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Hu R, Cao J, Rong C, Wu S, Wu L. Increasing the flexibility of the substrate binding pocket of Streptomyces phospholipase D can enhance its catalytic efficiency in soybean phosphatidylcholine. Int J Biol Macromol 2024; 280:135824. [PMID: 39306159 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2024.135824] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2024] [Revised: 09/18/2024] [Accepted: 09/18/2024] [Indexed: 09/26/2024]
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The catalytic efficiency of Streptomyces klenkii phospholipase D (SkPLD) in soybean phosphatidylcholine (soy-PC) processing is constrained by its acyl chain specificity. To address this limitation, we engineered the substrate-binding pocket of SkPLD to increase its flexibility. The mutant P343A/Y383L exhibited a 7.14-fold increase in catalytic efficiency toward soy-PC compared to the wild type. This enhancement was attributed to improved substrate-binding pocket flexibility, as evidenced by the significantly higher specific activity of the mutant toward PCs with various acyl chains (58.20-327.76 U/mg vs. 13.56-76.67 U/mg). Monomolecular film experiments demonstrated that the P343A/Y383L mutant reduced the energy barrier for PC binding, facilitating favorable interactions with the soy-PC monolayer. Molecular dynamics simulations revealed that the mutant's increased flexibility allowed for easier diffusion and penetration into the soy-PC monolayer, while the non-polar amino acids in the substrate-binding pocket promoted rapid interactions with the acyl chains of PC, ultimately leading to enhanced catalytic activity.
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- Rongkang Hu
- Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of Molecular Enzymology and Mechanism of Major Metabolic Diseases, College of Life Sciences, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu 241000, Anhui, PR China; Auhui Provincial Engineering Research Centre for Molecular Detection and Diagnostics, College of Life Sciences, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu 241000, Anhui, PR China.
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- Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of Molecular Enzymology and Mechanism of Major Metabolic Diseases, College of Life Sciences, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu 241000, Anhui, PR China; Auhui Provincial Engineering Research Centre for Molecular Detection and Diagnostics, College of Life Sciences, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu 241000, Anhui, PR China
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- Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of Molecular Enzymology and Mechanism of Major Metabolic Diseases, College of Life Sciences, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu 241000, Anhui, PR China; Auhui Provincial Engineering Research Centre for Molecular Detection and Diagnostics, College of Life Sciences, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu 241000, Anhui, PR China
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- Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of Molecular Enzymology and Mechanism of Major Metabolic Diseases, College of Life Sciences, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu 241000, Anhui, PR China; Auhui Provincial Engineering Research Centre for Molecular Detection and Diagnostics, College of Life Sciences, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu 241000, Anhui, PR China
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- Translational Medicine Center, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Wannan Medical College, Wuhu, Anhui 241000, PR China.
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Tütüncü HE, Durmuş N, Sürmeli Y. Unraveling the potential of uninvestigated thermoalkaliphilic lipases by molecular docking and molecular dynamic simulation: an in silico characterization study. 3 Biotech 2024; 14:179. [PMID: 38882640 PMCID: PMC11176153 DOI: 10.1007/s13205-024-04023-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2023] [Accepted: 05/29/2024] [Indexed: 06/18/2024] Open
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Thermoalkaliphilic lipase enzymes are mostly favored for use in the detergent industry. While there has been considerable research on Geobacillus lipases, a significant portion of these enzymes remains unexplored or undocumented in the scientific literature. This work performed in silico phylogeny, sequence alignment, structural and enzyme-substrate interaction analyses of the five thermoalkaliphilic lipases belonging to different Geobacillus species (Geobacillus stearothermophilus lipase = GsLip, Geobacillus sp. B4113_201601 lipase = Gb4Lip, Geobacillus kaustophilus HTA426 lipase = GkLip, Geobacillus sp. SP22 lipase = GspLip, Geobacillus sp. NTU 03 lipase = GntLip). For this purpose, unreviewed enzyme sequences of five Geobacillus thermoalkaliphilic lipases were analyzed at sequence and phylogeny levels. 3D homology enzyme models were built, validated, and investigated by different bioinformatics tools. The ligand interactions screening using seven para-nitrophenyl (pNP) esters and enzyme-ligand interactions were analyzed on Gb4Lip:pNP-C12 and BTL2:pNP-C12 by MD simulation. Biophysicochemical characteristic analysis showed that Gb4Lip had a theoretical T m value of above 65 ºC, and a higher aliphatic index indicating greater thermal stability. Sequence alignment showed a hydrophilic threonine in the α6 helix of Gb4Lip, indicating high enzymatic activity. A normalized temperature factor B (B'-factor) analysis showed that the lid domains of five lipases significantly possessed lower B'-factor values, compared to G. thermocatenulatus lipase 2 (BTL2), indicating that they had higher rigidity. Molecular docking results indicated that the five lipases had the highest binding affinity toward pNP-C12. The RMSF investigation revealed that the thermostability of Gb4Lip is influenced by specific molecular elements: D202-S203 within the αB region of the lid domain, and E274-Q275 within the b3 strand, as well as W278 in the b3-b4 loop, and H282 in the b4 strand of the Ca2+-binding region. MD simulation analysis showed that catalytic residue S114 and at least one oxyanion hole residue (F17 and/or Q114) in Gb4Lip frequently formed hydrogen bonds with the pNP-C12 ligand at 343 K and 348 K throughout the simulation process, indicating that Gb4Lip might catalyze relatively long-chain ligand pNP-C12 with high performance. In conclusion, Gb4Lip might be a more suitable candidate as the detergent additive. In addition, this investigation can offer valuable perspectives on Family I.5 lipases such as Gb4Lip for future exploration in the field of protein engineering. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s13205-024-04023-5.
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- Havva Esra Tütüncü
- Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Malatya Turgut Özal University, 44210 Malatya, Turkey
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, İstanbul Technical University, 34485 Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Tekirdağ Namık Kemal University, 59030 Tekirdağ, Turkey
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Hu R, Wu L, Cheng Q, Chen S, Shen T, Lan D, Ma Y, Wang Y. Structural variations and phospholipid binding characteristics of Streptomyces klenkii phospholipase D at the lipid-water interface. Lebensm Wiss Technol 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.lwt.2023.114672] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/18/2023]
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Soni S. Trends in lipase engineering for enhanced biocatalysis. Biotechnol Appl Biochem 2022; 69:265-272. [PMID: 33438779 DOI: 10.1002/bab.2105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2020] [Accepted: 01/08/2021] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Lipases, also known as triacylglycerol hydrolases (E.C.No. 3.1.1.3), are considered as leading biocatalysts in the lipid modification business. With properties like ease of availability, capability to work in heterogeneous media, stability in organic solvents, property of catalyzing at the lipid-water interface and even in nonaqueous conditions, have made them a versatile choice for applications in the food, flavor, detergent, pharmaceutical, leather, textile, cosmetic, and paper industries [1]. The increasing alertness toward sustainable technologies, lesser waste generation and solvent usage and minimization of energy input has brought light toward the production and usage of recombinant/improved lipases. For example, Novozym 435, a broadly used recombinant lipase isolated from Candida antarctica, dominates the lipase industry and has even created a supplier bias in the market. This shows that there is a desperate need for novel, low-cost lipases with better properties. For this, mining of existing extremophilic genomes seems more rewarding. But considering the diversity of industrial requirements such as types of solvents used or carrier systems employed for enzyme immobilization, tailor-designed enzymes are an unrealized pressing priority. Therefore, protein engineering strategies in collaboration with the discovery of new lipases can serve as a vital tool to obtain tailor-made enzymes with specific characteristics.
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- Surabhi Soni
- Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India
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Hu R, Cui R, Tang Q, Lan D, Wang F, Wang Y. Enhancement of Phospholipid Binding and Catalytic Efficiency of Streptomyces klenkii Phospholipase D by Increasing Hydrophobicity of the Active Site Loop. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2021; 69:11110-11120. [PMID: 34516129 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.1c04078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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The mechanism of active site loops of Streptomyces phospholipase D (PLD) binding to the lipid-water interface for catalytic reactions still remains elusive. A flexible loop (residues 376-382) in the active site of Streptomyces klenkii PLD (SkPLD) is conserved within PLDs in most of the Streptomyces species. The residue Ser380 was found to be essential for the enzyme's adsorption to the interface and its substrate recognition. The S380V mutant showed a 4.8 times higher catalytic efficiency and nearly seven times higher adsorption equilibrium coefficient compared to the wild-type SkPLD. The monolayer film technique has confirmed that the substitution of Ser380 with valine in the loop exhibited positive interaction between the enzyme and PCs with different acyl chain lengths. The results of the interfacial binding properties indicated that the S380V mutant might display suitable phosphatidylserine synthesis activity. The present study will be helpful to explain the role of residue 380 in the active site loops of Streptomyces PLD.
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- Rongkang Hu
- School of Food Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510640, People's Republic of China
- Guangdong Youmei Institute of Inteligent Bio-manufacturing Co., Ltd., Foshan, Guangdong 528200, People's Republic of China
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- School of Food Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510640, People's Republic of China
- Guangdong Youmei Institute of Inteligent Bio-manufacturing Co., Ltd., Foshan, Guangdong 528200, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Chemistry, University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD, U.K
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- School of Food Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510640, People's Republic of China
- Guangdong Youmei Institute of Inteligent Bio-manufacturing Co., Ltd., Foshan, Guangdong 528200, People's Republic of China
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- School of Food Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510640, People's Republic of China
- Guangdong Youmei Institute of Inteligent Bio-manufacturing Co., Ltd., Foshan, Guangdong 528200, People's Republic of China
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- School of Food Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510640, People's Republic of China
- Guangdong Youmei Institute of Inteligent Bio-manufacturing Co., Ltd., Foshan, Guangdong 528200, People's Republic of China
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Godoy CA, Klett J, Di Geronimo B, Hermoso JA, Guisán JM, Carrasco-López C. Disulfide Engineered Lipase to Enhance the Catalytic Activity: A Structure-Based Approach on BTL2. Int J Mol Sci 2019; 20:ijms20215245. [PMID: 31652673 PMCID: PMC6862113 DOI: 10.3390/ijms20215245] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2019] [Revised: 09/16/2019] [Accepted: 09/23/2019] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Enhancement, control, and tuning of hydrolytic activity and specificity of lipases are major goals for the industry. Thermoalkaliphilic lipases from the I.5 family, with their native advantages such as high thermostability and tolerance to alkaline pHs, are a target for biotechnological applications. Although several strategies have been applied to increase lipases activity, the enhancement through protein engineering without compromising other capabilities is still elusive. Lipases from the I.5 family suffer a unique and delicate double lid restructuration to transition from a closed and inactive state to their open and enzymatically active conformation. In order to increase the activity of the wild type Geobacillus thermocatenulatus lipase 2 (BTL2) we rationally designed, based on its tridimensional structure, a mutant (ccBTL2) capable of forming a disulfide bond to lock the open state. ccBTL2 was generated replacing A191 and F206 to cysteine residues while both wild type C64 and C295 were mutated to serine. A covalently immobilized ccBTL2 showed a 3.5-fold increment in esterase activity with 0.1% Triton X-100 (2336 IU mg−1) and up to 6.0-fold higher with 0.01% CTAB (778 IU mg−1), both in the presence of oxidizing sulfhydryl agents, when compared to BTL2. The remarkable and industrially desired features of BTL2 such as optimal alkaliphilic pH and high thermal stability were not affected. The designed disulfide bond also conferred reversibility to the enhancement, as the increment on activity observed for ccBTL2 was controlled by redox pretreatments. MD simulations suggested that the most stable conformation for ccBTL2 (with the disulfide bond formed) was, as we predicted, similar to the open and active conformation of this lipase.
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- César A Godoy
- Departamento de Química (LIBB), Grupo de Investigación en Ingeniería de los Procesos Agroalimentarios y Biotecnológicos (GIPAB), Universidad del Valle, C.P. 76001 Cali, Colombia.
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- Experimental Therapeutics Programme, Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO), C/Melchor Fernández Almagro 3, E-28029 Madrid, Spain.
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- Experimental Therapeutics Programme, Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO), C/Melchor Fernández Almagro 3, E-28029 Madrid, Spain.
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- Department of Crystallography and Structural Biology, Institute of Physical Chemistry "Rocasolano" (IQFR-CSIC), E_28006 Madrid, Spain.
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- Departamento de Biocatálisis. Instituto de Catálisis. CSIC. Campus UAM. Cantoblanco. C.P. 28049 Madrid, Spain.
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Hoyt Laboratory, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA.
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Soni S, Sathe SS, Sheth RR, Tiwari P, Vadgama RKN, Odaneth AA, Lali AM, Chandrayan SK. N-terminal domain replacement changes an archaeal monoacylglycerol lipase into a triacylglycerol lipase. BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR BIOFUELS 2019; 12:110. [PMID: 31080517 PMCID: PMC6501381 DOI: 10.1186/s13068-019-1452-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2018] [Accepted: 04/25/2019] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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BACKGROUND Lipolytic enzymes of hyperthermophilic archaea generally prefer small carbon chain fatty acid esters (C2-C12) and are categorized as esterases. However, a few have shown activity with long-chain fatty acid esters, but none of them have been classified as a true lipase except a lipolytic enzyme AFL from Archaeglobus fulgidus. Thus, our main objective is to engineer an archaeal esterase into a true thermostable lipase for industrial applications. Lipases which hydrolyze long-chain fatty acid esters display an interfacial activation mediated by the lid domain which lies over active site and switches to open conformation at the oil-water interface. Lid domains modulate enzyme activities, substrate specificities, and stabilities which have been shown by protein engineering and mutational analyses. Here, we report engineering of an uncharacterized monoacylglycerol lipase (TON-LPL) from an archaeon Thermococcus onnurineus (strain NA1) into a triacylglycerol lipase (rc-TGL) by replacing its 61 N-terminus amino acid residues with 118 residues carrying lid domain of a thermophilic fungal lipase-Thermomyces lanuginosus (TLIP). RESULTS TON-LPL and rc-TGL were cloned and overexpressed in E. coli, and the proteins were purified by Ni-NTA affinity chromatography for biochemical studies. Both enzymes were capable of hydrolyzing various monoglycerides and shared the same optimum pH of 7.0. However, rc-TGL showed a significant decrease of 10 °C in its optimum temperature (Topt). The far UV-CD spectrums were consistent with a well-folded α/β-hydrolase fold for both proteins, but gel filtration chromatography revealed a change in quaternary structure from trimer (TON-LPL) to monomer (rc-TGL). Seemingly, the difference in the oligomeric state of rc-TGL may be linked to a decrease in temperature optimum. Nonetheless, rc-TGL hydrolyzed triglycerides and castor oil, while TON-LPL was not active with these substrates. CONCLUSIONS Here, we have confirmed the predicted esterase activity of TON-LPL and also performed the lid engineering on TON-LPL which effectively expanded its substrate specificity from monoglycerides to triglycerides. This approach provides a way to engineer other hyperthermophilic esterases into industrially suitable lipases by employing N-terminal domain replacement. The immobilized preparation of rc-TGL has shown significant activity with castor oil and has a potential application in castor oil biorefinery to obtain value-added chemicals.
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- Surabhi Soni
- DBT Centre for Energy Biosciences, Institute of Chemical Technology, Nathalal Parekh Marg, Matunga East, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400019 India
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- DBT Centre for Energy Biosciences, Institute of Chemical Technology, Nathalal Parekh Marg, Matunga East, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400019 India
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- DBT Centre for Energy Biosciences, Institute of Chemical Technology, Nathalal Parekh Marg, Matunga East, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400019 India
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- IISER Mohali, Knowledge City, Sector 81, Manauli PO, Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar, Punjab 140306 India
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- DBT Centre for Energy Biosciences, Institute of Chemical Technology, Nathalal Parekh Marg, Matunga East, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400019 India
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- DBT Centre for Energy Biosciences, Institute of Chemical Technology, Nathalal Parekh Marg, Matunga East, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400019 India
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- DBT Centre for Energy Biosciences, Institute of Chemical Technology, Nathalal Parekh Marg, Matunga East, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400019 India
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Institute of Chemical Technology, Nathalal Parekh Marg, Matunga East, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400019 India
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- DBT Centre for Energy Biosciences, Institute of Chemical Technology, Nathalal Parekh Marg, Matunga East, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400019 India
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Zhou J, Wang Y, Chen J, Xu M, Yang T, Zheng J, Zhang X, Rao Z. Rational Engineering of Bacillus cereus
Leucine Dehydrogenase Towards α-keto Acid Reduction for Improving Unnatural Amino Acid Production. Biotechnol J 2018; 14:e1800253. [DOI: 10.1002/biot.201800253] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2018] [Revised: 07/06/2018] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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- Junping Zhou
- The Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology; Ministry of Education; School of Biotechnology; Jiangnan University; Wuxi Jiangsu Province 214122 China
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- The Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology; Ministry of Education; School of Biotechnology; Jiangnan University; Wuxi Jiangsu Province 214122 China
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- The Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology; Ministry of Education; School of Biotechnology; Jiangnan University; Wuxi Jiangsu Province 214122 China
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- The Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology; Ministry of Education; School of Biotechnology; Jiangnan University; Wuxi Jiangsu Province 214122 China
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- The Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology; Ministry of Education; School of Biotechnology; Jiangnan University; Wuxi Jiangsu Province 214122 China
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- The Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology; Ministry of Education; School of Biotechnology; Jiangnan University; Wuxi Jiangsu Province 214122 China
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- The Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology; Ministry of Education; School of Biotechnology; Jiangnan University; Wuxi Jiangsu Province 214122 China
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- The Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology; Ministry of Education; School of Biotechnology; Jiangnan University; Wuxi Jiangsu Province 214122 China
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Javed S, Azeem F, Hussain S, Rasul I, Siddique MH, Riaz M, Afzal M, Kouser A, Nadeem H. Bacterial lipases: A review on purification and characterization. PROGRESS IN BIOPHYSICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2018; 132:23-34. [DOI: 10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2017.07.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 154] [Impact Index Per Article: 25.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2017] [Revised: 07/18/2017] [Accepted: 07/27/2017] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Syal P, Verma VV, Gupta R. Targeted mutations and MD simulations of a methanol-stable lipase YLIP9 from Yarrowia lipolytica MSR80 to develop a biodiesel enzyme. Int J Biol Macromol 2017; 104:78-88. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2017.06.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2017] [Revised: 05/31/2017] [Accepted: 06/01/2017] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Jungbauer A, Lee SY. Editorial: Biotechnology Journal brings more than biotechnology. Biotechnol J 2016; 10:1663-5. [PMID: 26912076 DOI: 10.1002/biot.201500581] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Biotechnology Journal always brings the state-of-the-art biotechnologies to our readers. Different from other topical issues, this issue of Biotechnology Journal is complied with a series of exiting reviews and research articles from spontaneous submissions, again, addressing society's actual problems and needs. The progress is a real testimony how biotechnology contributes to achievements in healthcare, better utilization of resources, and a bio-based economy.
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Development of Therapeutic Chimeric Uricase by Exon Replacement/Restoration and Site-Directed Mutagenesis. Int J Mol Sci 2016; 17:ijms17050764. [PMID: 27213357 PMCID: PMC4881585 DOI: 10.3390/ijms17050764] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2016] [Revised: 05/01/2016] [Accepted: 05/06/2016] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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The activity of urate oxidase was lost during hominoid evolution, resulting in high susceptibility to hyperuricemia and gout in humans. In order to develop a more “human-like” uricase for therapeutic use, exon replacement/restoration and site-directed mutagenesis were performed to obtain porcine–human uricase with higher homology to deduced human uricase (dHU) and increased uricolytic activity. In an exon replacement study, substitution of exon 6 in wild porcine uricase (wPU) gene with corresponding exon in dhu totally abolished its activity. Substitutions of exon 5, 3, and 1–2 led to 85%, 60%, and 45% loss of activity, respectively. However, replacement of exon 4 and 7–8 did not significantly change the enzyme activity. When exon 5, 6, and 3 in dhu were replaced by their counterparts in wpu, the resulting chimera H1-2P3H4P5-6H7-8 was active, but only about 28% of wPU. Multiple sequence alignment and homology modeling predicted that mutations of E24D and E83G in H1-2P3H4P5-6H7-8 were favorable for further increase of its activity. After site-directed mutagenesis, H1-2P3H4P5-6H7-8 (E24D & E83G) with increased homology (91.45%) with dHU and higher activity and catalytic efficiency than the FDA-approved porcine–baboon chimera (PBC) was obtained. It showed optimum activity at pH 8.5 and 35 °C and was stable in a pH range of 6.5–11.0 and temperature range of 20–40 °C.
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