The invention relates to a
serine hydroxymethyltransferase
mutant and a method for synthesizing L-
glycine by using the
serine hydroxymethyltransferase
mutant through a biological method. According to the method,
serine hydroxymethyltransferase glyA is over-expressed in host
bacteria, and L-
glycine is produced through whole-
cell catalysis; through site-
directed mutagenesis, the
catalysis direction of the
enzyme is changed, so that
catalysis is facilitated to be carried out towards the direction of producing L-
glycine; the
specific enzyme activity of the L-glycine generated through catalysis of the
mutant enzyme glyAA292V-D392N is improved to 1.52 U / mg and is improved by 204% compared with that of an original
enzyme; the conversion rate of L-glycine produced by whole-
cell conversion of the
mutant enzyme glyAA292V-D392N can reach 61.8%, which is 2.8 times higher than that of the original enzyme glyA; after
serine hydroxymethyltransferase and
tetrahydrofolic acid are circularly coupled in a whole-
cell catalysis
system, only 5-10mM of
tetrahydrofolic acid is added, the yield of L-glycine is 14.03 g / L in 12 hours, the substrate conversion rate is increased to 93.2%, the addition amount of the substrate
tetrahydrofolic acid is effectively reduced, the catalysis cost is reduced, and the production efficiency of L-glycine is greatly improved. The method disclosed by the invention is of great significance for synthesizing the L-glycine by a biological method.