ENGINEERED GALACTOSE OXIDASE VARIANT ENZYMES
The present invention provides engineered galactose oxidase (GOase) enzymes, polypeptides having GOase activity, and polynucleotides encoding these enzymes, as well as vectors and host cells comprising these polynucleotides and polypeptides. Methods for producing GOase enzymes are also provided. The present invention further provides compositions comprising the GOase enzymes and methods of using the engineered GOase enzymes. The present invention finds particular use in the production of pharmaceutical and other compounds.
1 . An engineered galactose oxidase comprising a polypeptide sequence having at least 85%, 86%, 87%, 88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99%, or more sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 114, 4, 6, 38, 50, 226, and/or 262, or a functional fragment thereof, wherein said engineered galactose oxidase comprises at least one substitution or substitution set in said polypeptide sequence, and wherein the amino acid positions of said polypeptide sequence are numbered with reference to SEQ ID NO: 114, 4, 6, 38, 50, 226, and/or 262.
2 . The engineered galactose oxidase of claim 1 , wherein said polypeptide sequence has at least 85%, 86%, 87%, 88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99%, or more sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 4, and wherein said engineered galactose oxidase comprises at least one substitution or substitution set at one or more positions in said polypeptide sequence selected from 196/158, 19/547/564, 47, 111, 196, 196/327, 196/408/462, 196/442, 196/442/462/583, 218, 292, 329, 407, 408, and 442, wherein the amino acid positions of said polypeptide sequence are numbered with reference to SEQ ID NO: 4.
3 . The engineered galactose oxidase of claim 1 , wherein said polypeptide sequence has at least 85%, 86%, 87%, 88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99%, or more sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 6, and wherein said engineered galactose oxidase comprises at least one substitution or substitution set at one or more positions in said polypeptide sequence selected from 291, 407, 437, and 437/486, wherein the amino acid positions of said polypeptide sequence are numbered with reference to SEQ ID NO: 6.
4 . The engineered galactose oxidase of claim 1 , wherein said polypeptide sequence has at least 85%, 86%, 87%, 88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99%, or more sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 38, and wherein said engineered galactose oxidase comprises at least one substitution or substitution set at one or more positions in said polypeptide sequence selected from 8/29/192/196/274/295, 8/63/224/274/291/295/296, 8/173/192/224/291/295/296, 8/274/291/295, 29/56/192/197/219/224/291/295/296, 43/192/274/291/296, 56/274/291, 56/274/295, 63/173/192/274, 63/192/295, 63/291/295, 111/462, 173/291, 197/220/426, 220/295, 220/375/426, 220/426/567, 243/274/291/295/637, 291, 291/408/437, 291/408/462, 291/429, 291/437, 291/437/462, 291/462, 297/462, 408/462, 437/462, 438, and 462, wherein the amino acid positions of said polypeptide sequence are numbered with reference to SEQ ID NO: 38.
5 . The engineered galactose oxidase of claim 1 , wherein said polypeptide sequence has at least 85%, 86%, 87%, 88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99%, or more sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 50, and wherein said engineered galactose oxidase comprises at least one substitution or substitution set at one or more positions in said polypeptide sequence selected from 24/52/311/550, 46/158/192/217/297/556, 46/158/192/367/375/556, 46/192, 46/192/217/274/556, 46/192/274/304/367/637, 46/192/274/437/556, 46/192/304/367, 46/192/367/408, 46/192/367/556, 46/192/375/437, 46/274/367/375/437/637, 46/297/304/367/437/637, 158/192/217/556, 158/192/274/304, 158/192/274/437/556, 158/192/274/556, 158/192/304/408/556/637, 158/192/367/375, 158/192/367/556, 158/192/408/556, 158/637, 192, 192/217/295/297/367/556, 192/217/367/375/556, 192/217/556, 192/274, 192/274/304/426, 192/274/367/556, 192/274/367/637, 192/274/375, 192/295, 192/295/304, 192/295/367/375, 192/297/367/644, 192/297/437, 192/304, 192/304/365/437, 192/304/367, 192/304/637, 192/367, 192/367/375/556, 192/367/408/426/437/556, 192/437/556, 192/637, 217/304/437, 274/304/367/426/556, 304/426/556, 311/343/550, 367, 367/556, 375, 426, 437, and 550, wherein the amino acid positions of said polypeptide sequence are numbered with reference to SEQ ID NO: 50.
6 . The engineered galactose oxidase of claim 1 , wherein said polypeptide sequence has at least 85%, 86%, 87%, 88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99%, or more sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 114, and wherein said engineered galactose oxidase comprises at least one substitution or substitution set at one or more positions in said polypeptide sequence selected from 161/564, 221, 263, 296, 308, 361, 373, 481/597, 518, 537, 553, 564, 570, and 596, wherein the amino acid positions of said polypeptide sequence are numbered with reference to SEQ ID NO: 114.
7 . The engineered galactose oxidase of claim 1 , wherein said polypeptide sequence has at least 85%, 86%, 87%, 88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99%, or more sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 226, and wherein said engineered galactose oxidase comprises at least one substitution or substitution set at one or more positions in said polypeptide sequence selected from 24/47/382/408/570, 24/79/308/367, 24/250/308/596, 24/250/408/568/570, 24/308/309, 24/309/408/570, 24/367/408/596, 24/367/570, 24/596, 69, 250, 250/570, 309, 443, and 570, wherein the amino acid positions of said polypeptide sequence are numbered with reference to SEQ ID NO: 226.
8 . The engineered galactose oxidase of claim 1 , wherein said polypeptide sequence has at least 85%, 86%, 87%, 88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99%, or more sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 262, and wherein said engineered galactose oxidase comprises at least one substitution or substitution set at one or more positions in said polypeptide sequence selected from 239/408, 318, 335/408, 338, and 408, wherein the amino acid positions of said polypeptide sequence are numbered with reference to SEQ ID NO: 262.
9 . The engineered galactose oxidase of claim 1 , wherein said polypeptide sequence has at least 85%, 86%, 87%, 88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99%, or more sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 262, and wherein said engineered galactose oxidase comprises at least one substitution or substitution set at one or more positions in said polypeptide sequence selected from 335/408, 338, and 408, wherein the amino acid positions of said polypeptide sequence are numbered with reference to SEQ ID NO: 262.
10 . The engineered galactose oxidase of claim 1 , wherein said polypeptide sequence has at least 85%, 86%, 87%, 88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99%, or more sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 262, and wherein said engineered galactose oxidase comprises at least one substitution or substitution set at one or more positions in said polypeptide sequence selected from 28/239, 28/239/274/408, 28/239/291/408, 28/239/371/408, 28/371, 239, 239/274/291/359/513, 239/274/291/408, 239/291/408, 239/408, 239/408/523, 291, 291/408, 318, 335/408, 338, and 408, wherein the amino acid positions of said polypeptide sequence are numbered with reference to SEQ ID NO: 262.
11 . (canceled)
12 . The engineered galactose oxidase of claim 1 , wherein said engineered galactose oxidase comprises a polypeptide sequence that is at least 85%, 86%, 87%, 88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99% or more identical to the sequence of at least one engineered galactose oxidase variant set forth in SEQ ID NOS: 4, 6, 38, 50, 114, 226, and/or 262.
13 . The engineered galactose oxidase of claim 1 , wherein said engineered galactose oxidase is a variant engineered polypeptide set forth in SEQ ID NOS: 4, 6, 38, 50, 114, 226, and/or 262.
14 . The engineered galactose oxidase of claim 1 , wherein said engineered galactose oxidase comprises a polypeptide sequence that is at least 85%, 86%, 87%, 88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99% or more identical to the sequence of at least one engineered galactose oxidase variant set forth in the even numbered sequences of SEQ ID NOS: 4-334.
15 . The engineered galactose oxidase of claim 1 , wherein said engineered galactose oxidase comprises a polypeptide sequence forth in the even numbered sequences of SEQ ID NOS: 6-334.
16 . The engineered galactose oxidase of claim 1 , wherein said engineered galactose oxidase comprises at least one improved property compared to wild-type F. graminearium galactose oxidase.
17 . The engineered galactose oxidase of claim 16 , wherein said improved property comprises improved activity on a substrate.
18 . (canceled)
19 . The engineered galactose oxidase of claim 1 , wherein said engineered galactose oxidase comprises a polypeptide with improved stereoselectivity compared to wild-type F. graminearium galactose oxidase.
20 . The engineered galactose oxidase of claim 1 , wherein said engineered galactose oxidase is purified.
21 . A composition comprising at least one engineered galactose oxidase of claim 1 .
22 . A polynucleotide sequence encoding at least one engineered galactose oxidase of claim 1 .
23 . A polynucleotide sequence encoding at least one engineered galactose oxidase, wherein said polynucleotide sequence comprises at least 85%, 86%, 87%, 88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99%, or more sequence identity to SEQ ID NOS: 3, 5, 37, 49, 113, 225, and/or 261, wherein the polynucleotide sequence of said engineered galactose oxidase comprises at least one substitution at one or more positions.
24 . (canceled)
25 . The polynucleotide sequence of claim 22 , wherein said polynucleotide sequence is operably linked to a control sequence.
26 . The polynucleotide sequence of claim 22 , wherein said polynucleotide sequence is codon optimized.
27 . The polynucleotide sequence of claim 22 , wherein said polynucleotide comprises an odd-numbered sequence of SEQ ID NOS: 5-333.
28 . An expression vector comprising at least one polynucleotide sequence of claim 22 .
29 . A host cell comprising at least one expression vector of claim 28 .
30 . A host cell comprising at least one polynucleotide sequence of claim 22 .
31 . A method of producing an engineered galactose oxidase in a host cell, comprising culturing the host cell of claim 29 , under suitable conditions, such that at least one engineered galactose oxidase is produced.
32 . The method of claim 31 , further comprising recovering at least one engineered galactose oxidase from the culture and/or host cell.
33 . The method of claim 31 , further comprising the step of purifying said at least one engineered galactose oxidase.