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Křen V, Bojarová P. Rutinosidase and other diglycosidases: Rising stars in biotechnology. Biotechnol Adv 2023; 68:108217. [PMID: 37481095 DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2023.108217] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2023] [Revised: 07/09/2023] [Accepted: 07/16/2023] [Indexed: 07/24/2023]
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Diglycosidases are a special class of glycosidases (EC 3.2.1) that catalyze the separation of intact disaccharide moieties from the aglycone part. The main diglycosidase representatives comprise rutinosidases that cleave rutinose (α-l-Rha-(1-6)-β-d-Glc) from rutin or other rutinosides, and (iso)primeverosidases processing (iso)primeverosides (d-Xyl-(1-6)-β-d-Glc), but other activities are known. Notably, some diglycosidases may be ranked as monoglucosidases with enlarged substrate specificity. Diglycosidases are found in various microorganisms and plants. Diglycosidases are used in the food industry for aroma enhancement and flavor modification. Besides their hydrolytic activity, they also possess pronounced synthetic (transglycosylating) capabilities. Recently, they have been demonstrated to glycosylate various substrates in a high yield, including peculiar species like inorganic azide or carboxylic acids, which is a unique feature in biocatalysis. Rhamnose-containing compounds such as rutinose are currently receiving increased attention due to their proven activity in anti-cancer and dermatological experimental studies. This review demonstrates the vast and yet underrated biotechnological potential of diglycosidases from various sources (plant, microbial), and reveals perspectives on the use of these catalysts as well as of their products in biotechnology.
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- Vladimír Křen
- Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Laboratory of Biotransformation, Vídeňská 1083, CZ 14200 Prague 4, Czech Republic.
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- Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Laboratory of Biotransformation, Vídeňská 1083, CZ 14200 Prague 4, Czech Republic.
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Nawade B, Yahyaa M, Davidovich-Rikanati R, Lewinsohn E, Ibdah M. Optimization of Culture Conditions for the Efficient Biosynthesis of Trilobatin from Phloretin by Engineered Escherichia coli Harboring the Apple Phloretin-4'- O-glycosyltransferase. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2020; 68:14212-14220. [PMID: 33089679 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.0c04964] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Trilobatin, a dihydrochalcone glucoside and natural sweetener, has diverse biological and therapeutic properties. In the present study, we developed a microbial system to produce trilobatin from phloretin using Escherichia coli (E. coli) overexpressing the phloretin-4'-O-glycosyltransferase from Malus x domestica Borkh. Various optimization strategies were employed for the efficient production of trilobatin using a one-factor-at-a-time method. The effect of UDP-glucose supplementation, substrate, and inducer concentrations, time of substrate feeding as well as protein induction, and different culture media combinations were evaluated and optimized to enhance the production of trilobatin. As a result, the highest trilobatin production, 246.83 μM (107.64 mg L-1), was obtained with an LB-TB medium combination, 22 h of induction with 0.1 mM IPTG followed by 4 h of feeding with 250 μM phloretin and without extracellular UDP-glucose supplementation. These results demonstrate the efficient production of trilobatin and constitute a promising foundation for large-scale production of the dihydrochalcone glycosides in engineered E. coli.
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- Bhagwat Nawade
- Newe Ya'ar Research Center, ARO, Ramat Yishay 30095, Israel
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- Newe Ya'ar Research Center, ARO, Ramat Yishay 30095, Israel
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- Newe Ya'ar Research Center, ARO, Ramat Yishay 30095, Israel
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Ruprecht C, Bönisch F, Ilmberger N, Heyer TV, Haupt ET, Streit WR, Rabausch U. High level production of flavonoid rhamnosides by metagenome-derived Glycosyltransferase C in Escherichia coli utilizing dextrins of starch as a single carbon source. Metab Eng 2019; 55:212-219. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ymben.2019.07.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2019] [Revised: 06/14/2019] [Accepted: 07/07/2019] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Mo T, Liu X, Liu Y, Wang X, Zhang L, Wang J, Zhang Z, Shi S, Tu P. Expanded investigations of the aglycon promiscuity and catalysis characteristic of flavonol 3-O-rhamnosyltransferase AtUGT78D1 from Arabidopsis thaliana. RSC Adv 2016. [DOI: 10.1039/c6ra16251g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Rhamnosides usually possess better bioavailabilities and improved solubilities compared with their aglycons and are a major source of bioactive natural products.
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- Ting Mo
- Modern Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine
- Beijing University of Chinese Medicine
- Beijing 100029
- P. R. China
- School of Chinese Materia Medica
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- Modern Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine
- Beijing University of Chinese Medicine
- Beijing 100029
- P. R. China
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- Modern Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine
- Beijing University of Chinese Medicine
- Beijing 100029
- P. R. China
- School of Chinese Materia Medica
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- Modern Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine
- Beijing University of Chinese Medicine
- Beijing 100029
- P. R. China
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- Modern Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine
- Beijing University of Chinese Medicine
- Beijing 100029
- P. R. China
- School of Chinese Materia Medica
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- Modern Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine
- Beijing University of Chinese Medicine
- Beijing 100029
- P. R. China
- School of Chinese Materia Medica
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- Modern Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine
- Beijing University of Chinese Medicine
- Beijing 100029
- P. R. China
- School of Chinese Materia Medica
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- Modern Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine
- Beijing University of Chinese Medicine
- Beijing 100029
- P. R. China
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- Modern Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine
- Beijing University of Chinese Medicine
- Beijing 100029
- P. R. China
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Expanded acceptor substrates flexibility study of flavonol 7- O -rhamnosyltransferase, AtUGT89C1 from Arabidopsis thaliana. Carbohydr Res 2015; 418:13-19. [DOI: 10.1016/j.carres.2015.09.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2015] [Revised: 09/17/2015] [Accepted: 09/19/2015] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Metabolic engineering of Escherichia coli for the biosynthesis of flavonoid-O-glucuronides and flavonoid-O-galactoside. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2014; 99:2233-42. [PMID: 25515812 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-014-6282-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2014] [Revised: 11/18/2014] [Accepted: 11/29/2014] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Most flavonoids are glycosylated and the nature of the attached sugar can strongly affect their physiological properties. Although many flavonoid glycosides have been synthesized in Escherichia coli, most of them are glucosylated. In order to synthesize flavonoids attached to alternate sugars such as glucuronic acid and galactoside, E. coli was genetically modified to express a uridine diphosphate (UDP)-dependent glycosyltransferase (UGT) specific for UDP-glucuronic acid (AmUGT10 from Antirrhinum majus or VvUGT from Vitis vinifera) and UDP-galactoside (PhUGT from Petunia hybrid) along with the appropriate nucleotide biosynthetic genes to enable simultaneous production of their substrates, UDP-glucuronic acid and UDP-galactose. To engineer UDP-glucuronic acid biosynthesis, the araA gene encoding UDP-4-deoxy-4-formamido-L-arabinose formyltransferase/UDP-glucuronic acid C-4″ decarboxylase, which also used UDP-glucuronic acid as a substrate, was deleted in E. coli, and UDP-glucose dehydrogenase (ugd) gene was overexpressed to increase biosynthesis of UDP-glucuronic acid. Using these strategies, luteolin-7-O-glucuronide and quercetin-3-O-glucuronide were biosynthesized to levels of 300 and 687 mg/L, respectively. For the synthesis of quercetin 3-O-galactoside, UGE (encoding UDP-glucose epimerase from Oryza sativa) was overexpressed along with a glycosyltransferase specific for quercetin and UDP-galactose. Using this approach, quercetin 3-O-galactoside was successfully synthesized to a level of 280 mg/L.
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Šimčíková D, Kotik M, Weignerová L, Halada P, Pelantová H, Adamcová K, Křen V. α-L
-Rhamnosyl-β-D
-glucosidase (Rutinosidase) from Aspergillus niger
: Characterization and Synthetic Potential of a Novel Diglycosidase. Adv Synth Catal 2014. [DOI: 10.1002/adsc.201400566] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Yang SM, Han SH, Kim BG, Ahn JH. Production of kaempferol 3-O-rhamnoside from glucose using engineered Escherichia coli. J Ind Microbiol Biotechnol 2014; 41:1311-8. [PMID: 24879482 DOI: 10.1007/s10295-014-1465-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2014] [Accepted: 05/14/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Flavonoids are ubiquitous phenolic compounds and at least 9,000 have been isolated from plants. Most flavonoids have been isolated and assessed in terms of their biological activities. Microorganisms such as Escherichia coli and Saccharomyces cerevisiae are efficient systems for the synthesis of flavonoids. Kaempferol 3-O-rhamnoside has notable biological activities such as the inhibition of the proliferation of breast cancer cells, the absorption of glucose in the intestines, and the inhibition of the self-assembly of beta amyloids. We attempted to synthesize kaempferol 3-O-rhamnoside from glucose in E. coli. Five flavonoid biosynthetic genes [tyrosine ammonia lyase (TAL), 4-coumaroyl CoA ligase (4CL), chalcone synthase (CHS), flavonol synthase (FLS), and flavonol 3-O-rhamnosyltransferase (UGT78D1)] from tyrosine were introduced into E. coli that was engineered to increase tyrosine production. By using this approach, the production of kaempferol 3-O-rhamnoside increased to 57 mg/L.
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- So-Mi Yang
- Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Bio/Molecular Informatics Center, Konkuk University, 120 Neungdong-ro, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul, 143-701, Korea
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Synthesis of flavonoid O-pentosides by Escherichia coli through engineering of nucleotide sugar pathways and glycosyltransferase. Appl Environ Microbiol 2014; 80:2754-62. [PMID: 24561591 DOI: 10.1128/aem.03797-13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Plants produce two flavonoid O-pentoses, flavonoid O-xyloside and flavonoid O-arabinoside. However, analyzing their biological properties is difficult because flavonoids are not naturally produced in sufficient quantities. In this study, Escherichia coli was used to synthesize the plant-specific flavonoid O-pentosides quercetin 3-O-xyloside and quercetin 3-O-arabinoside. Two strategies were used. First, E. coli was engineered to express components of the biosynthetic pathways for UDP-xylose and UDP-arabinose. For UDP-xylose biosynthesis, two genes, UXS (UDP-xylose synthase) from Arabidopsis thaliana and ugd (UDP-glucose dehydrogenase) from E. coli, were overexpressed. In addition, the gene encoding ArnA (UDP-l-Ara4N formyltransferase/UDP-GlcA C-4″-decarboxylase), which competes with UXS for UDP-glucuronic acid, was deleted. For UDP-arabinose biosynthesis, UXE (UDP-xylose epimerase) was overexpressed. Next, we engineered UDP-dependent glycosyltransferases (UGTs) to ensure specificity for UDP-xylose and UDP-arabinose. The E. coli strains thus obtained synthesized approximately 160 mg/liter of quercetin 3-O-xyloside and quercetin 3-O-arabinoside.
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Roepke J, Bozzo GG. Biocatalytic Synthesis of Quercetin 3-O-Glucoside-7-O-Rhamnoside by Metabolic Engineering ofEscherichia coli. Chembiochem 2013; 14:2418-22. [DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201300474] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2013] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Improvement of Regio-Specific Production of Myricetin-3-O-α-l-Rhamnoside in Engineered Escherichia coli. Appl Biochem Biotechnol 2013; 171:1956-67. [DOI: 10.1007/s12010-013-0459-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2013] [Accepted: 08/22/2013] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Probing 3-hydroxyflavone for in vitro glycorandomization of flavonols by YjiC. Appl Environ Microbiol 2013; 79:6833-8. [PMID: 23974133 DOI: 10.1128/aem.02057-13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The glycosylation of five different flavonols, fisetin, quercetin, myricetin, kaempferol, and 3-hydroxyflavone, was achieved by applying YjiC. 3-Hydroxyflavone was selected as a probe for in vitro glycorandomization of all flavonols using diverse nucleotide diphosphate-d/l-sugars. This study unlocked the possibilities of the glycodiversification of flavonols and the generation of novel compounds as future therapeutics.
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Functional screening of metagenome and genome libraries for detection of novel flavonoid-modifying enzymes. Appl Environ Microbiol 2013; 79:4551-63. [PMID: 23686272 DOI: 10.1128/aem.01077-13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The functional detection of novel enzymes other than hydrolases from metagenomes is limited since only a very few reliable screening procedures are available that allow the rapid screening of large clone libraries. For the discovery of flavonoid-modifying enzymes in genome and metagenome clone libraries, we have developed a new screening system based on high-performance thin-layer chromatography (HPTLC). This metagenome extract thin-layer chromatography analysis (META) allows the rapid detection of glycosyltransferase (GT) and also other flavonoid-modifying activities. The developed screening method is highly sensitive, and an amount of 4 ng of modified flavonoid molecules can be detected. This novel technology was validated against a control library of 1,920 fosmid clones generated from a single Bacillus cereus isolate and then used to analyze more than 38,000 clones derived from two different metagenomic preparations. Thereby we identified two novel UDP glycosyltransferase (UGT) genes. The metagenome-derived gtfC gene encoded a 52-kDa protein, and the deduced amino acid sequence was weakly similar to sequences of putative UGTs from Fibrisoma and Dyadobacter. GtfC mediated the transfer of different hexose moieties and exhibited high activities on flavones, flavonols, flavanones, and stilbenes and also accepted isoflavones and chalcones. From the control library we identified a novel macroside glycosyltransferase (MGT) with a calculated molecular mass of 46 kDa. The deduced amino acid sequence was highly similar to sequences of MGTs from Bacillus thuringiensis. Recombinant MgtB transferred the sugar residue from UDP-glucose effectively to flavones, flavonols, isoflavones, and flavanones. Moreover, MgtB exhibited high activity on larger flavonoid molecules such as tiliroside.
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Kim BG, Kim HJ, Ahn JH. Production of bioactive flavonol rhamnosides by expression of plant genes in Escherichia coli. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2012; 60:11143-11148. [PMID: 23072384 DOI: 10.1021/jf302123c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Biotransformation of flavonoids using Escherichia coli harboring specific glycosyltransferases is an excellent method for the regioselective synthesis of flavonoid glycosides. Flavonol rhamnosides have been shown to contain better antiviral and antibacterial activities compared to flavonol aglycones. To synthesize flavonoid rhamnoside, a strain of E. coli expressing UDP-rhamnose flavonol glycosyltransferase (AtUGT78D1) from Arabidopsis thaliana was used to produce quercetin 3-O-rhamnoside. The biotransformation of quercetin using this E. coli transformant resulted in the production of quercetin 3-O-rhamnoside as a major product. A strain of E. coli rfbD (encoding dTDP-4-dehydrorhamnose reductase) expressing AtUGT78D1, which is involved in the final step of thymidine diphosphate rhamnose (TDP-rhamnose) biosynthesis, did not produce quercetin 3-O-rhamnoside, meaning that AtUGT78D1 used endogenous TDP-rhamnose as a sugar donor to produce quercetin 3-O-rhamnoside. The production of quercetin 3-O-rhamnoside could be increased by up to 160% by co-expressing AtUGT78D1 and rhamnose synthase gene 2 (RHM2), which catalyzes the conversion of UDP-glucose into UDP-rhamnose. Using an E. coli strain harboring AtUGT78D1 and RHM2, 150 mg/L quercetin 3-O-rhamnoside and 200 mg/L kaempferol 3-O-rhamnoside were produced in 48 h.
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- Bong-Gyu Kim
- Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Bio/Molecular Informatics Center, Konkuk University, Seoul 143-701, Republic of Korea
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Production of a novel quercetin glycoside through metabolic engineering of Escherichia coli. Appl Environ Microbiol 2012; 78:4256-62. [PMID: 22492444 DOI: 10.1128/aem.00275-12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Most flavonoids exist as sugar conjugates. Naturally occurring flavonoid sugar conjugates include glucose, galactose, glucuronide, rhamnose, xylose, and arabinose. These flavonoid glycosides have diverse physiological activities, depending on the type of sugar attached. To synthesize an unnatural flavonoid glycoside, Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans gene tll (encoding dTDP-6-deoxy-L-lyxo-4-hexulose reductase, which converts the endogenous nucleotide sugar dTDP-4-dehydro-6-deoxy-L-mannose to dTDP-6-deoxytalose) was introduced into Escherichia coli. In addition, nucleotide-sugar dependent glycosyltransferases (UGTs) were screened to find a UGT that could use dTDP-6-deoxytalose. Supplementation of this engineered strain of E. coli with quercetin resulted in the production of quercetin-3-O-(6-deoxytalose). To increase the production of quercetin 3-O-(6-deoxytalose) by increasing the supplement of dTDP-6-deoxytalose in E. coli, we engineered nucleotide biosynthetic genes of E. coli, such as galU (UTP-glucose 1-phosphate uridyltransferase), rffA (dTDP-4-oxo-6-deoxy-d-glucose transaminase), and/or rfbD (dTDP-4-dehydrorahmnose reductase). The engineered E. coli strain produced approximately 98 mg of quercetin 3-O-(6-deoxytalose)/liter, which is 7-fold more than that produced by the wild-type strain, and the by-products, quercetin 3-O-glucose and quercetin 3-O-rhamnose, were also significantly reduced.
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Williams GJ, Yang J, Zhang C, Thorson JS. Recombinant E. coli prototype strains for in vivo glycorandomization. ACS Chem Biol 2011; 6:95-100. [PMID: 20886903 DOI: 10.1021/cb100267k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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In vitro glycorandomization is a powerful strategy to alter the glycosylation patterns of natural products and small molecule therapeutics. Yet, such in vitro methods are often difficult to scale and can be costly given the requirement to provide various nucleotides and cofactors. Here, we report the construction of several recombinant E. coli prototype strains that allow the facile production of a range of small molecule glycosides. This strategy relies on the engineered promiscuity of three key enzymes, an anomeric kinase, a sugar-1-phosphate nucleotidyltransferase, and a glycosyltransferase, as well as the ability of diverse small molecules to freely enter E. coli. Subsequently, this work is the first demonstration of "in vivo glycorandomization" and offers vast combinatorial potential by simple fermentation.
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- Gavin J. Williams
- Laboratory for Biosynthetic Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Sciences Division, School of Pharmacy, Wisconsin Center for Natural Products Research and UW National Cooperative Drug Discovery Group, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 777 Highland Avenue, Madison, Wisconsin 53705, United States
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- Laboratory for Biosynthetic Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Sciences Division, School of Pharmacy, Wisconsin Center for Natural Products Research and UW National Cooperative Drug Discovery Group, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 777 Highland Avenue, Madison, Wisconsin 53705, United States
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- Laboratory for Biosynthetic Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Sciences Division, School of Pharmacy, Wisconsin Center for Natural Products Research and UW National Cooperative Drug Discovery Group, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 777 Highland Avenue, Madison, Wisconsin 53705, United States
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- Laboratory for Biosynthetic Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Sciences Division, School of Pharmacy, Wisconsin Center for Natural Products Research and UW National Cooperative Drug Discovery Group, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 777 Highland Avenue, Madison, Wisconsin 53705, United States
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Simkhada D, Lee HC, Sohng JK. Genetic engineering approach for the production of rhamnosyl and allosyl flavonoids from Escherichia coli. Biotechnol Bioeng 2010; 107:154-62. [PMID: 20506539 DOI: 10.1002/bit.22782] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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The main functions of glycosylation are stabilization, detoxification and solubilization of substrates and products. To produce glycosylated products, Escherichia coli was engineered by overexpression of TDP-L-rhamnose and TDP-6-deoxy-D-allose biosynthetic gene clusters, and flavonoids were glycosylated by the overexpression of the glycosyltransferase gene from Arabidopsis thaliana. For the glycosylation, these flavonoids (quercetin and kaempferol) were exogenously fed to the host in a biotransformation system. The products were isolated, analyzed and confirmed by HPLC, LC/MS, and ESI-MS/MS analyses. Several conditions (arabinose, IPTG concentration, OD(600), substrate concentration, incubation time) were optimized to increase the production level. We successfully isolated approximately 24 mg/L 3-O-rhamnosyl quercetin and 12.9 mg/L 3-O-rhamnosyl kaempferol upon feeding of 0.2 mM of the respective flavonoids and were also able to isolate 3-O-allosyl quercetin. Thus, this study reveals a method that might be useful for the biosynthesis of rhamnosyl and allosyl flavonoids and for the glycosylation of related compounds.
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- Dinesh Simkhada
- Institute of Biomolecule Reconstruction, Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering, Sun Moon University, Tangjeong-myeon, Asansi, Chungnam, Korea
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Shibuya M, Nishimura K, Yasuyama N, Ebizuka Y. Identification and characterization of glycosyltransferases involved in the biosynthesis of soyasaponin I in Glycine max. FEBS Lett 2010; 584:2258-64. [PMID: 20350545 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2010.03.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2010] [Revised: 03/07/2010] [Accepted: 03/23/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Triterpene saponins are a diverse group of compounds with a structure consisting of a triterpene aglycone and sugars. Identification of the sugar-transferase involved in triterpene saponin biosynthesis is difficult due to the structural complexity of triterpene saponin. Two glycosyltransferases from Glycine max, designated as GmSGT2 and GmSGT3, were identified and characterized. In vitro analysis revealed that GmSGT2 transfers a galactosyl group from UDP-galactose to soyasapogenol B monoglucuronide, and that GmSGT3 transfers a rhamnosyl group from UDP-rhamnose to soyasaponin III. These results suggest that soyasaponin I is biosynthesized from soyasapogenol B by successive sugar transfer reactions.
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- Masaaki Shibuya
- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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Werner SR, Morgan JA. Controlling selectivity and enhancing yield of flavonoid glycosides in recombinant yeast. Bioprocess Biosyst Eng 2010; 33:863-71. [DOI: 10.1007/s00449-010-0409-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2009] [Accepted: 01/18/2010] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Werner SR, Morgan JA. Expression of a Dianthus flavonoid glucosyltransferase in Saccharomyces cerevisiae for whole-cell biocatalysis. J Biotechnol 2009; 142:233-41. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2009.05.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2008] [Revised: 03/30/2009] [Accepted: 05/11/2009] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Cartwright AM, Lim EK, Kleanthous C, Bowles DJ. A kinetic analysis of regiospecific glucosylation by two glycosyltransferases of Arabidopsis thaliana: domain swapping to introduce new activities. J Biol Chem 2008; 283:15724-31. [PMID: 18378673 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m801983200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
Abstract
Plant Family 1 glycosyltransferases (GTs) recognize a wide range of natural and non-natural scaffolds and have considerable potential as biocatalysts for the synthesis of small molecule glycosides. Regiospecificity of glycosylation is an important property, given that many acceptors have multiple potential glycosylation sites. This study has used a domain-swapping approach to explore the determinants of regiospecific glycosylation of two GTs of Arabidopsis thaliana, UGT74F1 and UGT74F2. The flavonoid quercetin was used as a model acceptor, providing five potential sites for O-glycosylation by the two GTs. As is commonly found for many plant GTs, both of these enzymes produce distinct multiple glycosides of quercetin. A high performance liquid chromatography method has been established to perform detailed steady-state kinetic analyses of these concurrent reactions. These data show the influence of each parameter in determining a GT product formation profile toward quercetin. Interestingly, construction and kinetic analyses of a series of UGT74F1/F2 chimeras have revealed that mutating a single amino acid distal to the active site, Asn-142, can lead to the development of a new GT with a more constrained regiospecificity. This ability to form the 4 '-O-glucoside of quercetin is transferable to other flavonoid scaffolds and provides a basis for preparative scale production of flavonoid 4 '-O-glucosides through the use of whole-cell biocatalysis.
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Affiliation(s)
- Adam M Cartwright
- Centre for Novel Agricultural Products, University of York, York, UK
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