The application provides an aspartase
mutant and a method for producing R-3-
aminobutyric acid by using the aspartase
mutant, and belongs to the field of
enzyme engineering. The
amino acid sequence of the
mutant is obtained by one or more times of
mutation of the sequence shown in SEQ ID NO. 3. The mutant contains one or more of the four mutant sites at positions 237 (T237C), 31 (I31V), 88 (K88N) and 123 (G123S). The aspartase mutant of the application has the advantages of high catalytic activity and
high selectivity. The
cell obtained by
fermentation can catalyze 300 g / L of substrate, which is the highest
substrate concentration reported at present. When the aspartase mutant is used for synthesizing R-3-
aminobutyric acid, the R-3-
aminobutyric acid production rate and the chiral purity can reach more than 99% in 7 hours. Compared with the previous
chemical synthesis method and biological
enzyme method, the process is simple, the conversion rate is high, the production cost is relatively low, and the aspartase mutant has a good industrial application prospect.