Integrating computational and experimental insights into osmolyte-driven activation of Geobacillus kaustophilus L-asparaginase for acrylamide mitigation

作     者：Özdemir, F.İnci Servili, Burak Demirtaş, Özge Şükür, Gözde Tülek, Ahmet Yildirim, Deniz 

作者机构：Gebze Technical University Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics Kocaeli Gebze41400 Turkey Kadir Has University of Science and Engineering Bioinformatics and Genetics Program İstanbul Fatih35430 Turkey Iğdır University Postgraduate Education Institute Department of Bioengineering and Sciences Iğdır Merkez76000 Turkey Cukurova University Faculty of Ceyhan Engineering Department of Chemical Engineering Adana Ceyhan01950 Turkey 

出 版 物：《Journal of Molecular Liquids》 (J Mol Liq)

年 卷 期：2025年第423卷

核心收录：

学科分类：0832[工学-食品科学与工程（可授工学、农学学位）] 07[理学] 0817[工学-化学工程与技术] 0815[工学-水利工程] 0703[理学-化学] 070201[理学-理论物理] 0702[理学-物理学] 

主　　题：Maltose 

摘      要：Osmolytes play a critical role in enhancing the stability and activity of enzymes for industrial applications. This study systematically investigated the effects of various osmolytes on the activity, optimal pH, temperature, stability, metal ion effects, storage, and acrylamide mitigation performance of L-asparaginase from the thermophilic Geobacillus kaustophilus (GkASNase). The experimental findings were further supported by computationally integrated tools such as homology modeling, docking, and molecular dynamics (MD) simulations. Among the selected osmolytes (maltose, sorbitol, trehalose, glycine, and sucrose), GkASNase showed the highest stability during 30 days of storage in the presence of maltose and arginine. Maltose increased GkASNase activity approximately 2-fold at 37 °C and 55 °C. In the presence of osmolytes, the Km values of GkASNase decreased and the Vmax values increased compared to controls at 37 °C and 55 °C. In the presence of osmolytes, the acrylamide mitigation performance of GkASNase increased by 1.7-fold in a 15 min reaction. The computational analysis indicates that L-asparagine as substrate enhances protein compactness and stability, while arginine as osmolyte increases flexibility and optimizes water distribution around the enzyme. These findings provide novel insights into enzyme stabilization that have implications for therapeutic and biotechnological applications. © 2025 Elsevier B.V.