Insight into the aggregation of lipase from Pseudomonas sp. using mutagenesis: protection of aggregation prone region by adoption of α-helix structure

Previously, a lipase purified from a Pseudomonas source showed to form amyloid fibril structure very rapidly in the absence of a detectable lag phase. In this process the urea-unfolded enzyme encounters a medium close to physiological, but is unable to fold and, therefore, the main driving force of aggregation lies in the sequence of the protein and in its aggregation-promoting regions (APRs). Two regions with the highest propensity to aggregate...