
B. Jones, R. L. Evans, N. Mylrea, D. Chaudhury, C. Luo, C. Pierce, B. Guan, W. Gordon, C. Wilmot, R. Kazlauskas
This paper reconstructs an ancestral hydroxynitrile lyase, HNL1, which has a larger active site and increased catalytic promiscuity compared to modern HbHNL.
bioRxiv · Apr 6, 2020Biochemistry