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Sarmiento-Pavía PD, Sosa-Torres ME. Bioinorganic insights of the PQQ-dependent alcohol dehydrogenases. J Biol Inorg Chem 2021; 26:177-203. [PMID: 33606117 DOI: 10.1007/s00775-021-01852-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2020] [Accepted: 01/07/2021] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Among the several alcohol dehydrogenases, PQQ-dependent enzymes are mainly found in the α, β, and γ-proteobacteria. These proteins are classified into three main groups. Type I ADHs are localized in the periplasm and contain one Ca2+-PQQ moiety, being the methanol dehydrogenase (MDH) the most representative. In recent years, several lanthanide-dependent MDHs have been discovered exploding the understanding of the natural role of lanthanide ions. Type II ADHs are localized in the periplasm and possess one Ca2+-PQQ moiety and one heme c group. Finally, type III ADHs are complexes of two or three subunits localized in the cytoplasmic membrane and possess one Ca2+-PQQ moiety and four heme c groups, and in one of these proteins, an additional [2Fe-2S] cluster has been discovered recently. From the bioinorganic point of view, PQQ-dependent alcohol dehydrogenases have been revived recently mainly due to the discovery of the lanthanide-dependent enzymes. Here, we review the three types of PQQ-dependent ADHs with special focus on their structural features and electron transfer processes. The PQQ-Alcohol dehydrogenases are classified into three main groups. Type I and type II ADHs are located in the periplasm, while type III ADHs are in the cytoplasmic membrane. ADH-I have a Ca-PQQ or a Ln-PQQ, ADH-II a Ca-PQQ and one heme-c and ADH-III a Ca-PQQ and four hemes-c. This review focuses on their structural features and electron transfer processes.
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- Pedro D Sarmiento-Pavía
- Facultad de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cd. Universitaria, Coyoacán, 04510, Ciudad de México, Mexico
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- Facultad de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cd. Universitaria, Coyoacán, 04510, Ciudad de México, Mexico.
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Yakushi T, Komatsu K, Matsutani M, Kataoka N, Vangnai AS, Toyama H, Adachi O, Matsushita K. Improved heterologous expression of the membrane-bound quinoprotein quinate dehydrogenase from Gluconobacter oxydans. Protein Expr Purif 2019; 145:100-107. [PMID: 29366965 DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2018.01.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2017] [Revised: 01/11/2018] [Accepted: 01/17/2018] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Gluconobacter oxydans produces 3-dehydroquinate by oxidation of quinate through a reaction catalyzed by the quinate dehydrogenase (QDH), membrane-bound, pyrroloquinoline quinone (PQQ)-dependent dehydrogenase. We previously reported the nucleotide and deduced amino acid sequence of QDH and constructed a heterologous expression system of QDH in Pseudomonas sp. (A.S. Vangnai, W. Promden, W. De-Eknamkul, K. Matsushita, H. Toyama, Biochemistry (Moscow) 75:452-459, 2010). Through this study, we aim to update the sequences of QDH and improve the heterologous expression of QDH in Gluconobacter strains using a broad-host-range plasmid. Expression of QDH using a plasmid containing a long 5'-UTR was higher than that using a plasmid with a short 5'-UTR. In addition, the usage of the putative promoter region of the membrane-bound, alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH) of Gluconobacter resulted in higher expression levels compared to the usage of the lacZ promoter. Base substitution experiments allowed to identify the correct TTG initiation codon between two possibilities, and the result of these experiments were consistent with the N-terminal amino acid sequence of the expressed QDH. However, change of the TTG codon to ATG did not increase QDH expression. Therefore, the optimal plasmid for QDH expression included the structural gene with a long 5'-UTR and the ADH promoter. Cell membrane of the recombinant Gluconobacter strain presented approximately 10-times higher specific QDH activity than that observed in the wild-type strain.
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- Toshiharu Yakushi
- Graduate School of Science and Technology for Innovation, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi 753-8515, Japan; Department of Biological Chemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi 753-8515, Japan; Research Center of Thermotolerant Microbial Resources, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi 753-8515, Japan.
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- Department of Biological Chemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi 753-8515, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science and Technology for Innovation, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi 753-8515, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science and Technology for Innovation, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi 753-8515, Japan; Department of Biological Chemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi 753-8515, Japan; Research Center of Thermotolerant Microbial Resources, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi 753-8515, Japan
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- Biocatalyst and Environmental Biotechnology Research Unit, Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330 Thailand
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- Department of Biological Chemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi 753-8515, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science and Technology for Innovation, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi 753-8515, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science and Technology for Innovation, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi 753-8515, Japan; Department of Biological Chemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi 753-8515, Japan; Research Center of Thermotolerant Microbial Resources, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi 753-8515, Japan
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Peek J, Roman J, Moran GR, Christendat D. Structurally diverse dehydroshikimate dehydratase variants participate in microbial quinate catabolism. Mol Microbiol 2016; 103:39-54. [DOI: 10.1111/mmi.13542] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/21/2016] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- James Peek
- Department of Cell and Systems BiologyUniversity of Toronto25 Willcocks StreetToronto, Ontario CanadaM5S 3B2
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- Department of Chemistry and BiochemistryUniversity of Wisconsin‐Milwaukee3210 North Cramer StreetMilwaukee WI53211‐3209 USA
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- Department of Chemistry and BiochemistryUniversity of Wisconsin‐Milwaukee3210 North Cramer StreetMilwaukee WI53211‐3209 USA
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- Department of Cell and Systems BiologyUniversity of Toronto25 Willcocks StreetToronto, Ontario CanadaM5S 3B2
- Centre for the Analysis of Genome Evolution and FunctionUniversity of TorontoToronto, Ontario CanadaM5S 3B2
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Wei Q, Ran T, Ma C, He J, Xu D, Wang W. Crystal Structure and Function of PqqF Protein in the Pyrroloquinoline Quinone Biosynthetic Pathway. J Biol Chem 2016; 291:15575-87. [PMID: 27231346 PMCID: PMC4957043 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m115.711226] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2015] [Revised: 05/23/2016] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Pyrroloquinoline quinone (PQQ) has received considerable attention due to its numerous important physiological functions. PqqA is a precursor peptide of PQQ with two conserved residues: glutamate and tyrosine. After linkage of the Cγ of glutamate and Cϵ of tyrosine by PqqE, these two residues are hypothesized to be cleaved from PqqA by PqqF. The linked glutamate and tyrosine residues are then used to synthesize PQQ. Here, we demonstrated that the pqqF gene is essential for PQQ biosynthesis as deletion of it eliminated the inhibition of prodigiosin production by glucose. We further determined the crystal structure of PqqF, which has a closed clamshell-like shape. The PqqF consists of two halves composed of an N- and a C-terminal lobe. The PqqF-N and PqqF-C lobes form a chamber with the volume of the cavity of ∼9400 Å(3) The PqqF structure conforms to the general structure of inverzincins. Compared with the most thoroughly characterized inverzincin insulin-degrading enzyme, the size of PqqF chamber is markedly smaller, which may define the specificity for its substrate PqqA. Furthermore, the 14-amino acid-residue-long tag formed by the N-terminal tag from expression vector precisely protrudes into the counterpart active site; this N-terminal tag occupies the active site and stabilizes the closed, inactive conformation. His-48, His-52, Glu-129 and His-14 from the N-terminal tag coordinate with the zinc ion. Glu-51 acts as a base catalyst. The observed histidine residue-mediated inhibition may be applicable for the design of a peptide for the inhibition of M16 metalloproteases.
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- Qiaoe Wei
- From the Department of microbiology, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, 210095 Nanjing, China and
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- From the Department of microbiology, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, 210095 Nanjing, China and
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- From the Department of microbiology, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, 210095 Nanjing, China and
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- Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 201204 Shanghai, China
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- From the Department of microbiology, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, 210095 Nanjing, China and
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- From the Department of microbiology, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, 210095 Nanjing, China and
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Profiling Taste and Aroma Compound Metabolism during Apricot Fruit Development and Ripening. Int J Mol Sci 2016; 17:ijms17070998. [PMID: 27347931 PMCID: PMC4964374 DOI: 10.3390/ijms17070998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2016] [Revised: 06/06/2016] [Accepted: 06/17/2016] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Sugars, organic acids and volatiles of apricot were determined by HPLC and GC-MS during fruit development and ripening, and the key taste and aroma components were identified by integrating flavor compound contents with consumers' evaluation. Sucrose and glucose were the major sugars in apricot fruit. The contents of all sugars increased rapidly, and the accumulation pattern of sugars converted from glucose-predominated to sucrose-predominated during fruit development and ripening. Sucrose synthase (SS), sorbitol oxidase (SO) and sorbitol dehydrogenase (SDH) are under tight developmental control and they might play important roles in sugar accumulation. Almost all organic acids identified increased during early development and then decrease rapidly. During early development, fruit mainly accumulated quinate and malate, with the increase of citrate after maturation, and quinate, malate and citrate were the predominant organic acids at the ripening stage. The odor activity values (OAV) of aroma volatiles showed that 18 aroma compounds were the characteristic components of apricot fruit. Aldehydes and terpenes decreased significantly during the whole development period, whereas lactones and apocarotenoids significantly increased with fruit ripening. The partial least squares regression (PLSR) results revealed that β-ionone, γ-decalactone, sucrose and citrate are the key characteristic flavor factors contributing to consumer acceptance. Carotenoid cleavage dioxygenases (CCD) may be involved in β-ionone formation in apricot fruit.
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Peek J, Christendat D. The shikimate dehydrogenase family: functional diversity within a conserved structural and mechanistic framework. Arch Biochem Biophys 2014; 566:85-99. [PMID: 25524738 DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2014.12.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2014] [Revised: 11/19/2014] [Accepted: 12/07/2014] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Shikimate dehydrogenase (SDH) catalyzes the NADPH-dependent reduction of 3-deydroshikimate to shikimate, an essential reaction in the biosynthesis of the aromatic amino acids and a large number of other secondary metabolites in plants and microbes. The indispensible nature of this enzyme makes it a potential target for herbicides and antimicrobials. SDH is the archetypal member of a large protein family, which contains at least four additional functional classes with diverse metabolic roles. The different members of the SDH family share a highly similar three-dimensional structure and utilize a conserved catalytic mechanism, but exhibit distinct substrate preferences, making the family a particularly interesting system for studying modes of substrate recognition used by enzymes. Here, we review our current understanding of the biochemical and structural properties of each of the five previously identified SDH family functional classes.
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- James Peek
- Department of Cell and Systems Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3B2, Canada
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- Department of Cell and Systems Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3B2, Canada; Centre for the Analysis of Genome Evolution and Function, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3B2, Canada.
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Adachi O, Tanasupawat S, Yoshihara N, Toyama H, Matsushita K. 3-Dehydroquinate Production by Oxidative Fermentation and Further Conversion of 3-Dehydroquinate to the Intermediates in the Shikimate Pathway. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 2014; 67:2124-31. [PMID: 14586099 DOI: 10.1271/bbb.67.2124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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3-Dehydroquinate production from quinate by oxidative fermentation with Gluconobacter strains of acetic acid bacteria was analyzed for the first time. In the bacterial membrane, quinate dehydrogenase, a typical quinoprotein containing pyrroloquinoline quinone (PQQ) as the coenzyme, functions as the primary enzyme in quinate oxidation. Quinate was oxidized to 3-dehydroquinate with the final yield of almost 100% in earlier growth phase. Resting cells, dried cells, and immobilized cells or an immobilized membrane fraction of Gluconobacter strains were found to be useful biocatalysts for quinate oxidation. 3-Dehydroquinate was further converted to 3-dehydroshikimate with a reasonable yield by growing cells and also immobilized cells. Strong enzyme activities of 3-dehydroquinate dehydratase and NADP-dependent shikimate dehydrogenase were detected in the soluble fraction of the same organism and partially fractionated from each other. Since the shikimate pathway is remote from glucose in the metabolic pathway, the entrance into the shikimate pathway from quinate to 3-dehydroquinate looks advantageous to produce metabolic intermediates in the shikimate pathway.
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- Osao Adachi
- Department of Biological Chemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi, Japan.
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Overexpression of a type II 3-dehydroquinate dehydratase enhances the biotransformation of quinate to 3-dehydroshikimate in Gluconobacter oxydans. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2013; 98:2955-63. [DOI: 10.1007/s00253-013-5439-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2013] [Revised: 11/21/2013] [Accepted: 11/25/2013] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Welsh FW, Murray WD, Williams RE, Katz I. Microbiological and Enzymatic Production of Flavor and Fragrance Chemicals. Crit Rev Biotechnol 2008. [DOI: 10.3109/07388558909040617] [Citation(s) in RCA: 188] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Dal S, Trautwein G, Gerischer U. Transcriptional organization of genes for protocatechuate and quinate degradation from Acinetobacter sp. strain ADP1. Appl Environ Microbiol 2005; 71:1025-34. [PMID: 15691962 PMCID: PMC546756 DOI: 10.1128/aem.71.2.1025-1034.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Quinate and protocatechuate are both abundant plant products and can serve, along with a large number of other aromatic or hydroaromatic compounds, as growth substrates for Acinetobacter sp. strain ADP1. The respective genes are part of the chromosomal dca-pca-qui-pob-hca cluster encoding these pathways. The adjacent pca and qui gene clusters, which encode enzymes for protocatechuate breakdown via the beta-ketoadipate pathway and for the conversion of quinate or shikimate to protocatechuate, respectively, have the same direction of transcription and are both expressed inducibly in response to protocatechuate. The pca genes are governed by the transcriptional activator-repressor PcaU. The mechanism governing qui gene expression was previously unknown. Here we report data suggesting the existence of a large 14-kb primary transcript covering the pca and qui genes. The area between the pca and qui genes contains no promoter activity, whereas a weak, constitutive promoter was identified upstream of quiA (quiAp). The 5' end of the quiA transcript was mapped. Northern blot analysis allowed the identification of a 12-kb transcript spanning pcaI to quiX. An analysis of the pca and qui gene transcripts in a strain missing the structural gene promoter pcaIp led to the identification of two pcaIp-independent transcripts (4 and 2.4 kb). The 2.4-kb transcript makes up about 25% of the total transcript abundance of quiA, and thus the majority of transcription of the last gene of the area is also driven by pcaIp. This report strongly supports the organization of the pca and qui genes as a pca-qui operon and, furthermore, suggests that PcaU is the regulator governing its expression.
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- Süreyya Dal
- Microbiology and Biotechnology, University of Ulm, 89069 Ulm, Germany.
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Vangnai AS, Toyama H, De-Eknamkul W, Yoshihara N, Adachi O, Matsushita K. Quinate oxidation inGluconobacter oxydansIFO3244: purification and characterization of quinoprotein quinate dehydrogenase. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2004; 241:157-62. [PMID: 15598527 DOI: 10.1016/j.femsle.2004.10.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2004] [Revised: 10/02/2004] [Accepted: 10/07/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022] Open
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Quinoprotein quinate dehydrogenase (QDH) is a membrane-bound enzyme containing pyrroloquinoline quinone (PQQ) as the prosthetic group. QDH in Gluconobacter oxydans IFO3244 was found to be inducible by quinate and it is not constitutively expressed in the absence of quinate. The purification of holo-form of QDH to nearly homogeneity was achieved. The purified QDH appears to have two subunits of approximately 65 and 21 kDa, which could be the result of proteolysis of single polypeptide. Kinetic analysis indicated that the purified enzyme is much more specific to quinate than QDH from Acinetobacter calcoaceticus. The efficiency of the artificial electron acceptor was also determined.
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- Alisa S Vangnai
- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
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Adachi O, Moonmangmee D, Shinagawa E, Toyama H, Yamada M, Matsushita K. New quinoproteins in oxidative fermentation. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 2003; 1647:10-7. [PMID: 12686101 DOI: 10.1016/s1570-9639(03)00040-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Several quinoproteins have been newly indicated in acetic acid bacteria, all of which can be applied to fermentative or enzymatic production of useful materials by means of oxidative fermentation. (1) D-Arabitol dehydrogenase from Gluconobacter suboxydans IFO 3257 was purified from the bacterial membrane and found to be a versatile enzyme for oxidation of various substrates to the corresponding oxidation products. It is worthy of notice that the enzyme catalyzes D-gluconate oxidation to 5-keto-D-gluconate, whereas 2-keto-D-gluconate is produced by a flavoprotein D-gluconate dehydrogenase. (2) Membrane-bound cyclic alcohol dehydrogenase was solubilized and purified for the first time from Gluconobacter frateurii CHM 9. When compared with the cytosolic NAD-dependent cyclic alcohol dehydrogenase crystallized from the same strain, the reaction rate in cyclic alcohol oxidation by the membrane enzyme was 100 times stronger than the cytosolic NAD-dependent enzyme. The NAD-dependent enzyme makes no contribution to cyclic alcohol oxidation but contributes to the reduction of cyclic ketones to cyclic alcohols. (3) Meso-erythritol dehydrogenase has been purified from the membrane fraction of G. frateurii CHM 43. The typical properties of quinoproteins were indicated in many respects with the enzyme. It was found that the enzyme, growing cells and also the resting cells of the organism are very effective in producing L-erythrulose. Dihydroxyacetone can be replaced by L-erythrulose for cosmetics for those who are sensitive to dihydroxyacetone. (4) Two different membrane-bound D-sorbitol dehydrogenases were indicated in acetic acid bacteria. One enzyme contributing to L-sorbose production has been identified to be a quinoprotein, while another FAD-containing D-sorbitol dehydrogenase catalyzes D-sorbitol oxidation to D-fructose. D-Fructose production by the oxidative fermentation would be possible by the latter enzyme and it is superior to the well-established D-glucose isomerase, because the oxidative fermentation catalyzes irreversible one-way oxidation of D-sorbitol to D-fructose without any reaction equilibrium, unlike D-glucose isomerase. (5) Quinate dehydrogenase was found in several Gluconobacter strains and other aerobic bacteria like Pseudomonas and Acinetobacter strains. It has become possible to produce dehydroquinate, dehydroshikimate, and shikimate by oxidative fermentation. Quinate dehydrogenase was readily solubilized from the membrane fraction by alkylglucoside in the presence of 0.1 M KCl. A simple purification by hydrophobic chromatography gave a highly purified quinate dehydrogenase that was monodispersed and showed sufficient purity. When quinate dehydrogenase purification was done with Acinetobacter calcoaceticus AC3, which is unable to synthesize PQQ, purified inactive apo-quinate dehydrogenase appeared to be a dimer and it was converted to the monomeric active holo-quinate dehydrogenase by the addition of PQQ.
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- O Adachi
- Department of Biological Chemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi 753-8515, Japan.
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Keitel T, Diehl A, Knaute T, Stezowski JJ, Höhne W, Görisch H. X-ray structure of the quinoprotein ethanol dehydrogenase from Pseudomonas aeruginosa: basis of substrate specificity. J Mol Biol 2000; 297:961-74. [PMID: 10736230 DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.2000.3603] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The homodimeric enzyme form of quinoprotein ethanol dehydrogenase from Pseudomonas aeruginosa ATCC 17933 crystallizes readily with the space group R3. The X-ray structure was solved at 2.6 A resolution by molecular replacement. Aside from differences in some loops, the folding of the enzyme is very similar to the large subunit of the quinoprotein methanol dehydrogenases from Methylobacterium extorquens or Methylophilus W3A1. Eight W-shaped beta-sheet motifs are arranged circularly in a propeller-like fashion forming a disk-shaped superbarrel. No electron density for a small subunit like that in methanol dehydrogenase could be found. The prosthetic group is located in the centre of the superbarrel and is coordinated to a calcium ion. Most amino acid residues found in close contact with the prosthetic group pyrroloquinoline quinone and the Ca(2+) are conserved between the quinoprotein ethanol dehydrogenase structure and that of the methanol dehydrogenases. The main differences in the active-site region are a bulky tryptophan residue in the active-site cavity of methanol dehydrogenase, which is replaced by a phenylalanine and a leucine side-chain in the ethanol dehydrogenase structure and a leucine residue right above the pyrrolquinoline quinone group in methanol dehydrogenase which is replaced by a tryptophan side-chain. Both amino acid exchanges appear to have an important influence, causing different substrate specificities of these otherwise very similar enzymes. In addition to the Ca(2+) in the active-site cavity found also in methanol dehydrogenase, ethanol dehydrogenase contains a second Ca(2+)-binding site at the N terminus, which contributes to the stability of the native enzyme.
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- T Keitel
- Universitätsklinikum Charité Institut für Biochemie, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Monbijoustr. 2, Berlin, D-10117, Germany
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Lee YA, Lo YC, Yu PP. A gene involved in quinate metabolism is specific to one DNA homology group of Xanthomonas campestris. J Appl Microbiol 1999; 87:649-58. [PMID: 10594704 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2672.1999.00864.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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A gene involved in quinate metabolism was cloned from Xanthomonas campestris pv. juglandis strain C5. The gene, qumA, located on a 4. 2-kb KpnI-EcoRV fragment in plasmid pQM38, conferred quinate metabolic activity to X. c. pv. celebensis. Tn3-spice insertional analyses further located the qumA gene on a region of about 3.0 kb within pQM38. Nucleotide sequencing of this 3.0-kb fragment reveals that the coding region of qumA is 2373 bp, the deduced amino acid sequence of which closely resembles a pyrrolo-quinoline quinone-dependent quinate dehydrogenase of Acinetobacter calcoaceticus. A 0.7 kb SalI-PstI fragment internal to qumA was used as a probe to hybridize against total genomic DNA from 43 pathovars of X. campestris. The fragment hybridized only to total genomic DNA from the four pathovars of DNA homology group 6, X. c. pv. celebensis, X. c. pv. corylina, X. c. pv. juglandis and X. c. pv. pruni, and from X. c. pv. carotae, which belongs to DNA homology group 5. This 0.7 kb fragment was also used as a probe to hybridize BamHI-digested total genomic DNAs from the four pathovars of DNA homology group 6 and X. c. pv. carotae. The restriction fragment length polymorphism pattern of DNA homology group 6 was different from that of X. c. pv. carotae. The probe hybridized to a 5.7-kb BamHI fragment in all four pathovars of group 6 and to a 6.1-kb BamHI fragment in three of four pathovars. It hybridized only to a 9. 9-kb BamHI fragment in X. c. pv. carotae. Quinate metabolism has previously been reported as a phenotypic property specific to X. campestris DNA homology group 6. Accordingly, a combination of the quinate metabolism phenotypic test and Southern hybridization using a qumA-derived probe will be very useful in the identification of pathovars in DNA homology group 6.
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- Y A Lee
- Department of Biology, Fu Jen Catholic University, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China.
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Zarnt G, Schräder T, Andreesen JR. Degradation of tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol by Ralstonia eutropha is initiated by an inducible pyrroloquinoline quinone-dependent alcohol dehydrogenase. Appl Environ Microbiol 1997; 63:4891-8. [PMID: 9406410 PMCID: PMC168817 DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.12.4891-4898.1997] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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An organism tentatively identified as Ralstonia eutropha was isolated from enrichment cultures containing tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol (THFA) as the sole source of carbon and energy. The strain was able to tolerate up to 200 mM THFA in mineral salt medium. The degradation was initiated by an inducible ferricyanide-dependent alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH) which was detected in the soluble fraction of cell extracts. The enzyme catalyzed the oxidation of THFA to the corresponding tetrahydrofuran-2-carboxylic acid. Studies with n-pentanol as the substrate revealed that the corresponding aldehyde was released as a free intermediate. The enzyme was purified 211-fold to apparent homogeneity and could be identified as a quinohemoprotein containing one pyrroloquinoline quinone and one covalently bound heme c per monomer. It was a monomer of 73 kDa and had an isoelectric point of 9.1. A broad substrate spectrum was obtained for the enzyme, which converted different primary alcohols, starting from C2 compounds, secondary alcohols, diols, polyethylene glycol 6000, and aldehydes, including formaldehyde. A sequence identity of 65% with a quinohemoprotein ADH from Comamonas testosteroni was found by comparing 36 N-terminal amino acids. The ferricyanide-dependent ADH activity was induced during growth on different alcohols except ethanol. In addition to this activity, an NAD-dependent ADH was present depending on the alcohol used as the carbon source.
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- G Zarnt
- Institut für Mikrobiologie, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle, Germany
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Elsemore DA, Ornston LN. The pca-pob supraoperonic cluster of Acinetobacter calcoaceticus contains quiA, the structural gene for quinate-shikimate dehydrogenase. J Bacteriol 1994; 176:7659-66. [PMID: 8002591 PMCID: PMC197224 DOI: 10.1128/jb.176.24.7659-7666.1994] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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An 18-kbp Acinetobacter calcoaceticus chromosomal segment contains the pcaIJFBDKCHG operon, which is required for catabolism of protocatechuate, and pobSRA, genes associated with conversion of p-hydroxybenzoate to protocatechuate. The genetic function of the 6.5 kbp of DNA between pcaG and pobS was unknown. Deletions in this DNA were designed by removal of fragments between restriction sites, and the deletion mutations were introduced into A. calcoaceticus by natural transformation. The mutations prevented growth with either quinate or shikimate, growth substrates that depend upon qui gene function for their catabolism to protocatechuate. The location of quiA, a gene encoding quinate-shikimate dehydrogenase, was indicated by its expression in one of the deletion mutants, and the position of the gene was confirmed by determination of its 2,427-bp nucleotide sequence. The deduced amino acid sequence of QuiA confirmed that it is a member of a family of membrane-associated, pyrrolo-quinoline quinone-dependent dehydrogenases, as had been suggested by earlier biochemical investigations. Catabolism of quinate and skikimate is initiated by NAD(+)-dependent dehydrogenases in other microorganisms, so it is evident that different gene pools were called upon to provide the ancestral enzyme for this metabolic step.
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- D A Elsemore
- Department of Biology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520
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Anaerobic degradation of hydroaromatic compounds by newly isolated fermenting bacteria. Arch Microbiol 1992. [DOI: 10.1007/bf00245360] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Duine JA. Quinoproteins: enzymes containing the quinonoid cofactor pyrroloquinoline quinone, topaquinone or tryptophan-tryptophan quinone. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1991; 200:271-84. [PMID: 1653700 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1991.tb16183.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 168] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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The presently best known and largest group of quinoproteins consists of enzymes using the cofactor 2,7,9-tricarboxy-1H-pyrrolo[2,3-f]quinoline- 4,5-dione (PQQ), a compound having a pyrrole ring fused to a quinoline ring with an o-quinone group in it. Representatives of this group are found among the bacterial, NAD(P)-independent, periplasmic dehydrogenases. Despite their high midpoint redox potential, the overall behaviour of quinoprotein dehydrogenases is similar to that of their counterparts, those using a flavin cofactor or a nicotinamide coenzyme. Apart from an exceptional Gram-positive one, the sole organisms where the presence of PQQ has really been established are Gram-negative bacteria. Evidence for the occurrence of covalently bound PQQ is lacking since it has now been shown that several enzymes previously considered to contain this prosthetic group do not in fact do so. Another group of quinoproteins, consisting of amine oxidoreductases, has a protein chain containing one of the following quinonoid aromatic amino acids: 6-hydroxy-phenylalanine-3,4-dione (TPQ) or 4-(2'-tryptophyl)-tryptophan-6,7-dione (TTQ). There is no doubt that these o-quinones play a role as cofactor, in the case of TPQ in prokaryotic as well as eukaryotic amine oxidases. It appears, therefore, that a novel class of amino-acid-derived cofactors is emerging, ranging from the free radical form of tyrosine and tryptophan to those containing a dicarbonyl group (like the already known pyryvoyl group and the o-quinones here described.
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- J A Duine
- Department of Microbiology and Enzymology, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
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Davidson VL, Jones LH. Intermolecular electron transfer from quinoproteins and its relevance to biosensor technology. Anal Chim Acta 1991. [DOI: 10.1016/0003-2670(91)87028-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Bruce NC, Cain RB. Hydroaromatic metabolism in Rhodococcus rhodochrous: purification and characterisation of its NAD-dependent quinate dehydrogenase. Arch Microbiol 1990. [DOI: 10.1007/bf00423330] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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van Kleef MA, Jongejan JA, Duine JA. Factors relevant in the reaction of pyrroloquinoline quinone with amino acids. Analytical and mechanistic implications. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1989; 183:41-7. [PMID: 2546773 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1989.tb14894.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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In order to reveal the stability of pyrroloquinoline quinone (PQQ) in complex samples, its reaction on incubation with amino acids was followed spectrophotometrically by monitoring oxygen consumption, and with a biological assay. For several alpha-amino acids, the formation of a yellow coloured compound (lambda max = 420 nm) was accompanied by oxygen uptake and disappearance of biological activity from the reaction mixture. The yellow product appeared to be an oxazole of PQQ, the exact structure depending on the amino acid used. Oxazole formation also occurred under anaerobic conditions with concomitant formation of PQQH2, suggesting that PQQ is able to oxidize the presumed oxazoline to the oxazole. Besides the condensation reaction, there is also a catalytic cycle in which an aldimine adduct of PQQ and the amino acid is converted into the aminophenol form of the cofactor and an aldehyde resulting from oxidative decarboxylation of the amino acid. Addition of NH4+ salts, as well as that of certain divalent cations, greatly stimulated both the cyclic and the linear reaction. With basic amino acids, oxazole formation scarcely occurred. However, as oxygen consumption was observed (provided that certain divalent cations were present), conversion of these compounds took place. A reaction scheme is proposed accounting for the products formed and the effects observed. Since NH4+ ions activate several quinoproteins (PQQ-containing enzymes) and divalent cations (Ca2+, Fe2+, and Cu2+) are additional (co)factors in certain metallo quinoproteins, the effects of metal ions observed here could be related to the mechanistic features of these enzymes. Although all oxazoles were converted to PQQ by acid hydrolysis, PQQ was not detected when hydrolysis was carried out in the presence of tryptophan, a compound which appeared to have a deleterious effect on the cofactor under this condition. The results here described explain why analysis methods for free PQQ in complex samples fail in certain cases, or are not quantitative.
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- M A van Kleef
- Department of Microbiology and Enzymology, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
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van Kleef MA, Duine JA. Factors relevant in bacterial pyrroloquinoline quinone production. Appl Environ Microbiol 1989; 55:1209-13. [PMID: 2547337 PMCID: PMC184278 DOI: 10.1128/aem.55.5.1209-1213.1989] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Quinoprotein content and levels of external pyrroloquinoline quinone (PQQ) were determined for several bacteria under a variety of growth conditions. From these data and those from the literature, a number of factors can be indicated which are relevant for PQQ production. Synthesis of PQQ is only started if synthesis of a quinoprotein occurs, but quinoprotein synthesis does not depend on PQQ synthesis. The presence of quinoprotein substrates is not necessary for quinoprotein and PQQ syntheses. Although the extent of PQQ production was determined by the type of organism and quinoprotein produced, coordination between quinoprotein and PQQ syntheses is loose, since underproduction and overproduction of PQQ with respect to quinoprotein were observed. The results can be interpreted to indicate that quinoprotein synthesis depends on the growth rate whereas PQQ synthesis does not. In that view, the highest PQQ production can be achieved under limiting growth conditions, as was shown indeed by the much higher levels of PQQ produced in fed-batch cultures compared with those produced in batch experiments. The presence of nucleophiles, especially amino acids, in culture media may cause losses of PQQ due to transformation into biologically inactive compounds. Some organisms continued to synthesize PQQ de novo when this cofactor was administered exogenously. Most probably PQQ cannot be taken up by either passive diffusion or active transport mechanisms and is therefore not able to exert feedback regulation on its biosynthesis in these organisms.
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- M A van Kleef
- Laboratory of Microbiology and Enzymology, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
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- J A Duine
- Department of Microbiology & Enzymology, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
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