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Master Thesis Characterization of Designed Novel Cytochrome P450 for Industrial Biocatalysis(01. Izmir Institute of Technology, 2020) Sakallı, Tuğçe; Sürmeli Eraltuğ, Nur BaşakBiocatalysts are increasingly applied in chemical synthesis due to their high level of regioselectivity and enantioselectivity. P450s are important biocatalysts due to their ability to hydroxylate unactivated carbon atoms using molecular oxygen. P450s catalyze monooxygenation reactions by using nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (phosphate) (NAD(P)H) as electron donor and electron transfer proteins. P450s can also utilize hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) instead of NAD(P)H and redox partners through a H2O2-shunt pathway. However, P450s are inefficient in oxygenation reactions with H2O2. Thermophilic enzymes demonstrates high stability at different temperatures, pH and organic solvents, so it is expected to increase implementations of enzymes. CYP119 is an acidothermophilic P450 from Sulfolobus acidocaldarius. In our laboratories, directed evolution was used to create improved mutants of CYP119 with higher oxidation activity when using H2O2. T213R/T214I CYP119 was such a variant. The aim of the study is investigations of T213R/T214I CYP119 whether it is a stable and efficient biocatalyst for selective oxidation of hydrocarbons, which does not require expensive cofactors and electron transfer proteins or not. T213R/T214I CYP119 was expressed and isolated under optimized conditions. Peroxidase activity of T213R/T214I CYP119 was tested and compared to wild type (WT) CYP119. Characterization of T213R/T214I CYP119 shows higher peroxidation activity of enzyme for Amplex® Red, guaiacol and ABTS and epoxidation of enzyme for styrene substrates compared to CYP119. T213R/T214I CYP119 have higher affinity for progesterone and lower affinity for lauric acid. Mutations on Thr213 and Thr214 residues the active site will shed light on the design of novel CYP119 mutants in the future.Master Thesis Chemical Characterization of Caldanaerobacter Subterraneus Subsp. Tengcongensis Heme-Nitric Oxide/Oxygen Binding Protein(01. Izmir Institute of Technology, 2020) Erdal, Merve; Sürmeli, Nur Başak; Sürmeli, Nur BaşakHemoproteins, which contain the heme prosthetic group , take part in different biological processes in many stages of life. Their ability to catalyze important biosynthesis reactions makes them good candidates for understanding and elucidating complex mechanisms for biocatalysis. In this study, the catalytic properties of thermophilic Thermoanaerobacter tencogensis nitric oxide/oxygen binding protein, a heme protein reshaped by rational design, were investigated and chemical characterization was carried out. The peroxidase activity of the enzyme was investigated by the oxidation reactions of guaiacol, amplex red and 2,2'-azino-bis(3-ethylbenzthiazoline-6-sulfonic acid (ABTS). Kinetic parameters of the reactions were determined. These obtained results demonstrated that, in the presence of H2O2, wild type and Y140H TtH-NOX proteins are able to catalyze oxidation reactions of guaiacol, Amplex red and ABTS. Comparison of the kinetic parameters showed that Y140H mutant catalyzed the guaiacol and ABTS oxidation 3-fold and 15 -fold faster than wild type enzyme, respectively. The stability of TtH-NOX proteins were investigated in the presence of organic solvents. Results were demonstrated that WT TtH-NOX was more stable than Y140H mutant in the presence of organic solvents In addition to these, for the first time, thermophilic TtH-NOX proteins were immobilized with a novel enzyme immobilization method and organic-inorganic hybrid nanostrucrures were obtained. Copper ion incorporated TtH-NOX-based hybrid nanoflowers were synthesized at different pH values. SEM and EDX analysis of TtH-NOX-based hybrid nanoflowers proved that free TtH-NOXs were immobilized successfully.